Retiring doctors mean problems for newly insured under ObamaCare _ Fox News
Time management Matrix – Stephen Covey
Satisfaction in life and medicine can be seen through this matrix developed by Stephen Covey. Medical Practice used to spend most of our time in I and II quadrant tasks which is very satisfying. Now we are spending our time mainly in the III and IV quadrants which is unsatisfying and a waste of our ... Continue Reading
Another reason why your prescription costs are high
Attached is a study about how drug companies are manipulating keeping their drug brand from going generic, retaining higher profits longer. REMS_Studyfinal_July2014. A summary of it (which may be easier reading) can be found on the Generic Pharmaceutical association website: http://www.gphaonline.org/gpha-media/press/new-study-finds-programs-designed-to-protect-safety-being-widely-abused-delaying-generic-choices-for-consumers-and-costing-u-s-health-system-billions
Expiration dates on Medications
Have you ever wondered if you need to throw out the medication once the expiration date has passed? Here is some thoughts for you. Since 1979 the FDA has required manufacturers (the people selling their drug) to put expiration dates on prescriptions and over the counter medications. This is the final date at which the ... Continue Reading
Flatline: How Government Ruined American Health care…
I just downloaded this ebook from Amazon for $5.00. Stewart Donovan does an excellent job in helping us understand the mess we are in and why I am compelled to change the system I am in. Please download the book, it is worth the $5.00 spent.
What is with the VA (Veteran’s Affairs) Hospitals?
We’ve all heard the horror stories about the VA hospitals and the patients who died while awaiting treatment. How could doctors allow patients to die? It’s all about wrong-headed priorities and good doctors providing mediocre medicine in a broken system. A system that puts the system above its mission will produce the outcomes we have ... Continue Reading
Is “old-fashioned medicine” really old-fashioned?
Nostalgia can be misleading, memories biased. Medicine before the advent of antibiotics, lead to many premature deaths. Many people died then what few die of now: appendicitis, pneumonia, sinus infections, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and many more. When people refer to old-fashioned medicine, they are referring not to the science of medicine but the art of ... Continue Reading
What do you mean by overhead?
The late Dr. Parke, the physician for more than a few of my current patients, is a good starting point to discuss this idea. He retired in 1976. I don’t have all the facts of his practice, but I am told, he still delivered babies, did house calls, and was an all around country doc. ... Continue Reading
Why can’t I see my doctor in the Hospital?
So what changed, that my personal doctor can’t take care of me in the hospital? This honestly is a little complex. Over the past decade there has been significant pressure on your Family Doc. In our own community, we had difficulty getting Internal Medicine consultations, and were getting overloaded with being assigned patients from the ... Continue Reading
Why can’t I bring up problems during a Physical?
Healthcare policies and changes are financially driven. A few years back (probably around 4-5 years now) Medicare allowed for Preventative Screening visits. They still don’t believe a yearly physical exam is valuable (the actual examination of your physical body), but do believe screening tests are valuable and reduce the burden of disease later down the ... Continue Reading