This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with physician, attorney, and health policy expert Dr. M. Gregg Bloche about his new book, The Hippocratic Myth: Why Doctors Are Under Pressure to Ration Care, Practice Politics, and Compromise their Promise to Heal, in which he addresses the issues of rationing care and rising health care costs.
Last week, our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. J. Nwando Olayiwola spoke with at the Middlesex County NAACP Branch’s general membership meeting. Her topic was “Chronic Diseases and Self Management”. She spoke about chronic diseases as a national problem, accounting for 7 out of 10 deaths in Americans each year. 50% of deaths each year come from heart disease, cancer and strokes. Almost 50% of adults have at least one chronic disease. While some aspects of chronic diseases are out of…
It is a beautiful August Friday morning in Middletown. The traffic seemed lighter than usual as I drove in this morning. Perhaps I was just beating the morning traffic, or perhaps there are a lot of people taking the day off. Next week, I’ll be out on vacation, and I’m in my pre-vacation frenzy. I need to make sure that everything is set up and will be covered while I’m gone. This is compounded by several things going on at…
It was like a cross between House and a video version of Car Talk for doctors with patients infected with Hepatitis C. Instead of breaking into people’s apartments to find some hidden environmental cause of a difficult to diagnose illness, a panel of experts at the University of New Mexico responded to questions from medical providers around the country, many in rural areas where it is hard to access doctors with Hepatitis C expertise. I connected our video conferencing system…
This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. William Hanson about the changes the medical profession is undergoing in the U.S. and how tomorrow’s primary care providers are being shaped by technology and a team-based approach to delivering health care. Dr. Hanson’s new book is called Smart Medicine: How the Changing Role of Doctors Will Revolutionize Health Care.
What are the worst parts about going to the doctor’s office? It depends on who you ask. For some people, it is getting shots. For others, it might be stepping on a scale or having your blood pressure checked. One common complaint is the waiting. Too often when you arrive at a doctor’s office, the receptionists are busy with other patients and you have to wait. When you finally get a chance to speak with the receptionist, there are forms…