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…
August 7-13 is National Health Center Week. Here in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has declared it also Connecticut Health Center Week, and across Connecticut, CHC has had a great collection of activities. With the number of sites we have across the state, we started our activities before National Health Center Week started and will continue them into next week. ConnecticutPlus provides a good description of CHC’s National Health Center Week activities. Events started on August 3 at our site…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably walked by the old man in tattered clothes sitting on the curb holding his torn piece of cardboard with a plea for help scrawled in black magic marker. Maybe you’ve looked away, ashamed that you couldn’t or wouldn’t help out. “If I give him money, how do I know we won’t spend it on something inappropriate,” you rationalize. “After all, I can’t change the systemic causes of homelessness.” It is a convenient stereotype of…