If the government Plan for Healthcare describes only the effects in healthcare and fails to consider other, outside consequences, reject it. Accept no substitutes.
Deane Waldman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living
Though we always accept a solution for our problems or a resolution of our difficulties, what we should demand is for our problems to be dissolved.
Deane Waldman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living
Now that the election is finally over, can we move on to something substantive like healthcare? This is the middle piece in a three-part series to he...
Deane Waldman | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living
I constantly write: YOU DECIDE. Do not put your trust in Washington; in those seeking your vote (who will say or promise anything); in self-styled ex...
Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living
On the heels of reports Thursday that the Bush Admin. is considering taking part ownership of banks, it's time to ask, why can't we have a similar approach for our collapsing healthcare system?
Deane Waldman | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home
We teach people to "Just say NO," but can everyone? Consider the question from two viewpoints: patient and provider. Can a patient say NO? Can a pa...
Deane Waldman | Posted 09.09.2008 | Living
Labels, stereotypes, abbreviations, shorthands, and heuristics are bad trade-offs. They speed communication and muddy it at the same time. Worse, onc...
Deane Waldman | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home
Why do we keep avoiding healthcare? Probably the same reasons we avoid talking about death: either we think we can do nothing about it or we are super...
Deane Waldman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home
Of course you want the best car or job or school or doctor, but how do you know which is best? Word-of-mouth? Name or logo recognition? Most expensive...
Deane Waldman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Home
Healthcare puts you at risk: there are infinite opportunities for mistakes that can harm even kill you while you are awaiting the promised cure. The...
Deane Waldman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living
There is a recent push in U.S. hospitals to inculcate a "culture of safety." Can anyone be against safety? I can and you be will too, if you want healthcare to improve.
Deane Waldman | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business
It is impossible to be in compliance both with HIPAA and the Patriot Act
Deane Waldman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home
Managed care is a good idea gone very far astray. The reason it took a wrong turn is simple: wrong time horizon. Health maintenance organizations (HM...
Deane Waldman | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
No modification -- universal health care; HIPAA; Patients' Bill of Rights; caps on malpractice awards; UMRA -- can make the current system give us what we want. We need a new system.
Deane Waldman | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
Imagine you are a doctor walking down the street. You come upon a woman lying on the sidewalk possibly unconscious. Surrounding this woman are four ...
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A revolutionary device that can harness...
Deane Waldman | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics