Poverty and The Care of The Patient
I was apprehensive when I sent out last Friday’s “Healthcare Musings.” The main section of the letter was entitled “We Must Address Poverty and the Social Determinants of Health.” I was concerned that some readers might not consider discussing poverty as an...
Michelle Obama’s and Robert Ebert’s Concerns About The Health of the Poor
Much has been written in recent years about medicine and the physician…A cursory survey of what has been written…permits the conclusion that medical science comes off rather well and the doctor’s image not so well. One gains the impression that doctors as...
Taking a Closer Look At the Importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers
Recent circumstances have moved me to take a closer look at the importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their important role in the immediate future of the evolution of better care for the underserved populations of our nation. I have the bias that...
Poverty, Race and Poor Healthcare: The Toxic Combination that Threatens Us All
Over the last year the consideration of the social determinants of health has become my greatest professional interest. This shift in my thinking has not been because I have lost interest in or am less committed to the noble ideals and objectives of the Triple Aim,...
The Difference Between Knowing and Doing
I am a reader. Amazon knows what to feed me. I get notice of books about politics, especially ones critiquing President Trump and the current perils to the future of our democracy. Their computers know I am interested in inequality and behavioral economics. My...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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