Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2020

  April 3, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Acute Presentation Of A Chronic Problem   In less than a month after I finished my every other night on call schedule as an intern at the old Peter Bent  Brigham Hospital and began to enjoy the luxury of...
Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

  I have been trying unsuccessfully to give some attention to something other than the rising number of victims of the coronavirus. I analyze the progression of my intellectual and emotional responses to COVID-19 along a timeline that runs along the same track of...
The President’s Challenge to Correctly Sequence the Treatment of the Virus and the Economy.

The President’s Challenge to Correctly Sequence the Treatment of the Virus and the Economy.

  Yesterday, I scored two rolls of toilet paper at the one grocery store in my town. I felt good about my accomplishment until I got home and thought about what it meant to find joy in toilet paper. I had volunteered to do the shopping, and my wife’s last request...
Healthcare Musings For March 20, 2020

Healthcare Musings For March 20, 2020

  March 20, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   There Is Evidence That We Deserved A Better Effort   I hope that you are well and accommodating to this strange collective experience. All is safe and well in my new world where social distancing directs our...