Care of the Frail Elderly
When we talk about the care of the elderly we are often focused on the expense of care at the end of life. There is no question that this is a serious issue that deserves consideration since it may constitute as much as 11% of all healthcare spending. Just knowing how...
Healthcare Musings for 21 September 2018
21 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Overuse, Misuse, and Underuse: Hallmarks of Suboptimal Practice and a Barrier To a Better Future Healthcare will definitely be an important, if not the top issue in the November midterm elections....
Healthcare Musings 14 September 2018
`14 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers There Are No “Do Overs” in Life, But Continuous Improvement Is Always An Option Sometimes it feels like my wife and I are running a B and B. The last of our summertime visitors, or the first of our fall...
Healthcare Musings for 17 August 2018
17 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, The Future Will Be What We Make It Francis Fukuyama, an American philosopher, wrote The End of History and the Last Man in 1992. In his book he argued that there would be no more social evolution beyond liberal democracy and...
Healthcare Musings for 3 August 2018
3 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Looking At “Burnout” From a Different Perspective Last week I received a brief note from an Interested Reader who lives in Miami, Florida, and who is admirably active as a Quaker in activities that he hopes will increase the...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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