by John Kitzhaber | Oct 9, 2008 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
Today, powerful and unprecedented forces are driving the U.S. health care system. These undeniable demographic, economic and technological forces have put enormous pressure on the way medicine has been practiced over the last 50 years and have disrupted traditional...
by Rick Ray | Sep 16, 2008 | Learn
In the New York Times today, Laurie Tarkan reports on a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Here’s an excerpt: A vast majority of emergency room patients are discharged without understanding the treatment they received or how to care for...
by Rick Ray | Aug 25, 2008 | Learn
This opinion piece appeared recently in the New York Times: Paying Doctors to Ignore Patients By PETER B. BACH Published: July 24, 2008 THE longstanding push-pull between Medicare and Congress has erupted again. Last week, Congress, overriding a presidential veto,...
by Rick Ray | Aug 21, 2008 | Learn
The Commonwealth Fund has published their analysis of the impact of medical bills and accumulated medical debt. Here’s their overview of the publication: Analysis of the 2007 Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey finds the proportion of working-age...
by Rick Ray | Aug 18, 2008 | Learn
The state of Oregon has made available to the public a comparison of the costs of some common health care procedures. Here’s the introductory blurb from the Oregon Health Policy and Research web site: Governor Kulongoski has made health care accessibility and...
by Rick Ray | Jul 14, 2008 | Learn
The New York Times recently reported on the 20 million (out of 47 million) unisured Americans who work for small businesses. Here as excerpt: As the number of people without health insurance continues to rise, many states and Congress have begun to focus on one of the...
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