Cryptic headline, eh? Maybe it grabbed your attention. True, it doesn’t reveal much about what’s on my mind lately… Glad you asked…. While I am not about to divulge details or to impugn anyone’s motives or intent, let’s just say that…
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Beware of the land sharks
I read a news item on the Healthcare IT News web site today. It actually dates from well over a week ago, but noteworthy nonetheless. It concerns a speech given by Surgeon General Regina Benjamin to the American Health Information Management Assoc…
Going down the tubes…
I have today for you a perfect example of the wretched state our health and safety have come to when we grow to DEPEND on governmental regulation to defend us from all risks and hazards. Thanks to @EllenRichter on Twitter for sharing this article …
Dilemmas
Heavy on my mind these days are ethical conflicts between my thoroughly considered and deeply held convictions on the best way to keep my country great, and the convenient positions staked out by some professional organizations to which I belong, …
Zombies!
I’m currently reading and enjoying Obama Zombies on my nook. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Obama-Zombies/Jason-Mattera/e/9781439172094/?itm=1&USRI=Obama+Zombies Jason Mattera has penned a witty, biting look at how millions of millenials have fa…
Health Care Debacle – On to Wreckonciliation
As all know, late last night the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate healthcare reform legislation, along with a reconciliation bill to be passed by the Senate, likely later this week. As readers of this blog know, I emphatically belie…
Reflections on the 2009 IHI National Forum
December has been an exceptionally busy month for me so far. Lots of preparations for Christmas, and that’s all good. Almost all the gifts are procured, and the cash shelled out. But certainly a big highlight of the month is that I was privileged …
The Cost of Dying
For those who missed it, here is a link to the segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes program on end of life care in hospitals, named The Cost of Dying. It aired this past Sunday. This is a powerful and thought-provoking look at a milieu I know all too well …
Red Flags
First off, at long last I am back to the blog. It has been a busy eight-week haul of working weekends as well as during the week, but thankfully I have a few weekends off before winter quarter kicks off in January. But I could not wait for the wee…
What POTUS would say about healthcare reform IF he were honest
This recording is nothing short of priceless! It comes from a September 2007 speech given by one Robert Reich. Yeah, the Obama adviser and onetime Clintonista. Let’s tick off the highlights here: Tax hikes for the middle class… check.Death panel…
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