Can Democracy Survive In The Absence of Health Care Security?
By MIKE MAGEE
In my course this fall at the President’s College at the University of Hartford, we began by exploring the word “right” at the intersection of health care services and the U.S. Constitution. But where we have ended up is at the crossroads of American history, considering conflicting federal and state law, and exploring Social Epidemiology, a branch of epidemiology that concentrates on the impact of the various social determinants of health on American citizens.
What makes the course timely and relevant is that we are uncovering a linkage between health and the construction or destruction of ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy health care security Mike Magee Source Type: blogs
Does Vertical Integration Improve or Imperil U.S. Health Care?
Health care consolidation is endemic across the United States. With consolidation has come public attention and regulatory scrutiny. Unfortunately, evidence is accumulating that health care consolidation is harming competition in the U.S. health care market, while neither reducing costs nor improving care. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - November 16, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: M. Susan Ridgely Source Type: blogs
Conflicting Views of Economic Development: Mazzucato vs. Bauer
ConclusionIn herProject Syndicate article, Mazzucato argues that, “World leaders have a simple choice: continue supporting a failed economic system, or jettison the Washington Consensus for a new international social contract.”When the leaders of the G20 meet this weekend to discuss ways to increase economic resilience in dealing with the pandemic, climate change, and equity issues, they would benefit from listening to market-liberal voices, not just those who have a romantic view of the “entrepreneurial state.” As McCloskey and Mingardi remind us, “the Great Enrichment came not from the state but from liberty....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 27, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: James A. Dorn Source Type: blogs
Matthew ’s health care tidbits
Each week I’ve been adding a brief tidbits section to the THCB Reader, our weekly newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB that week (Sign up here!). Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt
For my health care tidbits this week, I am getting very close to home. I live in Marin County, California which is an incredibly wealthy, well-educated, liberal place. My little town voted 90% for Biden and, as you’d expect, county-wide 87% of those eligible (over 12) are fully immunized with most of the rest on the way. But Marin also has a small hard core...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Matthew Holt Mandates Marin County Source Type: blogs
An Adolescent with dizziness and near syncope
Submitted by Maura Corbett, PA-C, written by Alex Bracey, with some comments by Smith and MeyersA teenage male presented to the emergency department with the complaint of dizziness with near-syncope. He was stable and able to provide a history and mentioned that he was asymptomatic while seated but dizzy and weak when attempting to stand. An ECG was recorded:What do you think? There iscomplete (third degree) heart block with wide complex bradycardicescape. The morphology is that of LBBB and so the escape is originating from the right bundle.The possible etiologies of this ECG are:- Structural/congenital heart di...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - August 7, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bracey Source Type: blogs
Last Dance – a song
My “After the Lockdown” EP/LP was meant to hum a positive note as we seemed to be emerging from the covid pandemic, not that that will really be a thing, this disease is with us forever now, it will become endemic with its endless variants (there are more than 10000 of those by now) like influenza…
…so, my latest song didn’t end up quite as positive as the allusions of ones written and recorded earlier in the year. Once again featuring Taylor acoustic six-string guitar, Fender Telecaster electric guitar (always on the neck pickup), Yamaha electric bass guitar, percussion and synths played on a...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 15, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
Rheumatic fever : Dr Jones would smile if we get rid of the “ supportive criteria ”
Dr. Duckett Jones, the famed American physician, from Good Samaritan hospital, Boston would be a proud man in heaven, to find his criteria still being celebrated all over the globe. He will also be pleased to know his home country USA is painted green on the world RHD map due to his untiring efforts that began in 1944. Of course, what the rest of the world has done in the last century has left us wanting (including the WHO).
Global RHD map. Note the red and brown shading in south Asia and Africa. It is obvious, RHD is more about economics, equality, and poverty, rather than aggression from an otherwise innocuous...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - March 28, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: rheumatic heart disease acute rheumatic fever aso titer chronic rheumatic fever dr duckket jones jones criteria primary vs secondory prevention rtpcr for rheumatic fever supportive criteria for acute rheumatic fever essential Source Type: blogs
Ethical Issues Surrounding Controlled Human Infection Challenge Studies in Endemic Low ‐And Middle‐Income Countries
Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Michael J. Selgelid (Australian National University), Ethical Issues Surrounding Controlled Human Infection Challenge Studies in Endemic Low ‐And Middle‐Income Countries, 34(8) Bioethics 797 (2020): Controlled human infection challenge studies (CHIs) involve intentionally exposing research participants to, and/or thereby infecting... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 19, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
A.I. In Healthcare, 2021: 8 Exciting Insights From The E-Book
Far from being the futuristic promise it once was, artificial intelligence (A.I.) is an unavoidable eventuality in virtually all sectors. Heeding to its potential, governments around the world are collaborating and taking steps to ensure the responsible development and use of A.I. One such recent example is the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) jointly created by 14 governments and the European Union in 2020.
Healthcare will also need to brace itself for this disruptive force. Already, the number of life science studies published around A.I. rose from 1,600 in 2010 to 7,300 in 2020. The technology is ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 4, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Medical Education Robotics Security & Privacy algorithm database fda MRI physician Source Type: blogs
A.I. In Healthcare: 8 Exciting Insights From A New E-Book
Far from being the futuristic promise it once was, artificial intelligence (A.I.) is an unavoidable eventuality in virtually all sectors. Heeding to its potential, governments around the world are collaborating and taking steps to ensure the responsible development and use of A.I. One such recent example is the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) jointly created by 14 governments and the European Union in 2020.
Healthcare will also need to brace itself for this disruptive force. Already, the number of life science studies published around A.I. rose from 1,600 in 2010 to 7,300 in 2020. The technology is ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 4, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Medical Education Robotics Security & Privacy algorithm database fda MRI physician Source Type: blogs
This Is How We Can End COVID In 6 Steps
There is frankly one question today on everybody’s mind: when will all this end? And although deep inside we all know this won’t really be over till it’s… over, we strive for a definite answer. Say, in June. The sad news is, the pandemic will be with us until we finally take individual responsibility. Instead of trying to avoid the jab, we should get ourselves vaccinated as soon as possible. Why? I’ll tell you in six simple, self-explanatory logical steps.
1. COVID-19 will end when the coronavirus becomes endemic
A virus becomes endemic when it has a constant presence within a population in a certain ar...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 25, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Digital Health Research E-Patients Healthcare ethical vaccination coronavirus lockdown vaccine flu hospitals Italy Spanish flu Source Type: blogs
This Is How We Can End COVID In 6 Logical Steps
There is frankly one question today on everybody’s mind: when will all this end? And although deep inside we all know this won’t really be over till it’s… over, we strive for a definite answer. Say, in June. The sad news is, the pandemic will be with us until we finally take individual responsibility. Instead of trying to avoid the jab, we should get ourselves vaccinated as soon as possible. Why? I’ll tell you in six simple, self-explanatory logical steps.
1. COVID-19 will end when the coronavirus becomes endemic
A virus becomes endemic when it has a constant presence within a population in a certain ar...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 25, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Digital Health Research E-Patients Healthcare ethical vaccination coronavirus lockdown vaccine flu hospitals Italy Spanish flu Source Type: blogs
The pandemic exposes critical gaps in Canada ’s health workforce planning
Health workers in Canada experience endemic levels of burnout directly related to understaffing and work overload. Leaves of absence from work for mental health and stress-related issues are 1.5 times higher among health workers than the rest of the population. Increasingly, health workers are significantly reducing their hours worked, just to cope, or leaving their […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ivy-lynn-bourgeault" rel="tag" > Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Public Health & Source Type: blogs
Misinformation is endemic in our society, but it is not a new problem
. Misinformation passed along with or without an ulterior motive has been around for as long as humans have been communicating. What is new is that digital media allows expertly designed misinformation to spread quicker and more ruthlessly exploit individuals ’ preconceived notions through […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/samoon-ahmad" rel="tag" > Samoon Ahmad, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Being a Source of Pleasure
To extend the topic of yesterday’s article on your relationship with pleasure, let’s flip that idea around and consider what it’s like for someone else to relate to you on the basis of pleasure.
How do you feel about playing the role of being a source of pleasure for someone else?
Such a relationship can be corrupted by weaving in manipulation, lying, abuse, victimization, etc. And just as with yesterday’s article, I encourage you to set aside those aspects because they aren’t endemic to pleasure-based connections.
Is it possible to connect with someone simply on the basis of giving a...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Relationships Source Type: blogs
