Logic, Science, and Rationale of Public Reporting
By SAURABH JHA
Public reporting of doctors is fiercely controversial. I’m vehemently opposed to it. So I decided to find out why its proponents favor it.
I discuss public reporting with Ben Harder, Chief of Health Analysis at U.S. News and World Report, for JACR Firing Line. We disagreed for most parts, though we agreed that there are bad ways to rate doctors, and better ways, too. Listen to our discussion here.
Key points made by Ben Harder:
a) Reporting of quality is a decision support tool for patients and their caregivers. It is NOT to penalize or shame doctors but to engage consumers in their healthcare decisi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Radiology Firing Line Podcasts @roguerad Source Type: blogs
Logic, Science and Rationale of Public Reporting
By, SAURABH JHA
Public reporting of doctors is fiercely controversial. I’m vehemently opposed to it. So I decided to find out why its proponents favor it.
I discuss public reporting with Ben Harder, Chief of Health Analysis at U.S. News and World Report, for JACR Firing Line. We disagreed for most parts, though we agreed that there are bad ways to rate doctors, and better ways, too. Listen to our discussion here.
Key points made by Ben Harder:
a) Reporting of quality is a decision support tool for patients and their caregivers. It is NOT to penalize or shame doctors but to engage consumers in their healthcare decis...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Radiology Firing Line Podcasts @roguerad Source Type: blogs
Compartment Syndrome Like You Haven’t Seen Before
The fascial planes in the upper and lower extremities play an important role in function and form, but they also make the extremities vulnerable to compartment syndrome. Emergency physicians are quite comfortable evaluating and diagnosing compartment syndrome: severe unrelenting pain, pain with passive motion of the muscle groups involved, and possibly paresthesias and pallor. The first patient I saw with this condition was at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. A sailor dangling his legs over the dock presented after his leg was crushed between the dock and a battleship that suddenly shifted its position. I ...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - July 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Cato Did Remarkably Well at the Supreme Court
This was the first full term with the Court back at its “full strength” of nine justices, so all eyes were on Justice Neil Gorsuch to see how he would fit in – and how the Court’s internal dynamic and voting patterns would shift from what they were before Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February 2016. While early reports, based on what turns out now to be unsubstantiated speculation, spoke of tensions between the newest justice and several of his colleagues, he quickly settled in and ended up writing many thoughtful opinions, including being assigned to write for the majority in several important cases (a rarit...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 28, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro Source Type: blogs
Blackened Shrimp with Citrus and Roasted Fennel
It’s been quite a long hiatus from blogging, and I for one am glad it’s over.
Nothing special made me stop blogging, just the overwhelming business of life and work. It’s a good life, but one that for the past year or two has lost the balance between work and private life that I seem to have achieved when I was blogging more frequently.
At any rate, things in general have settled down a bit and I find myself actually having free time again to write. And so the blog is back!
What’s new, you ask?
Well, I am about 30 pounds thinner, that’s one big thing. Nothing magic or amazing, just a food delivery diet that let...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - June 23, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Fish Pasta Rice & Potatoes Uncategorized Chrimp Fennel orange quinoa shallot Source Type: blogs
5 Beverages That Can Boost Your Health and Help Cure Arthritis and Joint Pain
Conclusion
Healthy, natural beverages made of fruits, vegetables, spices, and oils prevent cancer, obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. They have anti-inflammatory properties and can even reduce joint pain and other arthritis symptoms.
In addition to healthy beverages, you should also use a supplement Flexoplex, an excellent, natural product that will provide you with the best possible support for your knees, shoulders, and sore hips.
The best thing about healthy, homemade beverages is that they can be made easily and at the convenience of your own home. They are full of nutrients that are good for your health and jo...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katleen Brown Tags: health and fitness Source Type: blogs
What is The Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia
Dementia presents as a group of symptoms, and Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomWhen someone is told they have Alzheimer's or dementia,it means they have significant memory problems as well as other cognitive and behavioral issues.Most of the time dementia is caused by Alzheimer's disease.There is great confusion about the difference betweenAlzheimer's anddementia.In a nutshell, dementia isn't a specific disease. Instead, dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Alz...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - April 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's Alzheimer's Dementia Alzheimer's disease alzheimer's symptoms alzheimer's vs dementia the difference between alzheimer's and dementia Source Type: blogs
Scientific Studies Show How Nutrition Influences Our Creativity
In conclusion, our creative thinking is affected by a number of external elements, but the food we eat is such an important part of it. Choosing a diet with ingredients that are gradually processed by our body are crucial to staying productive. At the same time, our diet will also affect mental energy and positivity, and the combination of these factors will determine our levels of creativity.
You've read Scientific Studies Show How Nutrition Influences Our Creativity, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you've enjoyed this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles....
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Onzain Tags: featured productivity tips self improvement creativity improve well-being nutrition nutrition and creativity nutrition and mental health pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
The Trouble with Trump's Tariff Reciprocity
President Trump ’s favored catchphrase when speaking about trade policy is that it must be “free, fair, and reciprocal.” His penchant for such language has certainly been on display during his current trip to Asia, where in Japan alone Trump used some variation of it on at leastthreeseparateoccasions.Conducting a joint press conference with Prime Minister Abe, Trump professed a particular affinity for the reciprocal aspect of this formulation:[F]rankly, I like reciprocal the best of the group. Because when you explain to somebody that you ’re going to charge tariffs in order to equalize, or you’re going to do oth...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 10, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Does Not Prevent Strokes
Our cautionary left atrial appendage occlusion (Watchman) editorial is now published in a prominent medical journal, called Heart Rhythm. My co-authors are Drs. Andrew Foy and Gerald Naccarelli from Penn State. It was a peer-reviewed version of my previous theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology column.
Watchman and other similar devices are plugs that occlude the left atrial appendage in an attempt to reduce the odds of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. It was a nice idea but it did NOT work.
The link is here> Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure is Not Ready for Routine Clinical Use
In the allotted 2500 ...
Source: Dr John M - October 12, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs
Enchroma Colorblind Glasses Review: Illuminating, But Are They Worth The Money?
Color has always been a mystery to me. As a child, I always figured that making something red was simply adding “red color” to or on it. University was when I really started to understand that colors in biology were made of chemical pigments, each with a unique chemical structure. They all absorbed a different part of the visible light spectrum, and what they didn’t absorb is what we could see. So a red ball would be absorbing blues and greens (and all the colors of ROYGBIV except R), and reflecting reds.
When Enchroma reached out to us to showcase their color-blindness glasses, I jumped at the opportunity. ...
Source: Medgadget - October 4, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Ben Ouyang Tags: Exclusive Neurology Ophthalmology Rehab Source Type: blogs
Rejecting the Axioms of Olde
When I began this blog, I assumed the big step in developing language was the creation of the first word. I took it for granted that this was accomplished by yoking a sound and a meaning together to give us something likechair. I no longer believe either of those things.Today I believe that the big step towards language came when our ancestors were willing to share their knowledge, and that language began when we started pointing things out to one another.The change in my thinking resulted from a doodle I created early in the blog ’s history: the speech triangle. Its corners mark a speaker and a listener who focus join...
Source: Babel's Dawn - September 27, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Blair Source Type: blogs
Diversity in HIT – #HITsm Chat Topic
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 8/18 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Jeanmarie Loria (@JeanmarieLoria) from @advizehealth on the topic of “Diversity in HIT.”
Diversity has positioned itself at the forefront of social awareness for quite some time now, the apparent need for it heightened by the socio-political climate…but what exactly is diversity? Is it offering apples and oranges? Is it a mélange of people with different experiences and perspectives? Is it working to ensure that your practice or firm meets the standards o...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 15, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Digital Health Healthcare HealthCare IT Healthcare Social Media #hcldr #HITsm Topics Health IT Diversity Source Type: blogs
