Millions of elderly and disabled Americans live in nursing, assisted living and other care facilities. While patients and their families admit patients to these facility rightly expect these care providers to appropriately and safely care […]
Empowering Health Care With Teamwork, Knowledge & Common Sense
Category: Physicians
Technology Shouldn’t Come Before Care
Remember when your doctor spent more time focusing on you than typing on the computer during your visit? Government “meaningful use” and other “administrative simplification” reforms are replacing health care with accounting and technology. Tell […]
Tell Congress To Vote on Obamacare Reform Starting With House’s Vote Tonight
The US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote again tonight on the revised Majority-leadership lead first step healthcare reform legislation seeking to provide Americans and American business with some initial relief from the soaring […]
6/10 Americans Want Drug Costs Fixed
A new Kaiser Foundation poll shows six in ten Americans say lowering the cost of prescription drugs is a “top priority.” Support for prescription drug pricing reform spans majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents. […]
Updated Pandemic Influenza Mitigation Guidelines Released
The Centers for Disease Control just released its updated Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza — United States, 2017. The guidelines update and expand the 2007 strategy for nonpharmaceutical interventions, which are strategies for disease, […]
New HHS Web Page To Track HHS ACA Relief & Reform
The Department of Health and Human Services recently launched a new web page on HHS.gov highlighting the regulatory and administrative actions the Department is taking to relieve the burden of the current healthcare law and support […]
Everyone Has A Part In Making Healthcare Better
Improving health care, its quality and affordability is everyone’s responsibility and everyone has a role to play.
