No Going Back

Too much of our thinking in health care is at least a half-dozen points-of-no-return ago. A forensic psychiatrist. A radiation physicist. ...

When The Doctor Has Pain

I'm now walking a second mile in another man's moccasins, and it's no more enjoyable than my first mile. Many doctors cringe w...

No Bureaucrat Left Behind, Redux

Just when you thought home care couldn't make any less sense. About a year and a half ago, I wrote a series of posts outlining...

Retail Therapy

The cliches of health care policymakers have entered a new kala of absurd. A lot of meaningless jargon is tossed around in hospitals and ...