Wednesday, February 1, 2012
It began calmly enough. My entrance into the pre-med post-baccalaureate world was a pleasant orientation, a short overview of the curriculum punctuated by an outdoor lunch with professors. Everyone was interested to know what persuaded you to pursue medicine as a profession -- where you’d been,...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Shannon Brownlee has a new piece up over at TIME Ideas. This time, it's a preview of the whole mess of information patients will soon be able to get about their doctors' financial relationships. It doesn't look pretty."As of this year, doctors who accept gifts and payments from drug and device...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Yes, folks, it's back! This week's Health Wonk Review is up, hosted by Julie Ferguson at Worker's Comp Insider.This edition has stories on the promise of better IT for improving primary care, the Supreme Court and the ACA, scaremongering about neurosurgery for seniors, the Presidential candidates'...