Could it get any better at the top? Corporate executives seemingly have many perks; private jets, golf club memberships, and events held at exotic locations. Companies and their boards justify these perks, due to the stresses and strains of the job and the need to keep their top executives healthy; otherwise these companies risks declining […]
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Painful Progress
December 19, 2010 
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The problem with pain is that it is what we say it is. One patient may rate their pain a 10 (on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the absolute worse), while a similar patient with similar pain may rate theirs as a two. And there is no objective way to tell […]
Continue readingWhen I’m 64
December 5, 2010 0 Comments
“Will you still see me next year?” Her question threw me, as I thought the visit had gone well. She’s been my patient for the past four years. She originally came to me when her earlier physician decided to join a concierge practice. His new medical practice doesn’t take insurance and patients pay cash if they […]
Continue readingAlphabet Soup
December 1, 2010 0 Comments
So many letters, so little time. At least that’s what I thought when I read the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) new report on dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D. For the last three years, reports and studies began to surface indicating that most Americans were deficient in vitamin D. Experts attributed this deficiency to […]
Continue readingUnintended Consequences
November 21, 2010 1 Comment
Joe is a guy that never really cared about his health. He is overweight, according to any objective standard, and always attributes this to “bigger muscles” (it isn’t). He dutifully comes in once a year, but admittedly only because of his wife’s insistence. She worries about his lack of exercise, his growing abdominal midsection (“muscle”) […]
Continue readingAccounting for Taste
November 14, 2010 0 Comments
Today I’m feeling like the lyrics in the country song: “Can’t explain, there’s something strange about the early Fall. It’s a comfort leaving me without a care. I remain but everything around me hears the call. And tonight, I feel a change in the air.” Only the change that I’m feeling is the sweeping health reforms brought to […]
Continue readingA Tip of Our CAHPS to Coming Clean in America
November 10, 2010 0 Comments
Are hospitals coming clean? An article just published in Health Affairs reveals details of a government–required survey conducted in 2008 and 2009. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey or CAHPS (thank goodness for acronyms!) is required of all hospitals receiving and hoping to continue to receive federal funding. Analysts compared CAHPS […]
Continue readingSuccessful Sleep — by Jim Rollince
November 6, 2010 0 Comments
Successful Sleep –Stress +Exercise There are an endless number of ways to achieve a longer and better night’s rest. It’s apparent that we lose sleep through countless tosses and turns, along with the occasional bathroom trip. There are the typical “Don’t eat before bed” and “Use a sleep aid” suggestions, and then there are also […]
Continue readingJumping to Conclusions
September 8, 2010 1 Comment
“When receiving care is not the whole story”
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