Musings on Healthcare and Physician Education
A Missed Diagnosis: Our Badly Broken Physician Education System Seventy-eight-year-old Mr. S lay in his hospital bed, nearly comatose, having undergone a routine hip replacement the day before. I was the kidney specialist, consulted to evaluate his abrupt drop in urine output and kidney function. While examining him, my gaze settled on the balloon-like protrusion of …
The following is a reprise of my column from the Providence (RI) Journal in September 2009. As we contemplate the potential impact of Texas District Court Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling to strike to the Affordable Care Act, let’s consider life before the ACA (when this piece was written.). There is much more here to review. …