Health Care News & Discussion
By Del Meyer on
06/04/2009 2:58 PM
The CEO of a large insurance company wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper about how he was trying to reduce health care cost by cutting hospital stays. He quoted an example of sending mothers home on the same day of delivery. This was an unfortunate example since most mothers already go home […]
By Del Meyer on
06/04/2009 2:57 PM
The Cape Coral Hospital is now the famous “merger gone awry.” This nonprofit facility which opened in 1977 became this coastal town’s largest employer and favorite charity, attracting many volunteers who even had to pay to be volunteers. The town’s most prominent citizens were on its board. In 1994, this profitable nonprofit hospital was on […]
By Del Meyer on
06/04/2009 2:56 PM
As a medical director in a hospital, I had first hand experience in how hospitals charge for their services. I’m a pulmonary doctor and was in charge of the Respiratory Therapy Department. According to the Joint Commission that accredits hospitals, the medical director was supposed to be involved in setting the charges for all services […]
By Del Meyer on
05/05/2009 6:45 AM
Remember the Autopsy? Dr. Scott Sattler discusses “Medical Autopsy: The Forgotten Teacher” in the March 2009 issue of the Humboldt-Del Norte County Medical Society Bulletin. Remember when we used to do autopsies on other than just coroner’s cases? When I trained at Valley Medical Center in San Jose in the 1960s and 70s, essentially every hospital […]
By Del Meyer on
03/05/2009 6:44 AM
A Blockbuster First Novel Stephen Jackson, MD, editor of the CSA Bulletin, reviews a book in the Fall 2008 issue: OXYGEN, by Carol Wiley Cassella, MD, an anesthesiologist in private practice with the Virginia Mason group in Seattle. …I strongly urge each of you to read Oxygen, especially because it examines in great depth the gamut of the […]
By Del Meyer on
01/05/2009 6:43 AM
Before and After EMR Lee Leer, MD, discusses “EMR From the Trenches” in In My Opinion, from the Humboldt-Del Norte County Medical Society Bulletin. Much has been written lately about Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s). Some of the authors have even spent a bit of time working with an EMR. Many authors are not particularly positive though […]
By Del Meyer on
11/05/2008 6:42 AM
American Medicine’s Attraction Dr. Lytton W. Smith, editor for the Orange County Medical Association, wrote on “The Freedom of International Medical Graduates” in the July, 2007, issue of Southern California Physician. America’s allure has led many physicians trained overseas to the United States. The current debate on immigration reform has given me a chance to reflect […]
By Del Meyer on
09/05/2008 6:40 AM
A “Good” Ending Drs. Wendi Joiner and Tim Nicely discuss “The Last Stage of Life Project in Humboldt County,” in the The Bulletin of the Humboldt-Del Norte Country Medical Society, April 2008.. What is a “good” death? This is only identifiable in the perspective of the patient and the patient’s loved ones. How can we consistently provide this […]
By Del Meyer on
08/04/2008 2:55 PM
Americans eat well. As a country, we’re well fed. We eat a lot, and we tend to weigh a lot. But that doesn’t mean we’re healthy. With contemporary eating habits, it’s becoming more and more difficult to follow a good nutritional diet. Americans eat out more, and fast food has become an everyday meal for […]
By Del Meyer on
07/05/2008 6:39 AM
Not Doing Everthing “Do Everything (…that makes sense!)” is a piece by Ken Meece and Scott Sattler, MD. Among the common but unhelpful phrases people use when talking about their preferences for intensity of healthcare interventions are “No heroics” and “Do everything.” “Heroics” is obviously vague, and we naturally go on to name the specifics. “Everything” […]
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