tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653895891370775262.post1580642045303723715..comments2023-11-14T03:14:31.134-08:00Comments on Alison Bass: Why our health care costs are so high and what we can do about itAlison Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13935761578808574956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653895891370775262.post-5936821809916511432009-09-04T18:50:04.096-07:002009-09-04T18:50:04.096-07:00What a great health article, this is really what I...What a great <a href="http://healthabit.org" rel="" rel="nofollow">health</a> article, this is really what I am looking for. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653895891370775262.post-73279896863014804662009-05-31T14:36:39.820-07:002009-05-31T14:36:39.820-07:00Thanks! This is an excellent article. Our local ex...Thanks! This is an excellent article. Our local example (Massachusetts) was highlighted in a story about the Board Chair at Partner's Health (Mass. General and the Brigham) and his outrageous conflicts of interest in this Sunday's Boston Globe. Of course, given the local political and business culture, this kind of activity is perceived as just business as usual - which is, of course, sadly true!beenthere/donethathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649025952440251790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653895891370775262.post-37168084098087729852009-05-28T11:23:44.953-07:002009-05-28T11:23:44.953-07:00We have been heading in this direction for some ti...We have been heading in this direction for some time. I learned from Arnold Relman's article in JAMA (Relman AS. Medical professionalism in a commercialized health care market. JAMA 2007; 298: 2668-2670. Also see also my blog post here: http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2007/12/relman-in-jama-on-threats-to-physicians.html) that a US Supreme Court decision that seemed to make physicians especially Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653895891370775262.post-79559465995442068832009-05-28T07:32:43.877-07:002009-05-28T07:32:43.877-07:00Very informative post, Alison, and accurate.
Some...Very informative post, Alison, and accurate.<br /><br />Some time ago, I worked with a group of Urologists. They would look for any opportunities to perform diagnostic testing that was rather expensive, and at times rather traumatizing for the patient being tested.<br /><br />For example, a patient may be seen by the urologist with slightly elevated frequency in urination, with mild pain during Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664846592990249431noreply@blogger.com