You may have read some of our prior coverage regarding consolidation of hospital systems across the country. Recently in Washington we have seen the Virginia
Anchoring bias is a well known cognitive bias in medicine. The term refers to overemphasizing early-acquired information. One example which occurs in medicine that looks
A report by the group Public Citizen shed some light on state medical licensing boards across the country. The report examined the extent to which
A recent CNN report discussed the short-term and long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis on U.S. hospitals. It is undeniable that hospitals nationwide are stressed
We have authored numerous blog posts over the years discussing telemedicine or virtual medical visits. With the COVID pandemic dominating our lives, telemedicine has achieved a
In the midst of the COVID pandemic, another one is slowly brewing that may, by 2050, kill 10 million people a year. This global pandemic
Not every hospital has the capacity to keep a neurologist on call to treat stroke patients. Many regional hospitals only keep one or two doctors
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are catastrophic, resulting in millions of sick people, hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S., and an economy
Capitalism has many benefits. Some might argue that the singular focus of profits might be misplaced in the field of health care. But, until we
You may at this point know of the United State’s poor track record in preventing maternal death. For example, last year the CDC, after analyzing
