A wave of Covid outbreaks in mainland China are leading to increased testing of travelers from the country.
Category: Policy
Let teens self-consent to vaccines
I still remember the exhilaration I felt upon learning that my peers and I could finally return to our in-person classrooms. After a year of Zoom lectures, asynchronous exams, and more, the prospect of seeing each other again thrilled us. However, we h…
Doctors trained abroad will save rural health care
Health care is growing hard to come by in rural America. Three-quarters of rural counties suffer from doctor shortages. More than 200 rural hospitals are at risk of closing due to financial hardship within the next two to three years, according to a st…
Why have we let our diseased health care system go untreated?
“To serve the art of medicine as it should be served, one must love his fellow man.” – William Osler There is sadness in my heart and my mind. With so many advances in the treatment of illnesses of the mind and body, why have we let o…
The demise of primary care in America
An excerpt from Patients in Peril: The Demise of Primary Care in America. The last 100 years have seen an astonishing drop in the percentage of American physicians who practiced primary care. In the early 1930s, 87% of private practice physicians were …
Even Republicans Are Embracing Medicaid Expansion. That’s A Costly Mistake.
There are plenty of ideas about how to make Medicaid work for the poor Americans it’s meant to serve. But ignoring $80 billion in improper payments isn’t going to help.
U.S., China Advance Discussions On Pact To Accelerate Cancer Drug Trials
Health experts spoke after a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and China President Xi Jinping in November in which the two sought areas for improvement in a relationship strained by geopolitics and other differences.
U.S., China Advance Discussions On Pact To Accelerate Cancer Drug Trials
Health experts spoke after a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and China President Xi Jinping in November in which the two sought areas for improvement in a relationship strained by geopolitics and other differences.
Leaders who elevate diverse employees create psychological safety
When I transitioned into a new role as a training faculty member at an academic medical center a few years ago, it didn’t take long to realize that the program had a problem with psychological safety. There wasn’t much. As I got to know the…
The solution to a crumbling primary care foundation is direct primary care
In a report published by the Commonwealth Fund and released in August 2021, the performance of the U.S. health care system was compared to that of other high-income countries. The results were stunning: despite investing far more of its gross domestic …
