I still have a little mental trauma from my first anesthesia job. Well, actually, it’s really from the hospital. And it all occurred over a four-year period. The anesthesia group was awesome. The OR staff was like family. The patients and surgeri…
Category: Policy
3 ways health care leadership can get nurses back at the bedside
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to push everyone, especially frontline health care workers, well beyond the brink. Nurses have been exposed to the most trying and difficult predicaments related to the coronavirus, and the stress has taken its toll. Dur…
Vaping vs. Tobacco Smoking: What The FDA Is Getting Wrong
The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up its deadly and misbegotten crusade against flavored e-cigarettes.
CDC Director Backs Pfizer Booster Shots For Seniors, Vulnerable—And High-Risk Workers
Dr. Rochelle Walensky recommended workers in high-risk settings to also be offered Pfizer Covid booster doses, despite the CDC advisers voting against this group getting the third shot.
If businesses can mandate vaccines, they should mandate affordable health care, too
Earlier this year, Houston Methodist gave its 26,000 hospital employees an ultimatum: Get vaccinated or get a new job. It was one of the nation’s first vaccine mandates. And it was a big, multilayered risk: with legal, financial and ethical consequence…
Will You Need A Booster Vaccine Against Covid-19?
Infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Kortepeter discusses what we know so far about Covid-19 vaccine booster shots and what information scientists need to make the decision.
Covid Vaccines: The Pandemic Politics To Watch Out For
It’s high time Washington politicians and public health pooh-bahs stop treating people like children, ignoring scientific evidence and acting in destructive and arbitrary ways.
It is time to make a dent in social determinants of health
As a doctor, it is pretty humbling to reflect on the fairly minimal impact our health care system has on individuals’ overall health. One study I find particularly intriguing shows that socioeconomic factors (e.g., education and income), and physical e…
Medical malpractice: Don’t let the minority define us
When we shake our heads at the snake oil salesmen of yesteryears and wonder how the people then could have been so naïve as to fall for the crude shenanigans, we are wearing blinders with our eyes wide open. Malpractice remains alive and well. Those wh…
Medical malpractice: Don’t let the minority define us
When we shake our heads at the snake oil salesmen of yesteryears and wonder how the people then could have been so naïve as to fall for the crude shenanigans, we are wearing blinders with our eyes wide open. Malpractice remains alive and well. Those wh…
