Obesity is a Disease
Obesity is a disease, it is not a result of a failure of will power. We have good therapies that induce significant weight loss and improve overall health.
Healthcare
Covid-19 “Fair-Share” Healthcare Surcharge for the Unvaccinated
The decision to remain unvaccinated inflict avoidable healthcare and economic costs on Massachusetts’ vaccinated residents and economy. It is time to make the unvaccinated pay their fair-share.
A Physician’s Exam Room Should Be Educational and Inviting
Our medical offices are now antiseptic, devoid of educational material and humanity and this adversely impacts a physician’s ability to provide medical care.
Why Patients Refuse the Covid-19 Vaccination – It’s Political, Mostly
The US is progressively falling behind other countries on COVID-19 vaccination rates. My patients tell me the reason is…
Talking Politics with Patients
Physicians teach their patients the science they must understand to enable them to make informed healthcare decisions. Is it not also a physician’s responsibility to explain the science underlying public health policy and the connection between political choices, public health policies, and their health and longevity?
The Blue State Domestic Ambassador for the Coronavirus Pandemic
Governors of the Blue States should create the “Blue State Domestic Ambassador for the Coronavirus Pandemic” to implement a mutually agreeable, multi-year, Blue State Coronavirus Mitigation Plan predicated on Blue-State ethos.
A Physician’s Dilemma During the Coronavirus Pandemic
My hospital has asked its physician to volunteering to take care COVID-19 patients. For many reasons, this request is both problematic and necessary…
Healthcare As a Role Model for An Equitable Solution to our COVID-19 Inequity Problem
The COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the US economic inequity problem and threatens the viability of our healthcare system, a solution…
How to End Egregious Medical Bills
If we hope to create a healthcare system that is sustainable and meets the needs of all members of our society…
Is Your Physician Prescribing the Best Medicine for You?
Physicians are required to prescribe a medication whose risk/benefit ratio they may not be able to fully assess or have never used….
It Is Time to Impose Price Caps on our Healthcare System
As our capitalism based healthcare system is not fiscally sustainable nor efficient, we need to explore alternative options…
Why Do I Keep Eating After Supper? Trigger Foods!
Why do I eat at 9 PM even though I just finished dinner…
One Physician’s Frustrations of Practicing Amidst the CHIPHIT Complex and Implications for the Future of the U.S. Healthcare System
If we hope to improve the healthcare of all Americans we must redirect funding away from the CHIPHIT complex and toward entities that prioritize a high quality, low cost, egalitarian healthcare system.
Pharmacists Should Be Required to Inform Patients of the Least Expensive Purchasing Option
Pharmacist should be legally mandated to disclose the lowest possible price of a prescription to the patient during every transaction…
Forty Features Which Should Be in All Electronic Health Records including Epic & Cerner
Electronic Health Records are the prime cause of physician dissatisfaction with our health care system because these systems were designed to maximize billing revenue and with little regard for the needs of the physician user. Here are 40 suggestions to improve the functionality of EHRs…
United We Fall, Divided We (One of Us) Stand
We can continue as a unified and polarized nation which is incapable of addressing the problems that face our society or…
