When I was in medical school, I learned that the differential diagnosis was the cornerstone of any medical encounter. Differential diagnosis...

Just posted this on the BMJ's doc2doc blog    Is it rare for an information disconnect to be accompanied by a complete absence of cogn...

Where to begin? The phrase "unintended consequences" has been making rounds in healthcare, politics, and other venues of late. It ...

I don't know about you, but I am really struck by the lack of support for the new USPSTF evidence-based recommendations for mammography ...

I was listening to NPR's Marketplace Morning Report today and heard that Hershey has an eye on the British confectioner Cadbury. Now, I ...

Hunger killing kids , Soldiers are killing themselves , Murdoch spewing lies .

Here is the perfect illustration of how irrational and emotional the issue of breast cancer is. Take the current maelstrom over the USPSTF...

While millions are hungry and broke, Recession, our oil's up in smoke . Fear not, because Oprah Is charming the cobra . The answer ...

Look, here is the bottom line in broad strokes. The costs of healthcare have been rising exponentially, but people's incomes have not....

Check this out! Great fundraiser idea. If you want to sponsor me, please e-mail me at Healthcareetcblog@gmail.com. Better late than never...

I have purposely held off on putting in my 2 cents on the House healthcare bill passed last weekend -- there has been enough noise about it....

Do you believe in peak oil? What is peak oil? Peak oil, also referred to as Hubbert's peak, is a projection, based on our historic patte...

I have been in San Diego for nearly an entire week, and am eagerly getting ready to head back to my beloved New England tomorrow after I cha...

Yesterday and today I have been privileged to attend the BIL:PIL  "unconference" in San Diego, organized by  Jonathan Sheffi and ...

I am going out on a limb: I do not wish to offend anyone, particularly those for whom I have a great deal of respect. However, this is poten...

The consumerist takeover of the US psyche which began in the 1950s is complete: While we have been in our gluttonous torpor, our citizenship...

Another report quantifying the staggering waste in our US healthcare system, "the best in the world". This one is from Thomson Re...

Oh, my God! This is scary great on so many levels! (hat tip to @Nika7k)

It seems appropriate to repost my blog from July 29, 2009 , in view of this excellent article from Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin from Da...

Absurd, you say? Not at all! That paragon of intellectual reasoning, Glenn Beck, has been conjecturing that the new call to volunteerism b...