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Whither primary care

Regular readers know that I have concerns about the term primary care. This phrase has suffered semantic drift over the past 20 years.

VA EMR wins award

I do my inpatient work at the VA hospital. This award is well deserved. The EMR is outstanding, usable and time saving.

Our challenge – the long tail

Given that the long tail is very important (as The Health Care Blog describes), we must work to prevent long tail mistakes.

Hearing on special health courts

Aside from that objection (which trial lawyers will wear like the flag), I can see no reasonable argument against special health courts.

Great hope for the future

While this proposal is specific for Medicare, most private insurers adjust their payment schedule to Medicare payments.