Tag Archives: health care
At the Crossroads: Who Should Bear the Costs of Health Care?
By: Rebecca Cerio As the debt ceiling debate consumes the news, Medicare and Medicaid consume more and more political talk time. The Baby Boomer generation is rapidly aging and beginning to draw on Social Security and Medicare. Added costs of … Continue reading
Intensive Care for Repeat 911 Callers Can Save Money
This particular report about Operation Care in Baltimore reminded me of this post I made about how preventative care for the most frequent health care users can reduce costs. The idea for Operation Care was that every time a 911 call is made, emergency … Continue reading
Intensive Care For The Neediest
Where are the sweet spots in preventative medicine? When does preventative care really save us money rather than wasting it? When is it cheaper to pay for the uninsured so that hospitals don’t pass on their costs to the health … Continue reading
Brain Surgery and the Importance of Admitting Mistakes
From Emily Anthes’ piece on an article about Henry Cushing, an early-1900s neurosurgeon who “openly acknowledged and described significant instances of human error, mistakes in judgment and technique, and equipment and supply oversights, regardless of whether these events affected patient outcome. Mistakes were analyzed … Continue reading
Sense of Science 