Tag Archives: medical insurance
The Medical Record – Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 30th July 2015The medical record has been a problem ever since Hippocrates, in a moment of spite, invented it. Until the advent of the electronic record it had existed on paper and was stored in a variety of inaccessible locations by the Department of Medical Records, or by a similarly named entity. Once entombed in the medical…
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Reality Strikes
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 19th May 2009The May 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine contains an article, Picking the Right Poison — Options for Funding Health Care Reform, that sets a new tone for the journal. It looks at health care reform through a clear lens. Funding universal health care is going to cost a lot of money. Be…
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Who Uses the Emergency Room?
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 9th January 2008It’s a given that the growing use of Emergency Rooms across the country for the care of non-urgent medical problems is the consequence of large numbers of uninsured patients who lack access to other types of outpatient care. This belief is often used to justify expansions of government programs which, it is argued, will take…
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