Limousine medicine: When is it time to hit the brakes?

Article Abstract:

People in the US are unreasonable in their belief that medical care at any cost is justifiable. As a whole, the nation benefits more from good eating habits, sanitation and public health services than from expensive, high-tech medical advancements. Providing basic services for chronically ill people is also a sounder investment. A political leader needs to take the difficult responsibility of telling the public that unlimited medical care is unaffordable.

Health Care, Health Care and Social Assistance, Social aspects, Finance, Column, Medical care, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs

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Embrace technology to stop prescription mistakes

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Medical mistakes account for 44,000 to 98,000 deaths per year in the US with a cost of $17 billion to $29 billion a year. It is stated that errors range from external factors like illegible handwriting and multiple prescriptions crowded on one blank, look-alike or sound-alike drug names which can be avoided by using computers and handhelds to search for drug interactions and by developing better information system.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Mortality, Risk factors, Statistics, Medical errors

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E-mail correspondence: Is it the write stuff for you?

Article Abstract:

The advantages, risks and responsibilities involved in e-mail correspondence in the medical world are mentioned. The potential of e-mail is that it might save time and clarify physician-patient communications and can be written at the doctorEs and the patientEs convenience.

Telegraph & other communications, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Electronic Mail Services, Usage, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Electronic mail systems, E-mail, Email, Technology application

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