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Perspectives
Prescriptions for a Broken System
N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, offers unique insights into the business of healthcare.
- Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home
- Climate Checkup
- Faust Files
- Focus on Policy
- Happy Healer
- KevinMD
- Of Parasites and Plagues
- Prescriptions for a Broken System
- Rural Rx
- Second Opinions
- Suicidologist's Soliloquy
- The Health Docket
- The Toxicology Report
- What We Heard This Week
- Wired Practice
- Working Stiff
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Innovative care models should be a tool to enhance quality and equity, not further diminish it
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The paltry settlement emphasizes the need for stronger data privacy protections
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Give yourself permission to explore and excel in various aspects of your life and career
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It's time to simplify the process, reduce costs, and eliminate redundancies
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Anti-competitive practices harm patients, providers, and the economy
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Data, communication and respect, and private-sector partnerships are key
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The company's endeavors may present a double-edged sword
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But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement
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The federal government must address medical school affordability
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Uncompensated time harms healthcare professionals at the very least
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There's little value in a tool that can't be trusted
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It's been a long road to Medicare price negotiation ... and there's still work to be done
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