Candidates Should Read Dr. David Reuben’s Article

Better care for older persons means better care for all of us Dr. David Reuben from UCLA penned an article in JAMA in December, 2007 that all Presidential candidates should read. In two concise pages he shares six principles that he sees as essential in providing "optimal health care delivery for older persons with chronic disease." […]

Davos Discovers Water

Global Warming, Energy and Water on a Collision Course If you’re looking for a multi-national CEO this week, they’re hard to find. That is unless you’re in Davos, Switzerland. At the World Economic Forum, which meets in the village each year, there’s lots of heat — about the world economy, the collapsing U.S. market, global […]

Health Commentary Covers Health Action

Guest blogger to send posts from Families USA conference Watch this page for the next several days (Jan. 24-26) as we feature coverage of “Health Action 2008” — the annual grassroots meeting of Families USA. Health Commentary guest blogger Brian Klepper is on site in Washington D.C. and will be sending his take on the various health care […]

What’s On Your Mind?

Post a comment here and we’ll feature it for discussion Health Commentary’s Open Forum is a place where YOUR ideas become the topic of discussion. All you have to do is post a comment when you see a "What’s On Your Mind" item. We’ll then highlight it at our Open Forum site for others to […]

Surgeons Embrace Health Consumers

Dr. Tom Russell’s new book Over the years, I’ve always been proud to be a surgeon, as was my father, and as are two of my brothers. Having watched my father in his office attached to the house from the time I was a little boy, I knew that it was possible to be a […]

Medicine and Nursing and Early Childhood Educators

Placing Natural Home-Based Allies In the Same Room By Mike Magee, MD If there was ever a time for Nursing and Medicine and Early Childhood Development leaders to join hands on behalf of patients, it’s now. And there is no better place to convene the gathering then in the American Home. The concepts of Home […]

For Health Care to Transform, Must the Status Quo Be Viewed As A Disaster?

“Our only mistake would be to give up and accept defeat” By Mike Magee, MD A recent article by Richard MacLean, Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Innovation, titled “Ignoring Impending Disasters: Why Do the Warning Signs Go Unheaded?” finishes with these summary remarks: “Human nature and organizational dynamics are what they are. You […]

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