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 […]

Patient Advocacy — a Complete 360

A Health Care Professional on the Outside Looking In Dodging your responsibility as a patient advocate for you or your family member could have devastating results. As a health care professional on the front lines of the health care system, I understand exactly how important it is for patients and their families to take charge […]

Social Leadership and the Internet

It comes in all shapes and sizes By Mike Magee Connectivity. That’s the power of the Internet – to bring people and information together, ignoring geographic boundaries, and organizing a response fueled by mutual interest and social capital. At Health Commentary, we’re advancing health populism and self-determination, while simultaneously promoting environmental health and unique early […]

The Information Revolution

And Health Care thinks it has problemsAnd you think you have problems? How would you like to be in the newspaper business right now? The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle had decreases in paid circulation over the past year by anywhere from 1.5% […]

Torture and Future US Physicians

How are we failing? I spent two years as a Senior Fellow in The Humanities with the World Medical Association (WMA). This global organization sprung to life after the Nuremberg trials, with a major goal to help prevent physicians around the world from ever again being co-conspirators in torture. During my stint, I was studying […]

« go back