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Don’t go to Bill Frist’s doctor

August 30, 2012Russell Saunders 32 Comments

Remember Bill Frist? Heart surgeon? Former Senate Majority Leader? Super-genius doctor, such that he could make an authoritative diagnosis about a condition totally outside of his specialty based on videotape of a patient he did not otherwise examine? (Except whoopsie,… Continue Reading →

On profits and patient care

August 20, 2012Russell Saunders 32 Comments

The tension that exists between providing good care for patients and making a profit in the healthcare business is one of my signal preoccupations. In our current fee-for-service model, there exists a seemingly intractable conflict between prioritizing the needs of… Continue Reading →