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Prescribing Responsibly Requires Vigilance

Posted by Adair Parr, MD, JD May 26, 2011 at 6:51 AM

This post, “The Business of ADHD,” by Winston Chung, MD was originally posted at SFGate City Brights blog. It discusses the need for physicians to be cognizant for their reasons to choose a particular mediation for treatment. The business of ADHD by Winston Chung, MD Psychiatrists convened in sunny Honolulu for the 164th Annual Meeting [...]

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“Value Based Health Care” in Connecticut: an advance for health care?

Posted by Paul Wessel May 18, 2011 at 11:24 AM

“…The simplistic answer — raising employee premium shares, co-pays, and instituting deductibles doesn’t work…  The answer was to save money by keeping employees healthier, a concept known as Value Based Health Care…”

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School, Jobs, and Health

Posted by William Jordan, MD, MPH May 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM

I work as a family doctor at a community health center in the Bronx.  I’m always wondering, what can I do during a 15-minute visit to have the most impact on my patient’s health?  The answer is often that smoking cessation counseling, or screening for depression, or some other preventive health maneuver, will have the biggest [...]

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