Good Health and How Institutional Conflicts of Interest Exacerbate the Anechoic Effect - the Example of ASCO Fearing "Biting the Hand that Feeds You". Elvonda

As we recently discussed ( here , here , here and here ), in May, 2015, the New England Journal of Medicine, arguably the world's forem...

Good Health and Congratulations! . Elvonda

Congratulations to  Lauren (McCray) Schmaedeke  ( DPT Class of 2011 )  on passing her CWS exam!  Lauren is now a Certified Wound Specialist! 

Good Health and The Potential of Community Health Workers (CHWs). Elvonda

He was among the highest. Utilizers of healthcare services, that is.  I had the pleasure of talking to a physician who is leading a group of...

Good Health and Childish, petty and vindictive: UPMC hospitals ban sale of Post-Gazette from their gift shops. Elvonda

Here's a new angle on how a healthcare organization might react to unfavorable press: Ban the sale of the newspaper in question from the...

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I am an avid fan of the widely popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black . I�ve been raving about the show since its first season in 201...

Good Health and Apps Will Astonish. Elvonda

"Now this is meaningful use!" In case you think the future for healthcare apps will be characterized by health information technol...

Good Health and The US' Multinational Trade Negotiations - Trading Away Its Own and Other Countries' Current and Future Restraints on Drug Prices?. Elvonda

Trade Agreements More about Deregulation than Trade International trade negotiations, especially their more technical aspects, seem far remo...

Good Health and Challenging the meme that [yes, there are all these drastic flaws and problems - BUT] ... EHRs improve patient safety. Elvonda

One of the most persistent memes in healthcare IT is that, for all their deficits, bugs, flaws, interferences in care, and so forth, these s...

Good Health and The 2015 PharmedOut Meeting. Elvonda

The 2015 PharmedOut.org meeting is now in the history books.  It featured many presentations and considerable formal and informal discussion...

Good Health and Are Some Physicians Stockholm Syndrome Victims?. Elvonda

A hostage sides with her captors in a bank hold-up Years ago, when the Population Health Blog was the staff physician supervising an overwor...

Good Health and Who Benefits? - Despite Data Breaches, Staff Cuts, Vulnerable Patients' Coverage Cuts, Transplant Program Probation, Multi-Million Dollar Executive Compensation Persists at UPMC. Elvonda

There are so many things wrong with US and global health care that it is easy to get lost in the details, and despair of finding solutions. ...

Good Health and Professional Residency I . Elvonda

Good Health and Building Patient Relationships. Elvonda

It�s easy folks to develop relationships, that�s generally what the type of person that is successful, extroverted and out going but do you ...

Good Health and Health Care Professional Societies Whose Leadership Betrays Their Own Members - the APA Alleged to Have Supported Torture, and Deceived its Members to Collect Money. Elvonda

Health care professionals usually view their professional societies as allies, supporting their values and acting in their professional and ...