The Challenge of Treating 'Frailty'
For reasons not fully understood, some patients simply fare worse than others.
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The Case Against Drugstore Clinics
Stopping at the local CVS is often quicker, cheaper, and easier than going to a hospital or primary-care physician, but it also denies patients the quality care that comes from long-lasting relationships with doctors.
The Case for Concierge Medicine
In the trade-off between more patients and more personalized care, growing numbers of physicians are choosing the latter.
Should Doctors Work for Hospitals?
Many physicians feel they are losing control of their profession.
Ted S. Warren/AP Why Doctor Ratings Are Misleading
There is danger in making much of physician-rating sites.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/Wikimedia Should Academic Physicians Serve on Drug-Company Boards?
Conflicts of interest are present even when physicians believe that no impact exists.
adrianclarkmbbs/flickr Making Profits and Differences at Hospitals
The real value of a company—hospitals included—is not only in money, but in social good.
_J_D_R_/flickr Doctors and Tech: Who Serves Whom?
Giving physicians more say in how to incorporate technology into their work is good for patients, and the field.
Kevin Wolf/AP For the Young Doctor About to Burn Out
Professional burnout is the sum total of hundreds and thousands of tiny betrayals of purpose, each one so minute that it hardly attracts notice.
The Jenson Society, NY The Collapse of Big Law: A Cautionary Tale for Big Med
The legal industry's obsession with performance metrics has contributed to its dramatic collapse. Could the same happen with physicians and hospitals?
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