A superb annual meeting, the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) brings together leaders from the worlds of medicine, business and politics. Organized by executive director Megan Castilla and based in Washington, D.C., the event combines healthcare policy with...
The American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) was founded almost a century ago with the mission to provide a forum for scholarly activities that advance the field of plastic surgery. I had the pleasure of attending the 98th annual meeting, held April 6-9 in...
As an author, speaker and news contributor, I try to read as much as I can about the world of medicine and the world beyond it. I find the two are often intimately entwined and open interesting new doors to each other. Nothing compares to feeling of getting immersed...
This month's reader survey was inspired by a recent study on the power of primary care, which found that adding 10 primary care physicians to a population of 100,000 people is associated with an average life-expectancy increase of 51.5 days. That’s compared to a...
The 19th Population Health Colloquium concluded March 20 in Philadelphia with more than 700 people in audience and an exciting lineup of speakers. I was honored to participate alongside healthcare experts like Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood, Elisabeth ...
In March, I welcomed your prognostications on the future of healthcare technology. Respondents were asked whether these 6 innovations will be consistently used in medical practice by the year 2030. Here are the results: I was surprised by the feedback in last month’s...
The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) is a volunteer, nonprofit organization that ensures clinicians (both nurses and social workers) have the ability to perform the essential task of case management – a collaborative process that involves the...
The February reader survey asked you to consult your crystal ball and play the role of seer. In 2019, the U.S. Congress will have the opportunity to consider several pieces of healthcare legislation. The question to you was this: Will Congress act on the following?...
Welcome to the Fixing Healthcare survey. If you're looking for the results of the inaugural survey (from January 2019), click here or check out the Season One survey results in this cool infographic: If you're here to take the NEW survey (which launched in August...
According to the CDC, life expectancy in the United States declined for the third straight year. As impossible as it may seem, the United States now ranks 29th globally in average lifespan despite spending $3.5 trillion each year on healthcare. My recent LinkedIn post...