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Life in Underserved Medicine: What does it mean to be a physician?
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, June 23, 2013. What does it mean to be a physician? Ensuring safe, accessible, affordable healthcare for all. Focusing on integrity and trust in medicine, and avoiding and eliminating conflicts of interest in medicine (including interactions with medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies). Emphasizing evidence-based medicine and good stewardship of our patients' and our nations' resources.
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Life in Underserved Medicine: June 2012
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Friday, June 29, 2012. The healthcare aftermath of June 28, 2012: What we protected, what is missing, and what we still need to do. Originally posted on the OccupyHealthcare blog. June 28, 2012). Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). After nearly 2 1/2 years of partisan misinformation, the Court has established the law's legitimacy.
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Life in Underserved Medicine: February 2012
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, February 26, 2012. Expanding Health Insurance Coverage Should Reduce Costs. This post was initially published at on the National Physicians Alliance blog. Without significant changes, healthcare spending in the United States (already one of the highest rates in the world per capita. Will continue to increase at an unsustainable rate. The study's authors conclude that "previously uninsured people may have ...
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Life in Underserved Medicine: A Change in Course (and, hopefully, a renewal)
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, February 16, 2014. A Change in Course (and, hopefully, a renewal). Looking back at this blog, I am embarrassed at how long it has been since I have updated it. Life has gotten so busy that I hardly ever think to jot down any thoughts here, even if I should have some thought I think worth sharing. Since my last post I have been teaching more. I am teaching students in our school's honors program that p...
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Life in Underserved Medicine: June 2013
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, June 23, 2013. What does it mean to be a physician? Ensuring safe, accessible, affordable healthcare for all. Focusing on integrity and trust in medicine, and avoiding and eliminating conflicts of interest in medicine (including interactions with medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies). Emphasizing evidence-based medicine and good stewardship of our patients' and our nations' resources.
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Life in Underserved Medicine: The value of mentorship
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, March 16, 2014. The value of mentorship. I am honored to consider Gus a mentor, a colleague, and a friend. I was glad when he received the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation's 2013 Salute to Service Award for Service to the Profession. You can hear some of Gus's story in his own words here. I could not imagine a better recipient, or a better role model. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Life in Underserved Medicine: January 2012
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, January 22, 2012. Shining a Needed Light on PhRMA/Physician Interactions. This post was initially published on the National Physicians Alliance blog. Recently, National Public Radio's program "On the Media" discussed the Physician Payment Sunshine Act. PDF; a useful overview is available here. Has detailed ways in which PhRMA and other industry actively seek to control physician's presentations. Until the...
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Life in Underserved Medicine: February 2014
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Some thoughts on healing. Late last year, I led a session for our MS1 students in which we discussed the idea of healing. We used this article. As a jumping off point in the discussion. The article goes through a process of defining healing, but the core concept is that of healing as a transcending of suffering. Healing is made more difficult because of what people heal from. In a healt...
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Life in Underserved Medicine: March 2012
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Setting the Stage for the ACA's Second Anniversary. First published on the National Physicians Alliance blog. March 13, 2012). First, a review of what the reforms already in place as a result of the ACA: this timeline. Provides a good summary, as does this timeline. A review of these timelines shows that the ACA has already led to the following changes:. Insurance companies will be held a...
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Life in Underserved Medicine: February 2013
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Life in Underserved Medicine. One family doctor's life in medically underserved communities. Sunday, February 3, 2013. Please support Medicaid expansion in Virginia. I am writing to ask Virginia's General Assembly to expand Medicaid in Virginia. I would like to provide a few examples as to why this expansion is so important:. Medicaid expansion in other states has been associated with reduced mortality: http:/ www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1202099. Expanding Medicaid in Virginia holds the potential...
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