Part D enrollee satisfaction : “This is called adverse selection, and is the main reason the program will not be successful over the long term. Simply put, the ones who sign up are the ones who will get more in benefits than they will pay in premiums.”
April 13th, 2006Great job, New England Journal. A new feature this week, called Videos in Clinical Medicine. Featuring Placement of an Arterial Line with a nice video, narration, and animation in a little Flash applet. As far as journals go, NEJM is my favorite; it seems to be the most technologically advanced of the major journals.
HopeLab , a medical non-profit, has developed a video game for kids with cancer, called Re-Mission . Looks like a fun game, and they’ve tried to temper the animations with educational and realistic elements. I just wonder how they deal with what happens if a child loses at the game.
April 12th, 2006is up! Best of the medical blogosphere!
April 11th, 2006The LA Times has a series on healthcare for the wounded in Iraq.
April 10th, 2006is up ! All health policy, all day long!
April 5th, 2006Update: Please, everyone: this is a joke. You cannot do LASIK at home.
Even if this was a real product… I wouldn’t recommend it. Good spoof, though.
April 5th, 2006Buzz is big about the “near-universal” coverage Massachusetts bill that just passed, but as always, follow the money: Lobbyists Took In $7.5 Million on the bill . Kevin MD has a blogger roundup on the bill . PNHP’s take .
April 5th, 2006How To Not Be Totally Awkward Using a Computer During a Patient Visit .
April 5th, 2006