Continuing my discussion of the findings in our recently published study on the ways family physicians deliver better care at a lower cost than a multi-ologist model, today I will talk about how family physicians deliver care at lower cost facilities. I think I’ll make this post on the cost-effectiveness of...
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Continuing my discussion of the findings in our recently published study on the ways family physicians deliver better care at a lower cost than a multi-ologist model, today I will talk about how family physicians actually talk their patients out of expensive wasteful tests and treatments. I saw this occur multiple...
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I took the longest time off from posting on this blog site that I ever have since I launched it in 2010. I had a good reason. I spent a week in England learning more about their National Health Service. I’ll share some of those experiences later. Plus, I’m working on...
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How can a family physician send home from clinic an 18-year-old woman who reports she’s been having chest pain? Couldn’t she be having a heart attack? Absolutely. How can a family physician reassure a person with hand tingling and numbness without ordering any tests? Couldn’t this be a stroke? Of course....
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We continue to examine the results of our recently published study on the ways family physicians deliver better care at a lower cost than a multi-ologist approach. The next concept is complexity. Family physicians are more comfortable with complexity than any other physicians, especially in their ability to negotiate the diagnostic...
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This post is the 3rd in a series discussing our findings in a recently published study on the ways family physicians deliver better care at a lower cost than a multi-ologist model. Family physicians told us they are more comfortable with uncertainty than the ologists. For a little history, the Future...
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I will now embark on a series of posts highlighting some of the key findings of our study on how family physicians report they deliver cost-effective care. One of our most basic findings was that family physicians felt that considering cost was one of the complexities that were just part of...
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Dr. Oz is back at it again, spreading ignorance across our fine land. But before I get to the most recent example …. A story about the good doctor that appeared earlier this year in the New Yorker included some fine quotes about his medical statements that have little to no...
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A recent report from Reuters talked about the tactics of Cancer Treatment Centers of America. The piece started with a story of a woman who called for help, but was denied after the Center realized she had cancer spread throughout her body. I’m sure this for-profit company is not the only...
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about the actual lack of success Kaiser has had in reducing healthcare costs very much more than the rest of the U.S. healthcare system. This is a story about a group having a little more success. This is a post originally written by Brian Klepper, PhD...
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