Monthly Archives: October 2004

Here’s something that came across my desk not too long ago: Longtime medical informatics champion Samuel Bierstock, M.D., perhaps best known as the leader of Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Blues Band (now Dr. Sam and the Frivolous Action … Continue reading →

The San Francisco Chronicle is following up last week’s series on infant mortality with an in-depth report on the state of healthcare in America, appropriately titled, “In Critical Condition.” The stories present a bleak prognosis for a failing system, focusing … Continue reading →

In redesigning its Web site, the Leapfrog Group added a very useful new feature: a compendium of pay-for-performance health plans. As far as I can tell, it’s the first of its kind. I imagine it will be very helpful in … Continue reading →

While there is nothing wrong with the links I posted earlier, this is the Bush/Kerry comparison I wanted all along. A poster at last week’s Medical Group Management Association annual conference compared the healthcare proposals of both presidential candidates, based … Continue reading →

I have come across several independent analyses of the two presidential candidates’ healthcare proposals in the last few days. Happy linking. The Commonwealth Fund, “Health Care Reform Returns to the National Agenda: 2004″ Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, … Continue reading →

With the second presidential debate tonight (at my alma mater, Washington University), I wanted to post a link to an analysis of the healthcare policies of George W. Bush and John Kerry. Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D., of Princeton University has prepared … Continue reading →

I have just returned from the MGMA annual conference in San Francisco (my second trip to SF in less than a month). I’ve got a bunch of deadlines in the next few days, but I promise I will post some … Continue reading →