The Price of Certainty in the ICU
By Tom Peteet, MD Mr. J was as close to a typical sixty year-old patient as possible, wary of doctors and selective in when he took his blood pressure medications.
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The Costs of Cancer Care
By Holly Woodcock I’m a nurse and a patient. My story starts out during Thanksgiving of 2009 when I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the tender age of 47.
Consumers are struggling to compare medical prices and find providers
By Ambar Pina Consumers are struggling to compare medical prices and find providers Not so long ago a friend of mine told me she was concerned about a pink patch
Impact of Admission Status on Healthcare
By Amit Vashist, MD, MBA “I do not want to stay in the hospital if you’re gonna admit me as obs”, my 68 year old patient bluntly told me in
July as the “Cost of Care” Awareness Month
By Jonas A. de Souza With a 2013 median US household income of $51,539, it is clear that having treatments that cost over $100,000 per year is unsustainable. However, this
Costs of Care Announces Winning Patient and Clinician Stories on Opportunities to Improve Care
Patients and frontline clinicians are uniquely positioned to recognize inefficiencies in the healthcare system, but are seldom empowered with the information needed to reduce harmful spending. With sponsorship from the