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By Jordan Harmon If you haven’t noticed, our health system is extremely complex.  There are hundreds of surgical and non-surgical sub-specialties, thousands of hospital systems, and billions of medications prescribed

By Maya Dewan, MD, MPH In today’s world, a simple online search yields endless information about the quality and cost of restaurants, retail shops, even pets, but finding information on

By Ramesh Nathan, MD I recently was invited to participate in a research study, looking at the economic impact of a new drug for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection. 

By Kei Ouchi, MD “I need a doctor in here!” As I walk into the resuscitation room in the emergency department (ED), I see Mr. G, a cachectic elderly gentleman barely

By Christopher Moriates, MD A few years ago I was eating dinner with a friend when, somehow, the conversation veered into the topic of mammograms and pap smears. I began

By Marty Muntz, MD, FACP I am not an economist. This is how I start my high-value care session during the internal medicine clerkship orientation day at MCW, and it is