Is That Really Necessary?
By Ann Robinow Attempting to alter the health care marketplace so provider decisions are based on patient value has shaped my career for the last 20 years. Often use of the
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Making Profound Changes from an Office Visit
By Adam Philip Stern, MD Mr. D was my patient in the partial hospital program for the chronically and persistently mentally ill, and he was barely maintaining the level of functioning necessary to
Managing My Costs of Care
By Jay Warner Before losing my health insurance in 2009, it never occurred to me to be concerned about a little thing like a blood test. Since 1986 I’d been
Access Our Medicine
By Graham Dover, PhD I was fortunate in my training. I was introduced to the costs of care in a unique and powerful way when I joined the National Health Service
How far do you go for Patient-Centered Care?
By Stephen Dahmer, MD We are a new practice in downtown Brooklyn part of a new company trying to revolutionize primary care. “We” because of the team approach we offer, providing
How many doctors does it take to read a hospital bill?
By Sylvia Romm, MD MPH Traveling to another country can be daunting. So when a friend of mine hosted a Russian college-aged student named Anna for a year so she could