Tired of getting stuck with needles? Ask your doctor to just say ‘once.’
By Chris Moriates, MD and Victoria Valencia MPH There are few worse ways to awake a person than with a needle stick in the arm to draw blood. If you have
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Strep and a Mother’s Intuition
By Sean Card As we headed off to the doctor one Saturday in February my Mom thought my brother might have strep throat because of white streaks in his throat,
Outside the Box
By Jim Sepeda A family member of mine had recently been stricken with Diverticulitis. The treatment included an antibiotic that is infamous for creating nausea, and it ran true to
Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back
By Angela Gargus The last few years has brought certain buzz words and concepts to the forefront in the medical field – things such as the triple aim, population health
Lesson on Communicating Price Transparency
By Judy Gichoya The year is 2008 and I was a medical student working at the hospital in Eldoret, Western Kenya. Moi and Indiana University formed a collaboration that was
Variations on a Contracting Theme
By Karen Kresnik The Nebraska Health Network (NHN) is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) established in 2010 between Nebraska Methodist Health System and Nebraska Medicine both located in Omaha, Nebraska.