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Quality Guru Chosen to Head CMS
Donald Berwick, a Harvard University professor and leading advocate for improving health-care quality and efficiency, has been named by President Obama as his choice to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.) Berwick is well-known in Quality circles for aggressively advocating quality improvement in healthcare. Berwick, who specializes in health-care policy and pediatrics,…
Medical Missteps: Case of a Nonexistent Pregnancy
Recently, a case was reviewed by the North Carolina Medical Board where a group of medical practitioners performed labor induction and a Caesarean section on a woman, only to find there was no baby present. The case, as reported by Foxnews.com, revealed that the patient had been convinced she was pregnant and managed to convince…
Standard Diabetes Treatment Makes Things Worse
Ready-Fire-Aim. Once again the healthcare profession finally gets around to looking at data, only to discover that it is actually harming patients by treating them. The Los Angeles Times reports that a major nationwide trial called ACCORD released Sunday show that lowering either blood pressure or cholesterol levels below current guidelines do not provide additional benefit…
Unreliable Prostate Test Costs Billions
The person who discovered the test used to screen 30 million American men for prostate cancer, the prostate-specific-antigen or PSA test, says the test is a hugely expensive healthcare disaster. “I discovered P.S.A. in 1970. As Congress searches for ways to cut costs in our health care system, a significant savings could come from changing…