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Looking for a Good 30-Year Investment
Robin Young • Thu, Jul 2nd, 2009

 

Could we, in the midst of what increasingly appears to be wholesale revamping of healthcare delivery in the United States, be getting to a Call for Craft? Perhaps, but one thing we know for certain: The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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Military Medicine: Marching Ideas into Action
Daniel Knowlton • Wed, Jul 1st, 2009

 

Soldiers need new medical devices to treat the strains of a new kind of warfare, but it often takes too long to turn an idea into reality. Fortunately, Georgia Tech has a solution.

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A Health Care Fourth of July
Walter Eisner • Tue, Jun 30th, 2009

 

Healthcare reform is moving towards a frantic finish after the Fourth of July congressional recess. The debate about the need for reform is over. The debate now is over winners and losers. Read our update.

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Total Knee Arthroplasty -- Worth $57,000?
Scott Ellison, PearlDiver Large Joints Analyst • Mon, Jun 29th, 2009

 

Two new studies, one by Brigham and Womens and BU Hospitals and the other by PearlDiver, tackle the question of TKA cost effectiveness. One says that it's cost effective; the other uncovers high rates of regional variability. Guess which one affects public policy.

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Oh, the Stress! Post-Fellowship Transition
Elizabeth Hofheinz, MEd, MPH • Mon, Jun 29th, 2009

 

Finished medical school? Now you're a doctor. Done with residency? Now you're really a doctor. Earned your fellowship certificate? Yikes. It's the end of the line. Really. And now all of the highs and lows are yours and yours alone.

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Pass/Fail: Fellowships and Patient Safety
Elizabeth Hofheinz, MEd, MPH • Tue, Jun 23rd, 2009

 

Over confidence, a lack of supervision on the part of the surgeon in charge, and no superstructure to regulate the training...any of these could lead to problems in the appreticeship-like training that is fellowship.

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Cerebral Palsy Surgery Lagging Research?
Scott Ellison, PearlDiver Large Joints Analyst • Tue, Jun 23rd, 2009

 

Cerebral palsy patients traditionally undergo multiple, life-interrupting surgeries throughout their childhoods, but research shows that this is often not the best approach. Are current trends in surgery keeping pace with the research? Find out here.