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Why Get Out of Medicine?

On March 10th, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis

Capitalism vs. Socialism in Health Care

On March 9th, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis

How Are Role, Responsibility, Accountability and Authority Related?

On March 8th, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis

Is Plausibility Established by Facts or Consensus?

On March 4th, 2010 by admin

Physician Voices Seldom Heard – Part 1

On March 15th, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis

Why Systemic Health Care Problems Are Best Handled by ‘Outsiders’

On March 22nd, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis

The Building of Shrines for Hospital Administrators. We have both witnessed the building of expensive and unneeded new healthcare facilities to satisfy the desire of an institution to provide a monument to a hospital executive who is nearing the end of his or her career. In one case, architecturally spectacular new hospital buildings costing billions of dollars were erected within a few hundred yards of similar facilities belonging to a competing institution. In another case, a specialty hospital was constructed despite the fact that 2 other similar specialty facilities existed within a few miles. In both instances, as large as the costs of the new buildings may have been, they were dwarfed by the costs of the duplicative staffs required for the new facilities. Moreover, to keep both new facilities acceptably occupied, substantial additional monies continue to be spent on advertising and public relations campaigns.

Frog-Boiling 101: One Institution at a Time?

On March 23rd, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis

A Blow to Health Care Innovation: But Will It Be Lethal?

On March 24th, 2010 by Demetrios Perdikis