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By SAURABH JHA MD What are the challenges of getting imaging to Africa In this episode of Radiology Firing Line, I convene a panel of experts in Africa. We discuss the challenges of bringing new technology to Africa, the new need for imaging driven by public health gains and increased longevity of Africans, the insalubrious ...
By HANS DUVEFELT MD We do a lot of things in our head in this business. Once a patient reports a symptom, we mentally run down lists of related followup questions, possible diagnoses, similar cases we have seen. All this happens faster than we could ever describe in words (let alone type). And, just like ...
By KIP SULLIVAN JD Review of The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Z. Muller, Princeton University Press, 2018 In the introduction to The Tyranny of Metrics, Jerry Muller urges readers to type “metrics” into Google’s Ngram, a program that searches through books and other material published over the last five centuries. He tells us we will find ...
By FELICIA D. GOODRUM STERLING, PhD and HEIDI L. POTTINGER, DrPH, MPH, MA The measles outbreak in Washington state this week has brought new attention to the anti-vaccine movement. In fact, the World Health Organization recently identified “vaccine hesitancy” as one of top threats to global health. In the US, the number of unvaccinated children ...
By ADRIAN GROPPER and DEBORAH C. PEEL Among other rich nations, US healthcare stands out as both exceptionally privatized and exceptionally expensive. And taken overall, we have the worst health outcomes among the Western Democracies. On one hand, regulators are reluctant to limit private corporate action lest we reduce innovation and patient choice and promote moral ...
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I are pregaming HIMSS at WSJ Tech Health. In this episode, Jess asks me about my biggest takeaways from WSJ Tech Health—and what we’re looking forward to at HIMSS. We’ll be at booth #5594 with SMACK.health, along with WTF Health, our new podcast Hardcore Health and ...