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  • In Defense of Mistakes

    By MARTIN SAMUELS, MD “How much of the medicine that you now use, did you learn during medical school?” My answer may be surprising. It is not the response given to me by my professors, when they were asked similar questions. I recall them telling me...
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  • Speak Softly and Carry (Good) Data

    By DALE SANDERS After a recent talk, a client came up to me with a puzzled expression. We made small talk. We talked about the weather. We talked about sports. Finally, he got to the point. “When are you going to talk about Big Data?” he asked somewhat...
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  • Private Medicine in India is a Free Market

    BY SAURABH JHA, MD Once, a farmer from a village in Bihar was diagnosed with colon cancer. He came to Patna, the capital city, to have the tumor removed. Because he was poor, my father recommended a young surgeon who trained in the UK. The surgeon was...
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  • Private Medicine in India is No Free Market

    By MICHAEL ACCAD, MD On the surface, the proposition that medical care in India is a free market seems plausible. Setting aside the perennially underfunded public healthcare system, there is a large second tier system where patients get care without any...
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  • Welcome to ICD-10

    By SEAN CAVANAUGH Today, the U.S. health care system moves to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision – ICD-10. We’ve tested and retested our systems in anticipation of this day, and we’re ready to accept properly coded ICD-10 claims...
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