Tag: Patients

I retired after 26+ years as a nurse. Sometimes the enormity of that still hits me square in the face. All. The. Patients. I touched in My Life. And All. The. Patients. who touched me. A lot of them are gone. The number one rule in healthcare has always been this — you can’t save ever...

The first time I saw a patient in the hospital was in 2004, twenty years ago, when I was a third-year med student. Since that time, I have spent countless hours in the hospital as a resident, a renal fellow, and finally as an attending. And I’m sure many of you in the medical community feel...

The soaring cost of prescription drugs has ignited public pressure for action. Governments are considering aggressive price controls as a solution, promising relief at the pharmacy counter. But behind the headlines lies a potential storm: mass layoffs in the pharma industry. The domino effec...