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If you are interested in the history of medical discoveries, you’ll really enjoy this article. Self-taught scientist Felix d’Herelle discovered bacteriophages (viruses that attack bacteria) while studying an outbreak of Shigellosis among soldiers during the Great War (World War I). Despite scorn from his colleagues, d’Herelle perservered and conclusively proved that the human body often provides its own antidote to bacteria.

Read the full article in KevinMD.

 

Doctors: there are better, more efficient ways for patients to get online information about their health than just doing a Google search.

Physicians Practice

Physician Tanya Feke has written an article in KevinMD about the cost of services. The topic is whether hospitals should be able to charge more for providing the same service, e.g., an echocardiogram, as an outpatient facility and be reimbursed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the higher fee. CMS appears ready to say “no” with respect to 66 of those services.

 

This posting on KevinMD is a compelling story by a surgeon on why he chose that profession and the intense pressure and demands it has made on his life.

Millennials are a larger percentage of home purchasers than Gen X. This is a bit of a surprise, since their wages have lagged more than other age groups and they’ve had significant challenges in re-paying the larger portion of student loan debt. I say, good for them!

Read the full article on Realtor.org

Prime Healthcare backs out of deal to purchase the six Daughters of Charity Health System health facilities.

California Attorney General press release.

As patient care is migrating to clinics and home care, some hospitals are facing closure.

Read the full article in ModernHealthcare.