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Although there is little to no evidence of vaccines causing anything but rare adverse reactions, the voices of the anti-vaccine movement – some call it the pro-disease lobby – persists.

What do we as professionals need to do and say to counter hysterical, unsubstantiated claims of those who oppose vaccines?

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/03/failure-vaccine-messages.html

You might be surprised how department chairs rank the importance they assign to different measures so they can find the best residents. Hint: it’s not prior experience.

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/03/choose-residents.html

Have you seen billboards advertising the average wait times in emergency departments? And does that impact patient care?

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/03/texting-er-wait-times-affect-patient-care.html

http://www.dailynews.com/business/20140301/saint-johns-health-center-in-santa-monica-to-get-providence-in-its-name

This study just released by the Kaiser Family Foundation, reveals that Americans are both divided and uniformed about Obamacare.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140226/NEWS/302269951?AllowView=VDl3UXk1TzdDUEtCbkJiYkY0M3hlMEdyaVVVZEQrYz0=&utm_source=link-20140226-NEWS-302269951&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily&utm_name=top#

What a blessing to own a business in which I’m surrounded by very talented people. It’s the proverbial rising tide that lifts all boats.

I’m sure the most successful discoveries and inventions in medicine were accomplished with a spirit of teamwork, shared dreams and camaraderie on achieving the goal of a new procedure or treatment.

This article also found on LinkedIn.

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140123121820-86541065-are-you-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-let-s-hope-not?goback=.nmp_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1_%2A1&trk=NUS_UNIU_PEOPLE_FOLLOW-megaphone-fllw

Are doctors the latest cash cow for hospitals?
With more and more physicians leaving their practices due to declining reimbursement, they are headed to hospitals for employment. In this article, many prospective problems are being raised: (1) some hospitals are tacking on “facility fees” that hike the cost of a visit by up to 70% (2) sicker patients are being pushed through the same hospitals line of specialists like a gauntlet, earning even more fees for the hospitals. So will corporate healthcare be another glaring failure of Obamacare, where the costs of treatment are higher, not lower? And do patients benefit from this new conflict-of-interest, where corporate physicians refer to other specialists within their hospital, as opposed to specialist they know and trust?

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/28/4717706/doctors-inc-medicine-goes-corporate.html?goback=%2Egde_1817200_member_5829585966943203331#%21