Killing Care Softly It’s official: doctors treat charts, not people. Harvard researcher Russell Phillips reckons physicians of many stripes are now “data entry technicians.” My preferred term is “checklist monkeys.” The results for your health care? Not good. How much time and energy are really wasted? Recent reports show ER physicians spending 44% of their time […]
Give Sleep a Chance
The Perils of Political Naps Do we really know how to sleep? The perils of political napping demonstrate that sleepy ideas about sleeping remain steadfastly secure. Recently Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York excoriated one organ of the press, in this case the New York Post, for reporting that he naps during the day. […]
Insecure – Your Electronic Health Record Has Been Hacked
Insecure Has your electronic health record been hacked? Are the most private histories of you and your parents, your spouse and children, now public knowledge? Do governments, corporations and individuals know about your drinking history, your sexual transmitted diseases, when you lost your job because of a marijuana urine test? Do they know the details of your kids’ […]