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“Physicians are coaches. Patients are players.”

by | Dec 31, 2008

I don’t know who Stanley Feld is, but he just became my friend, with a terrific post on doctor as coach, patient as player. It starts: The role of patients with chronic diseases and their physicians must be clear to both patients and physicians. Physicians are...

Patient Voices at CHCF’s Chronic Disease Care Conference

by | Dec 29, 2008

This is the second in a series of posts about the California HealthCare Foundation’s Chronic Disease Care conference (the first was Happy Dogs in a Pile of Sticks). Patient Voices: Managing Chronic Conditions, Living our Lives Ted Eytan snapped a photo that captured...

Saving Lives, Old-School Style

by | Dec 9, 2008

What if there was a simple, old-school style procedure that could save tens of thousands of lives every year? Better yet, what if it could be implemented at minuscule costs (about $3 million to rollout nationwide), and would require very little change in...

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