Drug and Device Makers Find a Receptive Audience Among Doctors in the South
An analysis shows that where a hospital is located and who owns it make a big difference in…
Browsing Tag
Healthcare
72 posts
Voices of the Addicted Generation: Brittany
Charleston, South Carolina, marketing intern, 22 As Told to Madeleine Thomas (Photo: Christopher Leaman) Editor’s Note: This piece…
Voices of the Addicted Generation: Daniel
Phoenix, Arizona, works for a major insurance company, 29 As Told to Madeleine Thomas (Photo: Christopher Leaman) Editor’s…
Who Makes Sure Hospital Mergers Do No Harm?
Almost nobody. By Patrick G. Lee In 2010, a hospital in Sierra Vista, Arizona, partnered with the Carondelet…
One Nice Meal Can Change a Doctor’s Prescribing Habits
Big pharma’s hidden path to doctors’ pens: through their stomachs. By Francie Diep (Photo: Benjamin Horn/Flickr) Sometimes, it’s…
Cerebral Palsy and the Hidden Children of Bangladesh
Riding with Gulam Khandaker, the doctor working to reform the treatment of cerebral palsy in rural Bangladesh. By…
Upset About Their Bad Yelp Reviews, Your Health Providers Are Spilling Patient Secrets
The vast majority of reviews on Yelp are positive. But in trying to respond to critical ones, some…
What Good Is Medical Malpractice Insurance?
Injury litigation hounds doctors — but we haven’t built better options for pursuing medical mistakes. By Elena Gooray Joan Rivers…
What the Recent Explosion of Health Data Means for Patients
“It was not only essential for us, but for the general public, for patients, to have better data,…
The Stress of Systemic Poverty Is Killing Us
Racial minorities experience shorter lives, but until we can fix economic inequality there’s an easy way to improve…