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Stop Overcharging the Uninsured and Underinsured.

by Hari on February 7, 2012

What can we do to stop hospitals and medical practices from charging the highest possible rates to the uninsured or under insured? It is unethical to penalize those who are most vulnerable and in need of a break. Hospitals and practices are making money by charging these high rates and then sending the bills within [...]

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Eulogy To Rose

by Hari on January 31, 2012

Rose died yesterday. She was 89 years old and lived in a nursing home. Rose was a very proper Irish lady, who always had her make up perfect and her hair (wig) just right. She really didn’t want any visitors until her face was on in the morning. She loved to talk and the nursing [...]

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Day 8: Insurance Utopia: Health Insurance That Actually Covers Healthcare

January 25, 2012

I say, I am a dreamer, just like the John Lennon song. I certainly dream of health insurance that actually covers people’s health needs. Insurance that doesn’t deny needed services especially for the mentally and chronically ill. I wish I didn’t have to explain to parents why their child with a life threatening illness, can [...]

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Day 7 Wish: Doctors Would Test For Strep With Every Sore Throat

January 18, 2012

Day 7: Doctors would test for strep for all sore throats. How can you tell a viral sore throat from a strep throat? You can’t except with a throat culture. So why do so many primary care providers diagnosis sore throat as viral without a culture? My simple wish is PCPs would do a culture [...]

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Day 6: Even God Needs To Sign A HIPAA Form

January 16, 2012

DAY 6: Wishing for a better understanding of HIPAA All my clients sign HIPAA (Authorization for Release of Information) forms at the onset. It is supposed to be the key that unlocks the door to their medical information. The road to obtaining the information is often blocked by barriers that make no sense and have [...]

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Day 5 Wish: Accepting the Mind/Body Connection

January 12, 2012

Day 5: I wish medicine would accept the mind/body connection I wish that medicine would stop separating the mind and the body as if they exist in parallel universes. I wish that medicine would acknowledge that emotional and psychological issues impact physical health and the healing process. I wish medical professionals would do a [...]

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Day 4: Dreaming of Secure On Line Personal Medical Records

January 11, 2012

I dream of a day when no matter where I access healthcare, my complete medical record will securely be available on line. Any time I see a specialist or need to go to a hospital, my chart will be readily available. I won’t have to worry that my MRI, CT or lab work from another [...]

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Day 3:A Wish for Healthcare Change: Communication Of Wait Times

January 6, 2012

I would like medical practices and institutions to become accountable for long appoinment wait times. I want real communication on any delays and don’t want to hear one more time, “The doctor is behind.” I want to know, how long is the wait in real time not doctor time. I am tired of scheduling [...]

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Day 2: Ten Days of a Wish for Change in The Healthcare System

January 5, 2012

Medical professionals as partners in my health I would like to see a change in the relationship between patient and doctor from transactional to transformational. What I mean by this is, currently, doctors act more like managerial bureaucrats in a vast multi layered system. We, as patients, access medical care disease focused and seek resolution [...]

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Ten Days Of A Wish For Changes in The Healthcare System:Day 1

January 3, 2012

No Pre Existing Conditions. No more being penalized for being human. This is what pre existing conditions means to me. Humans get sick even when all preventive measures are taken. How can we control our DNA? Why has an insurance company been given the power to decide what constitutes a pre existing condition? Each insurance [...]

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← Previous Entries

Stop Overcharging the Uninsured and Underinsured.

Eulogy To Rose

Day 8: Insurance Utopia: Health Insurance That Actually Covers Healthcare

Day 7 Wish: Doctors Would Test For Strep With Every Sore Throat

Day 6: Even God Needs To Sign A HIPAA Form

Day 5 Wish: Accepting the Mind/Body Connection

Day 4: Dreaming of Secure On Line Personal Medical Records

Day 3:A Wish for Healthcare Change: Communication Of Wait Times

Day 2: Ten Days of a Wish for Change in The Healthcare System

Ten Days Of A Wish For Changes in The Healthcare System:Day 1

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