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Second person denied AZ transplant coverage dies
A second transplant candidate denied coverage because of state budget cuts has died, and hospital officials say the...
The hospital’s growing role as care coordinator
Hospitals aren't known for making house calls. Once patients get their discharge papers, they take their chances with a...
Hospital savings: Salaries for doctors, not fees
Visiting the Cleveland Clinic last week, President Obama held up that well-known hospital as a model for the rest of...
Should Patients Read the Doctor’s Notes?
For 40 years, the tension over patient access has been playing out in hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices...
Gallbladder removed through mouth in new surgical technique
As part of the trend in developing surgeries without external wounds, surgeons last week removed a woman's gallbladder...
Doorknob diagnoses
In this New England Journal of Medicine piece, Perri Klass, MD, recounts a "doorknob moment"—when a...
New twist on the old house call
In greater Boston, house calls are coming back, but with a 21st century twist, writes Elizabeth Kass, MD, in this...
When the disease eludes a diagnosis
In this New York Times article written by BARRON H. LERNER, MD, Lerner asks "why do doctors and patients often approach...
Medicine meets a culture gap
A growing amount of research is investigating whether small cultural differences could be a big reason for the...
New respect between Eastern, Western medicine
The gap between the proliferating use of use of remedies such as herbals and the limited knowledge about their...