adminNavigating the Abyss – The Health Care Blog
By SUHANA MISHRA Residing in the often overlooked San Joaquin Valley, I’ve personally felt the impact of the shortage of primary care physicians. My family struggled to access basic medical…
Halo, Heresy, and Health Care – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD If you are of a certain age – say, mine, that is to say, a Baby Boomer – last week’s announcement that Microsoft was going to release…
The Nobel Prize’s Amazing Track Record in Immunology – The Health Care Blog
By MIKE MAGEE With the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine last week, the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) took an understandable victory lap, stating: “This…
Let a Thousand DNA Flowers Bloom – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD When I saw a headline about “DNA flowers,” I was nonplused. I mean: aren’t all flowers made out of DNA, like every living thing on our planet?…
What would it look like? – The Health Care Blog
By MATTHEW HOLT A few weeks back I wrote an article on what’s wrong with primary care and how we should fix it. The tl:dr version was to give every…
AAAA (the four A) – The Health Care Blog
By JACOB REIDER I haven’t blogged this yet, which kinda surprises me, since I find myself describing it often. Let’s start with an overview. We can look at health information…
What A Digital Health Doc Learned Recertifying His Boards – The Health Care Blog
By JEAN LUC NEPTUNE I recently got the good news that I passed the board recertification exam for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). As a bit of background,…
Trade Ya Subsidies For a Government – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD As you may have heard, the federal government is currently shut down, although for many federal workers – those deemed “essential” – that just means they keep…
If Not Now, When? – The Health Care Blog
By DAVID INTROCASO After having worked in DC for sixteen years, in 2013 I created The Healthcare Policy Podcast. The title was in part intended to be sarcastic because healthcare…
Lessons From The Medical Error That Orphaned A Cabinet Secretary – The Health Care Blog
By MICHAEL MILLENSON It was a small anecdote, buried in a lengthy profile in The New Yorker of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, “Donald Trump’s Tariff Dealmaker-in-Chief.” But as a patient…
