Opinion
Corporate Healthcare: A Failing System
I recently attended a meeting where a focus group of randomly selected people was assembled to opine on a wide variety of topics of common public concern.
MAY 5, 2025
A Murdered CEO, Anesthesia Reimbursement (Almost) Restricted and Ubiquitous Corporate ‘Greedflation’: Signs of the Times?
A healthcare company executive is shot in the back and a privately held insurance company tries to restrict reimbursement for anesthesia services.
APRIL 21, 2025
Immunity and Vaccinations
I have it on good authority that when the family of Og, the caveman, came down with pertussis and he did not, he gave as a reason that he had contracted the whooping cough when he was a baby Neanderthal.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The NOPAIN Act: An Opportunity for Collaboration, Improvement in Pain Outcomes
Significant change may be on the horizon with regard to the treatment of postsurgical pain in the United States.
JANUARY 20, 2025
Corporate Healthcare: A Failing System
I recently attended a meeting where a focus group of randomly selected people was assembled to opine on a wide variety of topics of common public concern.
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Versus Natural Stupidity in Medicine
Protecting the status quo and obstructing the evolution of AI is antithetical to the medical profession’s credo.
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Does the Laryngoscope Need to Be Sterile?
The reusable laryngoscope has been identified as the second most highly biocontaminated surface in the OR.
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Hospital Subsidies: The Modern ‘Invisible Hand’ of Capitalism That Drives Anesthesia
In the last few months, we are aware of both regional and national groups being forced to take a 12% to 25% pay cut from the commercial payors.
AUGUST 5, 2024
Healthcare Upside Down
After six decades as a doctor and surgeon, I felt obligated to speak out against the imperial administration of healthcare today by writing a book titled “Healthcare Upside Down: A Critical Examination of Policy and Practice.”
JUNE 24, 2024
Fostering Collaboration Between Central Sterile Processing and the OR Reaps Huge Benefits
Creating a strong relationship between the central sterile processing department and the OR might seem overwhelming, but it is beneficial.
JUNE 10, 2024
Simple Steps to Improve The Patient Experience
It has been more than two hours. You, the patient, have been greeted multiple times and asked questions that should already be in your chart.
MAY 6, 2024
The Other Smoking Risk
Anesthesiologists are obsessed with the airway, but this isn’t about what we’re preoccupied by; it’s about your own airway and surgical smoke.
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
