Theft or Money Laundering

If I steal from you it’s theft, but what if I purchase lots of stuff on your credit card for which I expect you pay, is that any different?  Oh I know, it’s for a good cause, still if I do not have your permission is it still OK?

What if you give me money [...]

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Behavior Unbecoming a Physician

Physicians need to begin asking themselves why they depend upon government “officials” like HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for their wellbeing. Today there is yet another plea for government not to cut physician reimbursement beginning January 2, 2010.  Surely you must be asking yourself if this is why you spent all that time in post undergraduate [...]

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World Health Over Time

Through Gapminder one can see an amazing view of the improvements in the health of countries over time in association with the wealth of those companies.  On this site you’ll see an incredible view of progress and some failures over the past two centuries, one standout being China.

The size of each dot represents the population [...]

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Information = Freedom

In a 1985 report for the Electronic Fronter Foundation, Dr. Curtiss Priest makes a compelling three step observation into the intrinsic relationship between information and freedom.

Step A.  Information affects the range of choices available to the individual.

You cannot choose among things you do not know exists.  A person in need of repairing a broken [...]

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Court Saves Vermont from Themselves

A striking piece of news last week regarding the use of medical sales data. On November 23rd,  US federal applet court ruled unconstitutional a Vermont law prohibiting the use of prescription drug information that identifies prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes. (Judgment Here)

This is incredibly good news because had that law stood, or [...]

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