by John Leifer | Dec 15, 2014 | Healthcare, Healthcare reform
Each year, the Access to Medicine Foundation publishes a hierarchical list of pharmaceutical companies ranked on their efforts to “improve access to medicine in developing countries.” See: http://www.accesstomedicineindex.org/ranking. Without wanting to diminish the...
by John Leifer | Oct 16, 2014 | Healthcare reform, Medical Error, Physicians
Physician Self-Evaluations It is extraordinarily difficult for a consumer to evaluate the clinical competency of a physician. If you don’t believe me, doctors will be the first ones to tell you so! According to researchers James and Hammond, “Only another physician...
by John Leifer | Oct 7, 2014 | Healthcare, Healthcare reform, Medical Error
The following post is an excerpt from John Leifer’s recently published book, The Myths of Modern Medicine: The Alarming Truth About American Health Care, now available on Amazon.com The Danger Lurking in America’s Hospitals Perhaps the most startling revelation...
by John Leifer | Aug 27, 2014 | end of life care, Healthcare, Healthcare reform
Every family has its rituals, and one of ours was Sunday night dinner. It was a time to share news, to talk about our hopes or dreams, to simply relish time spent together. Sunday, May 20, 2001, was no exception. I went home after dinner, counting my...
by John Leifer | Jul 23, 2014 | Healthcare, Healthcare reform
The Painful Truth: The American health care system is terminally ill. It is astonishingly expensive, remarkably variable in quality, and incapable of stemming the rising tide of chronic illness in our population. Yet, the majority of Americans believe it is the best...
by John Leifer | May 30, 2014 | Cancer, Healthcare, Healthcare reform
There is a fascinating article in a recently published, special edition of Forbes detailing efforts by Novartis to become the leading force in cancer therapeutics. The article begins with a powerful and poignant story in which a breakthrough therapy brings a new lease...
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