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January 2018
Rogues Gallery of Doctors
Allan Pinkerton of detective fame devised the first Rogues Gallery in 1855. It was a compilation of descriptions, methods of operation, hiding places and names of criminals and their associates. My rogues’ gallery doesn’t feature criminals but rather a collection … Continue reading
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December 2017
Refuge for Discarded Caregivers
A Salute to Inspired Citizen Healthcare Where do caregivers go when they lose their patients? It rarely ends any other way, but when patient and caregiver are separated by institutional care, hospice or death, the end of caregiving leaves the … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2017
Quest Was Public Knowledge, Professional Ignorance No Excuse!
It was public knowledge on Nov. 9, 2016,* that PeaceHealth was negotiating the sale of its medical labs, but the deal, which closed on Feb. 15, 2017, surprised Bellingham’s Family Care Network (FCN). Responding to my July 10, 2017, letter … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2017
Community Health Is in Fact a Private Matter, Reporter Finds
Reporter John Simmons contributed to this article. The PeaceHealth St. Joseph Community Health Board exists to help its namesake hospital address unmet local healthcare needs. The board’s mission is to help the hospital write its Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) … Continue reading
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August 2017
What Does Death Mean Today?
“Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life,” by Haider Warraich, M.D., says modern technology and law have made death more complicated, so maybe you need to be more detailed about what procedures you want at the end of … Continue reading
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July 2017
Lab Sale Sells Out Patients, Burdens Caregivers
PeaceHealth sold its Whatcom and Skagit County medical labs to Quest Diagnostics of Madison, N.J., in March 2017. This greatly disadvantages Family Care Network (FCN) patients and caregivers, because Quest labs will only automatically share test results with PeaceHealth, not … Continue reading
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June 2017
Outdated Healthcare Ignores Evidence
Algorithms Can Treat Physician Fallibility Part 2 I’ve learned by assembling the following information that the politically touted “best health care in the world” at primary and acute care levels is outdated and at least 10 to 20 years behind … Continue reading
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May 2017
Algorithms Can Treat Physician Fallibility
Part I Yes, physicians are fallible. They are human, just like you and me. And the intense pressure of their profession often flaws and distracts their thinking despite their best efforts to be clinical. In fact, half of all physicians … Continue reading
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