Whatcom: Chronic & Acute

  July 2017

Lab Sale Sells Out Patients, Burdens Caregivers

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by Robert A. Duke 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 … Continue reading →

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  June 2017

Outdated Healthcare Ignores Evidence

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by Robert A. Duke 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following information that the politically touted “best health care in the world” at primary and acute care levels is outdated and at least 10 … Continue reading →

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  May 2017

Algorithms Can Treat Physician Fallibility

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by Robert A. Duke 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, … Continue reading →

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