Tag: medicine

We can win.

We can win.

Another medicine-related post, this time dealing a little less with the abstract numbers that go into medical decisions. Did you know that Norway represents the …

 

Mind-Boggling (and fun!)

Mind-Boggling (and fun!)

Being a physician, grasping the difference between sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value was paramount in many of my medical school lectures.

 

Driven

Driven

As I have moved further into my career as a physician, I have asked myself a question over and over: what drives people? What is …

 

Negotiate

Negotiate

Medicare Part D, which passed as part of the “Medicare Modernization Act”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug%2C_Improvement%2C_and_Modernization_Act in 2003, gives seniors better access to life-saving medications.