Does Government Get Cancer?
Arlen Specter's move to the Democratic Party and his vote to push through the Stimulus reminds me of a comment made by my undergraduate...
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csmi61
- Apr 24, 2009
- 2 min
Impressions from the Chinese Recession
I meant to post something after my departure from China a few weeks ago. I certainly had the impression that the streets are quieter, the...
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csmi61
- Apr 24, 2009
- 1 min
EHR - Stimulus not
I've been at the American College of Physicians (ACP) meeting in Philadelphia, near the EHR area. I'm here to report that the EHR...
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csmi61
- Mar 23, 2009
- 2 min
Small Enough to Fail
If you walk from Causeway Bay to Wan Chai in Hong Kong, you pass through a district of home improvement stores - small proprietorships...
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csmi61
- Mar 22, 2009
- 2 min
Driving Lessons
In a San Francisco steak house a few years ago, I was served by a young man who was telling me how he appreciated not being treated like...
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csmi61
- Mar 20, 2009
- 2 min
Information Therapy
The Wall Street Journal introduced me to a new term in yesterday's paper - Information Therapy. Excuse my ignorance iof you're already...
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csmi61
- Mar 13, 2009
- 3 min
You Can't Prove Everything, Nor Should You Try
Yesterday, Jerome Groopman and his wife Pamela Harzband, both Professors at Harvard Medical School, had an Op-Ed article in the Wall...
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csmi61
- Mar 12, 2009
- 3 min
Medical Devices are a Ripoff
So much of the discussion about healthcare costs revolves around the costs and benefits of a given technology. The analysis usually...
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csmi61
- Mar 11, 2009
- 1 min
Healthcare - Too Big to Fail
Here's a chart from the Congressional Budget Office that should scare you more than a bank faliure: In short, the CBO projects that if we...
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csmi61
- Jan 15, 2008
- 1 min
American Inspiration - reflections upon flying past Cape Canaveral
I was recently at a conference in Orlando and as we gained altitude flying north, I could see Cape Canaveral in the distance, backlit by...
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csmi61
- Sep 28, 2007
- 1 min
Less is More
A doctor was telling me today about his recently purchased PC that he's returning to the store due to technical problems. He complained...
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csmi61
- Aug 30, 2007
- 1 min
Migration, Education, Auscultation
Around this time of year, American college kids migrate across the country to colleges far from home. It's not like this in every...
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csmi61
- Aug 4, 2007
- 1 min
If It's Not About the Bike, It's About the Biker
Paul Paresky, CEO of stethoscope.com, is riding the Pan Mass Challenge tomorrow, a bike-a-thon to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer...
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csmi61
- Aug 3, 2007
- 2 min
Sicko and Speaking Out on the Medical Industrial Complex
I saw Michael Moore's movie Sicko, a typically Moore-style documentary on the American medical industry. I can't say I was disillusioned...
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csmi61
- Jul 31, 2007
- 2 min
Amphitheaters, Amplifiers and Stethoscope Design
I recently attended two quite different concerts. It got me thinking about sound in our world today. The first concert was the New York...
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csmi61
- Jul 11, 2007
- 1 min
Stolen Stethoscope?
In the past 4 days, we received our first 2 requests for replacement stethoscopes under our new Thinklabs Intelligent Protection Plan...
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csmi61
- Jun 11, 2007
- 1 min
Hong Kong - Ten Years After
I’m back in Hong Kong. Always a good time to observe and blog. Speaking of observation, Hong Kong is observing its tenth year under...
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csmi61
- Jun 8, 2007
- 1 min
The Pissed Off Customer
I recently got a voicemail that went something like this: This is Dr. (name withheld to protect him) from Stockton, California (actual...
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csmi61
- Jun 2, 2007
- 1 min
Medical Conferences - Listening Carefully
Spring has been busy with medical conferences. As always, it's a wonderful opportunity to meet old and new Thinklabs stethoscope users....
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csmi61
- May 31, 2007
- 1 min
Back to Blogging
Sincere apologies for the extended absence from blogging. I've been working and traveling non-stop since the last postings from China,...
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