Small English Town Gets Musical in Search for New Doctor The Cornish village of Lostwithiel is looking for a new general practitioner amid a national shortage of primary care doctors. They hope a music video will do the trick. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/world/europe/england-lostwithiel-doctor-music-video.html?smid=em-share
Sara Kreindler is a university professor and has written this musical about how Larry saves the healthcare system. So tragic. So entertaining. So true. So revealing. I am watching it for the 3rd time. Never gets tiring. Thanks Sara https://youtu.be/U_7weVo2qV0
The unbiased approach to finding the infectious agent is called metagenomic next-generation sequencing, a powerful technology that analyzes all of the genetic material in a patient’s tissue sample and as a result can screen for a wide range of disease-causing microbes in a single test. “This is very different than ...
My question to ChatGPT: the Canadian federal government is going to fund healthcare with $200B over 10 years. Is this enough to fix healthcare? The answer from ChatGPT: It's difficult to determine if $200B over 10 years is enough to fix healthcare in Canada as the funding alone may not ...
So I have a new best friend. So generous. So giving. Does not ask for much. And is always there. ChatGPT. She/he just taught be about complexity. I was always uncertain. And I have been focused on complexity in healthcare for over 25 years. So here goes: my question: what ...
The single-payer system is failing patients, with deadly consequences. As Canadians understand, the single payer system is designed to fail. It has failed in Canada. So when will Canadians ask for a multi-payer system that can really power Canada's healthcare system, someday I hope. The problem with waiting is that ...
A general practitioner laments the new normal Jan 9th 2023 By Dr. Gavin Francis On March 11th 2020, as covid-19 overwhelmed health services in Italy, I received a letter from the General Medical Council, the doctors’ regulator, and the chief medical officers of the United Kingdom. The missive was intended ...
The blueprint to achieve a lifetime of great health is increasingly clear and within our control. But unlocking it requires challenging the orthodoxies currently guiding individuals and institutions. Each day, millions of well-intended healthcare professionals, scientists, and public health officials work diligently to improve our health.1 Their work has had a ...
The blueprint to achieve a lifetime of great health is increasingly clear and within our control. But unlocking it requires challenging the orthodoxies currently guiding individuals and institutions. Each day, millions of well-intended healthcare professionals, scientists, and public health officials work diligently to improve our health.1 Their work has had a ...
You can't avoid the newspaper stories about our healthcare system in crisis. In the newspapers, it is vague and distant. But when you experience it first hand with a family member or when your friend tells you about the delays and inability to access services, then it becomes real. So ...