By Stephen B. Kemble, M.D.Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Nov. 6, 2014Health care in the U.S. suffers from severe over-management.Recent studies have documented high administrative burdens for American
The high administrative costs in U.S. health care
Health Affairs, Letters, November 2014PNHP note: The following letters appeared in the November issue of the journal Health Affairs in connection with a feature article
EHR Use Adds To Administrative Duties
Electronic health records are meant to simplify a physicianās workload, right? Not so, according to an article published in the International Journal of Health Services.By
Don’t pay for ‘nothing,’ fund universal care
By Samuel Metz, M.D.Portland (Ore.) Tribune, Nov. 4, 2014What are the saddest parts of the Cover Oregon debacle?The first is that our state government spent
Single-payer health plan would be best for patients
By Robert A. Milch, M.D.The Buffalo News, Letters, Nov. 1, 2014The News reported Oct. 25 that the national head of BlueCross BlueShield said the United
Using Ebola Care as a National Health Model
By Carol C. Nadelson and Howard CorwinThe New York Times, Letters, Oct. 31, 2014The Ebola crisis could be a test case for health care management
Obamacare a Successful Failure
By Samuel Metz, M.D.Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, Oct. 29, 2014Is the Affordable Care Act a failure? For some of us, the answer is simple: If
EHRs add to paperwork burden for US physicians, study finds
By Emily RappleyeBecker's Hospital Review, Oct. 27, 2014EHRs increase time spent on non-patient-related paperwork, a burden that consumes 16.6 percent of the average American physician's
Activists Rally for Universal Healthcare
By Daphne C. ThompsonThe Harvard Crimson, Oct. 27, 2014Holding signs reading "Healthcare not warfare" and "Insurers deny, people die," more than 100 activists rallied at
Physicians Frustrated By Administrative Burdens of Medical Practice
By Marie Benz, M.D.MedicalResearch.com, Oct. 23, 2014Interview with Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Public Health and City University of New York, Lecturer (formerly Professor
Single-payer health care is the only sustainable way forward
By Dave Dvorak, M.D.Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 23, 2014"Not sustainable.ā That was the way PreferredOne CEO Marcus Merz described the circumstances leading to his insurance
Zarr appointed president-elect of Physicians for a National Health Program
UT School of Public Health, Oct. 22, 2014 Robert Zarr, M.D., M.P.H., an alumnus of The University of Texas School of Public Health, was recently