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Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
Jay Parkinson • Toward a New Definition of Primary Care: Primary care 3.0
Mitch Katz directs the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the second-largest county health care system in the country. He described to me how economic incentives can stack up against upstream care. “Because there’s been little money toward prevention, there’s no payer or mechanism for prevention research like there is for medical res
... See moreRishi Manchanda • The Upstream Doctors: Medical Innovators Track Sickness to Its Source (Kindle Single) (TED Books)
Launch YC: Fairway Health - Process prior authorization faster | Y Combinator
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Our patients’ lives and identities may be in our hands, yet death always wins.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
At the Veterans Health Administration, Ken Kizer, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994, inherited an antiquated, inefficient health-care system. The VA faced changes in its client population, the competitive healthcare environment, and modalities for delivering care.2 In just five years, Kizer instituted an electronic medical record system, made struc
... See moreJeffrey Pfeffer • Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't
Urbach-Wiethe disease.
James Nestor • Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
SEROTONIN Maintain adequate omega-3 intake (see chapter 2 for a refresher). Get a blood test to ensure optimal vitamin D levels. Most often you will have to specifically request that your doctor test for this, and it is an inexpensive test. Though there is no consensus, the latest research suggests that having D levels in the range of 40 to 60 ng/m
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