Comments on: Health-Reform Anxiety: One Doctor’s Perspective http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/ CommonHealth Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:13:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Personalized Medicine and Health Care Reform: Looking Back, Looking Ahead « The Age of Personalized Medicine Blog http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-10431 Personalized Medicine and Health Care Reform: Looking Back, Looking Ahead « The Age of Personalized Medicine Blog Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:10:02 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1401#comment-10431 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: John D. Goodson MD http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-10080 John D. Goodson MD Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:28:55 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1401#comment-10080 Yes, there are problems in health care as there have been for every generation but we are obligated to step up and participate in the creation of solutions. We live in a highly politicized environment, too much so. As physicians, we need to be deliberate, strategic, insightful and persistent. I have been at work for 30 years, led a ballot campaign (2000, Yes on 5), co written and nearly enacted a universal access ammendment to the constitution of the Commonwealth (2004-2007) and I am not stopping, period. And I still see patients (all 99214s and more) because it is my personal professional commitment. We are called by the circumstances to act at every level, office, group, enterprise, community, state, national. Yes, there are problems in health care as there have been for every generation but we are obligated to step up and participate in the creation of solutions.

We live in a highly politicized environment, too much so. As physicians, we need to be deliberate, strategic, insightful and persistent. I have been at work for 30 years, led a ballot campaign (2000, Yes on 5), co written and nearly enacted a universal access ammendment to the constitution of the Commonwealth (2004-2007) and I am not stopping, period. And I still see patients (all 99214s and more) because it is my personal professional commitment.

We are called by the circumstances to act at every level, office, group, enterprise, community, state, national.

]]> By: Wick Sloane http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9877 Wick Sloane Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:08:49 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1401#comment-9877 This is a powerful essay on a troubling, painful topic. Write more, Dr. Brewster! This is a powerful essay on a troubling, painful topic. Write more, Dr. Brewster!

]]> By: lw http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9853 lw Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:13:35 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1401#comment-9853 Anne, this is a very thoughtfully written piece and I appreciate the insight from the physician perspective. I am a believer in EMRs but I see where your experience could find them less than ideal. I also believe in PHRs, like HealthVault, which enable patients to take an active role in their health and in the management of their healthcare. Health care reform is indeed needed—and it's not just with the insurance industry, as you clearly point out. Anne, this is a very thoughtfully written piece and I appreciate the insight from the physician perspective. I am a believer in EMRs but I see where your experience could find them less than ideal. I also believe in PHRs, like HealthVault, which enable patients to take an active role in their health and in the management of their healthcare. Health care reform is indeed needed—and it’s not just with the insurance industry, as you clearly point out.

]]> By: Tom Necela http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9847 Tom Necela Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:55:55 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1401#comment-9847 Well put. Most docs - regardless of specialty - are leery of pay for performance, as it definitely will create caps on measures we can't control. To judge the reasonableness of this measure, why don't we put the feds on pay for performance and see how they do! Most politicians and govt types wouldn't dare put their jobs on the line with pfp measures! Well put. Most docs – regardless of specialty – are leery of pay for performance, as it definitely will create caps on measures we can’t control. To judge the reasonableness of this measure, why don’t we put the feds on pay for performance and see how they do! Most politicians and govt types wouldn’t dare put their jobs on the line with pfp measures!

]]> By: TwitClicker http://commonhealth.wbur.org/guest-contributors/2009/10/health-reform-anxiety-one-doctors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-9846 TwitClicker Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:55:57 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1401#comment-9846 I created a tool that helps manage daily stress and anxiety in a beautiful way. Create your routine and see how different areas of your life are related. Powerful graphs help you understand how stress affects you individually (pain, migrane, …) and what works best for you to interrupt the cycle (time with friends, workout, cutting down on coffee, …). If you have an iPhone, this is the link to the app store where you can see the program description: http://bit.ly/xB5Cv I created a tool that helps manage daily stress and anxiety in a beautiful way. Create your routine and see how different areas of your life are related. Powerful graphs help you understand how stress affects you individually (pain, migrane, …) and what works best for you to interrupt the cycle (time with friends, workout, cutting down on coffee, …). If you have an iPhone, this is the link to the app store where you can see the program description: http://bit.ly/xB5Cv

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