UTIs and Antibiotic Stewardship
April 12, 2021
I’m a 73-year old OB-GYN who started medical school 48 years ago in 1973. Currently I am the Chief of Staff at four nursing homes
I’m a 73-year old OB-GYN who started medical school 48 years ago in 1973. Currently I am the Chief of Staff at four nursing homes
Whenever I see or hear the term managed care, I cringe. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs), insurance companies, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and Medicaid are all examples of this type of health care delivery.
Before the days of all-eyes-on-HIPPA, many patient/physician discussions centered around informed consent. Today, many patients see informed consent merely as a piece of paper to be signed before surgery.
I considered a couple of specialties when I was in medical school, possibly ENT or peds. But I soon realized in my obstetrical rotation that one thing obstetrics had to offer that other specialties didn’t was that with pregnancy, the doctor and parents could aim for a particular outcome, a healthy baby.
Dr. Lindemann, with Diane Haugen, wrote Modern Medicine: What You’re Dying to Know in 1992 because even back then, Dr. Lindemann was very concerned about the forces increasingly taking medical decisions out of the hands of physicians and in doing so, rapidly increasing the cost of health care.
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