Category: Interesting Links

Best headline of 2010: Canadian Premier going to the U.S. for heart surgery.

Quality matters: A hospital specialty that improves its within-state rank by one spot experiences a 6.8% increase in patient volume. Hat tip to Jason Shafrin.

Comparative effectiveness isn’t gone: It’s in Obama’s new budget.

Geisinger doc: Tummy tuck may be safer than living with obesity.

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Small-scale reform ideas for Obama/Democrats. Plus, I solve pre-existing condition problems at the same time.

Man dies because computer error causes hospital radiation overdose. Not once, but on three consecutive days.

More people are overdosed in hospitals than you may think.

Why do welfare recipients receive free cell phones?

Fox News was the top cable network in primetime last week. CNN was 22nd and MSNBC was 25th.

Evidenced-based self-help. (very funny interview)

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Lawmakers in 30 states are pressing for constitutional amendments to exempt individuals from the ObamaCare requirement to purchase health care.

There is no good scientific evidence that legalizing marijuana’s use provides any benefits over current therapies. The reason: Government won’t fund the research.

Virginia couple gets permission to go out-of-network: faces $70,000 bill.

Young people spend seven hours and 38 minutes using electronic media — cell phones, iPods, video games and computers — in a typical day.

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