A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework. Even the required operational framework for Patient Centered Medical Home recognition is completely top-down. Since we basically don’t have a clue, let alone agreement, about what Quality really is ( see my 2009 post “ Quality or Conformity?

Patients 130

Patients Patient-Centered Hypertension Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: We started with 29,620 deliveries at IHC between May 1, 2009, and May 31, 2023. Instrument: Data was extracted from a detailed database of deliveries from May 2009 to the present. Race, ethnicity, high BMI, insurance, and primigravidity were not independently associated with sPTB. Setting: IHC, Iowa City, IA.

Insurance 130

Insurance Relationship Complication Community 130

Physician's Weekly

JULY 2, 2025

An immigrant without legal status, Maria doesn’t have health or dental insurance. “It’s so expensive,” said Maria, who often works 12-hour days lifting clients in and out of bed and helping them with hygiene, medication management, and housework. When her teeth start to throb, she swallows pain pills.

Community 52

Community Government Insurance Provider 52