Medscape Blogs - Health Policy & Politics

• It's Time to Start Talking About Back-to-School Vaccinations The drop off in routine vaccinations is a public health risk as children return to school in the fall.
  Medscape Blogs, July 19, 2022
• With US Gun Violence, Silence = Death, so Where Is the Outrage? Moments of silence are a de minimis response to mass gun shootings. Loud, non-violent outrage will bring more attention and action to the public health crisis of gun violence in the US.
  Medscape Blogs, June 08, 2022
• Testing and Treating Can Help Normalize COVID and Daily Life As tests and good treatments for COVID become widely and easily available, people should be increasingly comfortable with more normal activities if they know that tests and treatments are accessible.
  Medscape Blogs, April 08, 2022
• Dos and Don'ts for Post-pandemic Masks With mandates lifted, many people will have extra masks , cloth and KN95. Here are some suggestions, both practical and somewhat humorous, for what to do with them.
  Medscape Blogs, March 22, 2022
• Clinical Transformation Is the Foundation for Care Improvement Transforming care delivery at the primary care level is the foundation for improving quality and outcomes. Patient-centered processes and focusing on metrics can lead to better care and lower costs.
  Medscape Blogs, March 08, 2022
• Prices of Prescription Drugs Are Complex and Opaque Prices of prescription drugs are complex and opaque; they are different from patient costs; and high prices drive innovation.
  Medscape Blogs, January 28, 2022
• Talk With -- Not To -- Your Patients About COVID Vaccines Talking to vaccine-resistant patients can make them less likely to get vaccinated because of their mistrust of authority and strong sense of autonomy.
  Medscape Blogs, January 12, 2022
• When Hospitals Hurt You, Not Help You A psychiatrist's rant about abuse and substandard care at a local psychiatric hospital and the lack of funding, corrective policy, and advocacy from within.
  Medscape Blogs, July 22, 2021
• How Doctors Communicate About COVID-19 Explore a doctor's thoughts on why researchers and doctors need to learn how to communicate medical jargon, especially as it pertains to COVID-19, in ways that the general public can understand.
  Medscape Blogs, June 22, 2021