Dr. Wes

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With the recent report in Crain's Chicago Business that disclosed that health care costs in Chicago are 25% above those in nearby citie...

Currently, cardiologists are on a treadmill of increasing patient visits to offset declining Medicare payments and increasing overhead. W...

It was midnight and the Emergency Room door opened like a curtain on a Broadway. A lone man sat in blue at the countertop, writing. Behind h...

It's the holy grail of physician payment reform: ending fee-for-service payments to doctors and, instead, pay doctors based on the quali...

... was eloquently outlined by economist N. Gregory Mankiw, in his article that appeared in the New York Times this morning. He uses the p...

A series of fines have been levied in New Jersey for various fraudulent practices that might have a chilling impact on the way hospital sys...

After the recent collapse of the stock market created by the sub-prime mortgage mess , my jaw dropped when I saw this sign promoting the ...

The requirement that people who do not purchase insurance will be fined by our government may not be Constitutional: (In all major health r...

"What we've been advocating for years is that the open delivery of oxygen under the drapes essentially has to stop," with some...

A magnificent plume of pee from outer space, courtesy of the Space Shuttle. -Wes h/t: Instapundit .

Need good graphics for a research project modeling the electrophysiology of myocardium? Well, sometimes the best ideas come from adapting ...

It came across my pager (names changed, of course): "Please call Sally 3050 re: Ms. Smith" I called: "This is OB/GYN, may I h...

Anything for man's best friend... -Wes

Older man with demenia falls, hits head. Wife: "Arnie, Arnie are you all right?" Arnie just mumbles. Heart rate slow, blood pres...

How do you notify people gently about a device alert that doesn't involve an implanted device, but rather a monitoring device developed ...

If there are potential "shortcomings in the data," then you shouldn't print a misleading title: " Survey Shows Heart Devi...

A friend of one of our device nurses who has an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) had a truly reflective moment recently when she trie...

Here's a dumb thought: If you want to save costs on medical devices to the federal government, require a tax fee concessions of $4 bi...

Yesterday, I reported on this blog the trouble Medtronic had experienced with and earlier batch of defibrillators due to a low-voltage capa...