News and Opinion - 2019
- – The New York Times
Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’
Private insurance pays hospitals much more than the federal government does for patient care. If Medicare for all means Medicare rates, expect an industry backlash.
- – Los Angeles Times-Op Ed
Why you should care about the raging battle for free access to research finding
The current breakdown of communications between the University of California and Elsevier may help propel change.
- – Health Affairs-Blog
Antitrust Law Does Not Require Rx Drug Rebates, And It Does Not Prohibit Discounts
- – The Joint Commission
Brent James - John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award
The Eisenberg Awards bring together the quality community to recognize groundbreaking initiatives that are consistent with the aims of the National Quality Strategy: better care, healthy people and communities, and smarter spending.
- – Scope
Computer vision technology could aid ICU care by spotting movement - Scope
Stanford researchers are tackling the problem of post-intensive care syndrome with artificial intelligence technology that detects patient mobility.
- – Annals of Internal Medicine - Ideas and Opinions
Health Care in 2030: Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Physicians?
Algo-rithms, such as AlphaZero, cannot articulate what they are thinking. We do not know why they work and there-fore do not know whether they can be trusted.
- – Scope
Access to doctors’ notes and other health records engages Stanford patients - Scope
Meeting consumer expectations and empowering patients fueled Stanford Health Care's drive to share doctors' notes and other records securely with patients.