By Dr. Ted Tyberg, M.D. The Food and Drug Administration announced that they approved the new Medtronic artificial pancreas system for type 1 diabetics. Presently, diabetics must test their blood sugar by sticking themselves several times a day and telling their pump how much insulin to deliver. A continuous glucose sensor that a patient implants
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus, M.D. Stories about hospitals and other healthcare facilities data being stolen abound. Hundreds of thousands of social security numbers are stolen from the IRS. Russian hackers are reportedly responsible for breaking into the servers of the Democratic National Committee. The release of purloined emails is alleged to be timed to influence
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus, M.D. HealthLeaders Media reports that 49% of consumers do not understand their health plan costs. In the past, health insurance with relatively low deductibles and low co-pays was provided by employers. Because of the low out-of-pocket expenses that were incurred, consumers had no incentive to educate themselves as to the true
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus, M.D. Patients freely come to the plastic surgeon’s office seeking liposuction or other modalities such as sculpture lasers to reduce the amount of fat around their abdomen, their so-called spare tire. Location of this fat can make a difference not only in the ability of the surgeon to remove it but
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus Many of the big health insurance companies are withdrawing from the exchanges established under Obamacare. These exchanges represented one of the major innovations of the ACA. One of the other pillars of cost savings in the Affordable Care Act was the Affordable Care Organization (ACO). These too may be losing participants.
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus What is a hospitalist? Basically, the hospitalist is a physician who practices exclusively in a hospital, in-patient setting. Although this specialty is a relatively young one of 20-25 years, hospitalists now represent one of the largest specialties of internal medicine numbering in excess of 50,000 physicians. What created the need for
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