I am a palliative care physician in a hospital in our nation’s capital region. Like most urban hospitals, ours has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. My colleagues and I are exhausted and emotionally devastated. We are not alone. Yesterday I learned a friend of mine from medical school, a selfless and compassion-driven… Read More: A plea for help from the front lines of the… »
The full Senate will vote to confirm Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, after the Finance Committee’s tied vote on Wednesday. The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-14 along party lines on Becerra’s nomination. Under rules for the split Senate, the nomination will now need four hours of… Read More: Becerra moves to full Senate vote after Finance Committee splits… »
Warning: Spoilers ahead for season one of White Lines. White Lines is a new Netflix show that follows a woman named Zoe Walker as she decides to head to Ibiza after her DJ brother Axel is found dead almost 20 years of going missing, and the mystery thriller unfolds in unexpected ways. From high-speed chases,… Read More: Here’s Who Killed Axel Collins in White Lines »
About a year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services first proposed rules to promote sharing and the interoperability of health data to enable patients to electronically access their health information. Many of the top industry players submitted commentary to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for… Read More: How to read between the lines of the healthcare data… »