SOAP: Apply, Rinse, and Repeat
SOAP (sōp) n. A cleansing agent, manufactured in bars, granules, flakes, or liquid form, made from a mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of natural oils and fats. A process of medical evaluation and management which involves subjective, objective, assessment, and plan components. Slang. Money, especially that which is used for bribery. [&hell
Millenial Patients: Care Delivery for the Next Generation of Patients
Generation (jĕn‘ə-rā‘shən) n. A group of individuals born and living about the same time. A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes. A stage or period of sequential technological development and innovation. * This is a reposting of the article I wrote for the Ma
Personalized Medicine: Back to the Future
Personalized Medicine (pûr’sə-nə-līz d mĕd’ĭ-sĭn) The type of sing molecular analysis to achieve optimum medical outcomes in the management of a patient’s disease or disease predisposition, Right treatment for the right patient at the right time. As I have mentioned in several of my posts, I have been working on a couple of health care [
Gatekeepers vs. Quarterbacks: Primary Care Gets Back in the Game
Quarterback (kwôr‘tər-băk‘) n. 1. The backfield player whose position is behind the line of scrimmage and who usually calls the signals for the plays. 2. To lead or direct the operations of an enterprise. I have been reading with interest all the recent articles (here, here, here, and here) regarding the decline of primary care […]
Health 2.0: The Long Tail of Health Care
Long Tail (lông tāl) New business phenomenon in which low distribution and storage cost enable significant profits to be realized by selling small volumes of niche items instead of large numbers of popular items. The potential for online retailers to make more money than their bricks and mortar counterparts because there is virtually unlimited “shelf
First Party Financing – Lets Get Real About Health Care
Financing (fə-năns’) v. To provide or raise the funds or capital for: financed a new car. To supply funds to: financing a daughter through law school. To furnish credit to. The crisis that is American health care continues to get bad news. However, in a lame duck year, everyone realizes that not much is going […]
Getting Giga Over Google (Again)
Giga (gĭg ‘ə) n. Metric prefix denoting multiplication by 109 or 1,000,000,000. In measuring the capacity of computer disks and RAM, equivalent to X 230 or 1,073,741,824. In California surf slang for something that is totally gnarlatious. OK . . . enough already . . . regarding Google, Micro$oft, Privacy, and for sure Deborah Peel. […]
The New Network – Hello, Carol!
Medical Network (mĕd’ĭ-kəl nĕt’wûrk‘) 1. A group of health care providers who have organized themselves to provide care 2. Provider organizations who voluntarily group together and are utilized by insurance companies to seek discounted pricing in exchange for additional volume of patients for the provider. I am pleased to comment on th
Overtreated and Underinformed: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Evidence
Overtreated (ō’vər trēt ĭd) n. The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something. Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy The substance or remedy so applied. Over the holidays, I was able to read a raft of some […]
Microcapitation: A Closer Look and New Perspective on Capitation
Microcapitation (mī‘krə kăp’ĭ-tā‘shən) n 1. A healthcare delivery mechanisms wherein a service provider contracts with an administrator to provide health care services on a per capita basis. 2. A financing mechanism wherein a service providers assumes financial risk, is compensated at a fixed per capita rate, usually for predetermined