by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Sep 15, 2024 | Articles
In order for the patient population to benefit best from any medical system and especially a universal healthcare system, the care team ministering to the patient must be, ideally, headed by a PCP (primary care physician). Specifically, I believe that every patient in...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Sep 1, 2024 | Articles
An important question to ask at this point in what positive behaviors might a patient engage to stay healthier and reduce costs (as opposed to avoiding negative behaviors such as smoking, excess drinking, etc.) Allow me the following story after which I will develop...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Aug 15, 2024 | Articles
The Curse of the Medical Record As always, the goal of this magazine is to increase efficiency of medical processes and to lower costs. One process in need of fundamental improvement is the timely recording into and retrieval of medical records. To make the point, I...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Aug 1, 2024 | Articles
The concept of universal healthcare in the United States raises, in many, their hackles. However, it really need not do so. The most important part of this article to remember is that in the US, we already have universal healthcare. Yes, you read that right, the US...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jul 15, 2024 | Articles
At this point, it is worth saying, once more, that the purpose of this magazine is to reduce the cost of medical care while maintaining or improving its quality. Initial groundwork for this goal has been made in previous articles. The full quote heading this section...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jul 1, 2024 | Articles
Let us now pick up our discussion regarding progressive disease states in a Markovian framework. In part I, we discussed a number of issues many of which are fairly intuitive: Preventing a disease is the best-case scenario (state 1) Intervening early in a disease...
