by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 19, 2015 | Health care reform, Heart Disease, The Future of Administration
Early in my practice a patient came in to see me for a routine physical. “I feel great, doc. I just need a physical and this form filled out.”. On exam, everything was completely normal except for a blood pressure of 180/100. “You are not...
by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
The health care model of the future will have to deal with treating a whole lot more chronic disease. There are several reasons why this is so. The first one is obvious, the second two may well surprise you. 1. First is what we all know… the average American is...
by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s nice to have an opportunity to say that I am proud of our delivery system. Once again, our caregivers and the entire health care team across the country delivered. Job well done. ICD-10 implementation has gone ahead with barely a glitch. It was the hard...
by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
The following blog focuses on physician reflection: would you take advice from you? Last week I wrote a blog that posed the question, if you as a physician were to look yourself up on the Internet, would you allow that person to take care of you based upon what you...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
I speak to health care audiences frequently about the role of Social Media and public data (this topic is becoming more popular every day) and their increasing influence on the practice of medicine. I cite a recent study that stated a patient will investigate a new...
