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Thoughtful and provocative insights are a hallmark of Michael’s writing as a longtime, invited contributor to Forbes.com.

Artificial intelligence-aided diagnosis may seem futuristic, but a recent National Academy of Medicine workshop heard compelling examples of promise and perils right now.

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Will Regina Holliday Become Health Care’s Rosa Parks?

The protest organized by Regina Holliday over a patient’s right to access their medical information has intriguing similarities to the crusade Rosa Parks launched against segregated buses back in the 1950s. Both involve a refusal to accept second-class status and a resolve to push back against entrenched institutions.

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What the Supreme Court (and You) Won’t Hear About Health Reform

What the partisan obloquy about “Obamacare” too often obscures is that the ACA transforms utterly non-political and critical aspects of care, like patient-centeredness.

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What the Supreme Court (and You) Won’t Hear About Health Reform

What the partisan obloquy about “Obamacare” too often obscures is that the ACA transforms utterly non-political and critical aspects of care, like patient-centeredness.

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Can Strong Prayer Bend the Medical Cost Curve?

Putting aside the spiritual benefits of supplication, can strong prayer bend the medical cost curve? Here’s how you would try to find out.

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Can Strong Prayer Bend the Medical Cost Curve?

Putting aside the spiritual benefits of supplication, can strong prayer bend the medical cost curve? Here’s how you would try to find out.

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HealthTap: “The Emperor’s New Clothes” of Social Sites

You can’t get much cooler than HealthTap: slick Silicon Valley start-up, social media darling, savvy and successful backers. But when you closely examine the service HealthTap actually provides, the money and good looks fall away. Like in the fable about “the emperor’s new clothes,” behind the buzz, there’s nothing there. OK, […]

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HealthTap: “The Emperor’s New Clothes” of Social Sites

You can’t get much cooler than HealthTap: slick Silicon Valley start-up, social media darling, savvy and successful backers. But when you closely examine the service HealthTap actually provides, the money and good looks fall away. Like in the fable about “the emperor’s new clothes,” behind the buzz, there’s nothing there. OK, […]

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Super Bowl Sanitation: “Washed Up” Giants Outpoint Docs

Is the New York Giants bathroom more sanitary than your hospital room? Could be. And that player cleanliness may even have helped send the team to the Super Bowl. Freakonomics co-author and self-confessed germophobe Stephen Dubner, working on a Footbal…

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Super Bowl Sanitation: “Washed Up” Giants Outpoint Docs

Is the New York Giants bathroom more sanitary than your hospital room? Could be. And that player cleanliness may even have helped send the team to the Super Bowl. Freakonomics co-author and self-confessed germophobe Stephen Dubner, working on a Footbal…

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10 Sex Tips for Better Looking Health Insurance

OK, maybe I misread the cover of the dog-eared copy of Glamour perched in a magazine rack at the gym. Perhaps I was confused by the multi-colored headlines promising an improved physical appearance (“101 One Minute Makeover Tricks”), a more organized daily routine (“12 Ways to Get Your Sh*T Together”) […]

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“Rudolph” Sings of Santa as Savvy Manager, Marketer

Like everyone else, I’ve cheerfully hummed, whistled and sung along to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for as long as I can remember. But when I listened carefully to the lyrics this holiday season, I realized I’d missed the underlying message of a song that teaches invaluable lessons about the challenge […]

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Big Government Brings Big Profits To Texas Health Plans

Image via Wikipedia While Texas Governor Rick Perry rails against the evils of federal involvement in health care on the GOP presidential campaign trail, businesses back home are busy raking in record profits from government dollars. “By largely exiti…

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