Why Dr. Berwick Must Be Confirmed
It is critical that Dr. Donald Berwick be confirmed as the permanent head of CMS. The country cannot afford to lose the singular financial expertise and health care proce…
About the Blogger
Dr. James Burdick is professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A transplant surgeon who served in the Department of Health and Human Services as director of the Division of Transplantation, he is writing a book, "THE DOCTORS' PLAN FOR YOUR HEALTH," detailing his vision for health reform. His e-mail is jburdic1@jhmi.edu.
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Recent Posts
Clinical Decisions by Doctors, not Insurance or Government
The dreaded “R” word - rationing - has appeared again, in “The Real Meaning of Rationing,” by Meltzer and Detsky in JAMA. They correctly note the …
