What's Essential?
During my last year in medical school, I finally went and took advantage of my one free vision exam a year that I had guaranteed through my student health plan. Admittedly, I was pre…
About the Blogger
Raag Airan graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine MD-PhD program and is now completing his Internship in Internal Medicine at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Raag will start his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in July 2011. He lives with his wife in Washington, DC.
Editor's Note: Any views or opinions presented on this blog are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the hospitals, clinics, and institutions where they work, teach, and study.
Recent Posts
If I Could Make Up My Own Rules...
Seeing as a frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination can gain traction with a tax plan borrowed from SimCity, here's what I would do if I could run my own SimHe…
Policing Ourselves
With all the debate about cost control, it’s clear that we doctors will have to police ourselves – or else politicians and insurance companies will exert even more influe…
Imaging Overutilization
The road to overutilization is paved with good intentions. Taken from "Imaging Opportunities for Urology Physician Practices" A serious problem contributing to rising…
Hit the Blue Button!
In my internship a common complaint was that our patients seem disengaged from their own care. They never seemed to remember their medication lists, their own medical history, or oth…
Finishing Internship
In a few days I will finish my internship. When I look back, I’ve honestly had a good time. It’s been busy, with long hours, and little sleep but I learned a whole lot an…
Real, not Ryan, Market-Based Reform
On my census right now is a 70-year-old who has spent about a quarter of the past few months in the hospital due to COPD exacerbations. Thing is, her COPD isn’t that bad when y…
EMTALA mandates an individual mandate
A meme has been making its way through the Internet that an individual health care mandate has been in the congressional books since 1798. The argument goes that if John Adams and Th…
