The Health Care Blog

Health Reform and Obama's Leadership

By RAHUL PARIKH By all accounts this is crunch time for President Obama on health care reform, and things couldn’t be more tenuous. In the past several weeks, we’ve seen unified Republican opposition to his ideas, a revolt against reform...
July 26, 2009 in Congress, Obama, Policy/Politics, Rahul Parikh | Permalink | Comments (13)

The Case for Comparative Effectiveness Research

By RAHUL PARIKH MD When I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles, there was this local TV show my dad used to enjoy watching called Fight Back with David Horowitz. Basically, Horowitz, a TV reporter and consumer advocate,...
July 13, 2009 in Comparative Effectiveness Research, Costs, JAMA, Rahul Parikh | Permalink | Comments (6)

Is Wal-Mart Leading the Charge on Health Reform?

By RAHUL PARIKH Last Wednesday's headline in the Wall Street Journal may have surprised you. It read: "Wal-Mart Backs Drive to Make Companies Pay for Health Coverage." The article discussed Wal-Mart's open support for an employer mandate requiring all but...
July 6, 2009 in AMA, Electronic Medical Records, Rahul Parikh, Reform, Unions, Wal Mart | Permalink | Comments (26)

The Doctor Is In and Logged On.

By RAHUL PARIKH Wow. I've just taken care of three patients in 12 minutes, and I didn't do it by "churning" them through my office as if it's some sort of factory assembly line. Rather, those patients (their parents, more...
April 14, 2009 in Electronic Medical Records, Physicians, Rahul Parikh, Technology | Permalink | Comments (14)