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David Davidovic David built and led commercial functions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries for 33 years and has been di More »
Barbara Ficarra Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA is an award-winning journalist, media broadcaster, health educator, speaker and consultant More »
David Harlow David Harlow is Prinicipal of the Harlow Group LLC, a healthcare law and consulting firm based in Boston, MA. More »
Stephen Schimpff Stephen C. Schimpff, MD is the retired CEO of the Univ. of MD Med. Center and the COO of the Univ of MD Medical System. More »
Andrew Schorr Andrew, a leukemia survivor and respected medical journalist is the founder of PatientPower, an excellent web resource. More »
John Sharp John Sharp has interests in social media in healthcare and clinical research informatics including secondary use of EMR More »
Christina Thielst Christina Thielst is a hospital administrator, consultant, educator and author with 30 years of healthcare experience. More »
“People were not making bad decisions because of the results of 23adnme testing. This urban myth has circulated enough. What could they possibly do? Take off their own breasts? Any so called drastic measure needs a doctor involved. The fact doctors called the tests entertainment was part of the problem - they had no idea what information they had and no desire to investigate. What ...”
“ Excellent article! I am Canadian and, unfortunately, we have exactly the same problem with our public healthcare system. Our medical practitioners are paid by government (that's why we pay ridiculously high taxes) and they have little motivation to spend more than allocated minimal time with their patients. Patients' feedback doesn't really matter as with shortage of doctors ...”