Healthcare in a Minute

By George W. Chapman One in five of us lives in a rural community.  Since 2010, 138 rural hospitals have closed, typically for financial

By George W. Chapman The US belongs to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Most of the economically advanced countries in the

By George W. Chapman Depending on where you stand, the corporatization of healthcare is either an unnecessary and unwanted intrusion into your healthcare or

By George W. Chapman At no time in the past several decades has physician burnout and stress been worse. A recent survey of 13,000

By George W. Chapman A recent survey by the American Medical Association (AMA) revealed 20% of physicians and 40% of nurses are inclined to

By George W. Chapman NYS has already mandated all NYS healthcare workers must be vaccinated by early this past December 2021. While many workers

By George W. Chapman If you want to see the future of healthcare, (good or bad), in at least primary care, watch what the

By George W. Chapman Undoubtedly, the pandemic fostered a surge in virtual care or telehealth. In 2019, 7% of patients reported using it. In 2020,

By George W. Chapman The recent requirement for hospitals to post their prices for 300 “shoppable” services, discussed here in earlier columns, has revealed