Patients make more frugal choices he states than the healthcare system when given the information, and they participate, satisfactions and outcomes improve. He says what more could you want. The patient are becoming victims of competition. Most patients according to Dr. Berwick...
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I should have been on to this sooner, but thank goodness for Twitter as I received a message about it today and say thanks for letting me know. There are a few days left in November so you can watch the 85 minute documentary. I have written about it and watched myself so here’s a few notes...
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I finally had time to watch the Bill Moyer show and see the portions of the film shown on PBS. Maggie Mahar who wrote the book the movie is based on stated she started making calls and was amazed at how many doctors wanted to talk as she didn’t think she was going to get many and actually had 5...
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The official website of the documentary movie can be found here. I have not seen the movie myself yet but look forward to watching, as from what shows on the internet, it appears to pick up and intelligently expand beyond the initial issues that Sicko brought to our attention. ...
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