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...boils down to assigning specific numbers to every problem (diagnosis codes) and other numbers to every treatment (treatment codes). Though the lists, in my field of orthopedics anyway, are woefully inadequate to capture how we actually think about or treat patients, they are still ponderous and complex. From common cold to brain tumor, open heart surgery to handing over an Ace bandage, there is a code that every doctor, hospital, therapist and supplier must use if they want insurance to pay them. (Read "Medical Records Go Digital...
Maybe some people can handle Twitter, but I've gone cold turkey. I'm almost at the point where I can take a long walk and not want to beg my iPhone for the details of Famous Writer's breakfast. But now I'm worried about her. What does Famous Writer get out of all this? Does she have to Twitter to feel like she's important? If I could send her a tweet, I would say this, in well under 140 characters: Just remember, the un-Twittered life is still worth living...
...Beantown! Four, of course you’ll get a job. You’re the most elite students in the country. Five, the girls here are smoke shows. The cat’s pajamas. Six, you will learn to love having seasons. It’s only cold a few months a year. Seven, yeah, we always have grass in the Yard. Who wants to play some Ultimate?! Eight, your parents’ love is unconditional...
...should take the Russians seriously. After all, the last time we stared them down, it took 40 years—and trillions of dollars in defense spending—to “win” the Cold War—a victory that was accompanied by the wholesale economic collapse of the entire region. And the Russian leadership is highly aware of the stakes at hand. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of initiating “a new round of arms race,” and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev has warned that Russia...
...Syria's alliance with Iran, which gives Damascus strategic depth. Moreover, some Israeli and U.S. analysts say, the state of war with Israel has helped justify the repressive security state that keeps Assad in power. But the Obama people seem to believe they can bring Syria in from the cold, possibly in exchange for a full package of aid and first-class membership in the country club of international diplomacy. And if that could be achieved, of course, it would deprive Iran of one of its most important allies in its confrontation with the West...