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I have a newfound respect for arms reduction experts, treaty negotiators, and diplomats of all portfolios. I’m honored to have been part of a recent delegation from GlassHospital U. to Wuhan University in Hubei Province, China. The leadership of Wuhan’s medical school has embarked on an ambitious educational reform plan and has sought outside consultation [...]
In our unremitting effort to make transparent all that is Medicine, GlassHospital has journeyed to China, home of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The real reason we’re here is to facilitate dialogue and cultural exchange between two great medical schools, those being the one affiliated with GlassHospital and the one here at Wuhan University. Like many [...]
Every once in awhile amidst the weekly deluge of medical articles comes a show-stopper that has the potential to change the way we practice. Rarer yet is the article that not only changes how we practice, but calls into question why we do what we do. This recent article from the New England Journal of Medicine [...]
When I made the choice to be a doctor at a medical school I wasn’t sure exactly what ramifications (beside teaching the next generations of doctors) my job would have. It became clear to me after a year that being an academic afforded me many privileges: of course, mentoring and teaching relationships, but also the [...]
Dear Readers: This was a pitch for a magazine article, so I apologize if it’s a little too wonk-y. I decided to post it here to see what other ideas you could drum up. Quick summary: There’s an idea floating around called the Patient-Centered Medical Home–a way to integrate, automate, and improve how primary medical [...]