Robert Earl Bolton, MD, believes that the Word of God is the best prescription for strengthening one's mental, physical and spiritual well-being. It contains three nutrients Dr. Bolton labels as P1, P2, and P3. Each has a minimum daily requirement for optimal health. You won't find them labeled like vitamins in this volume, but you will find suggestions to help you recognize and acquire their benefits. For more than 30 years Dr. Bolton studied the Bible and wrote down verse by verse what he felt God was sharing with him in today's language. A Physician's Paraphrase is the result of Dr. Bolton's daily devotions and his thoughts on the New Testament.
The year is 2015, and the public is saying, "Where are the physicians?" Also, they are complaining, "Why have my healthcare services become so difficult to obtain?" The problem? The private healthcare delivery system has been replaced by a National Health Service. There is a physician shortage, and many of those who have become physicians have not come from the best of our youth. In addition, curtailed health care services are necessary to pay the costs of the national, state, and local bureaucracies required to administer the government's National Health Service. This book will have you rethinking healthcare's many economic and social problems, and how the introduction of, and subsequent misuse of, unregulated hospital and health insurance have created those problems. Also, you will understand how easily those problems can be solved by six changes in the existing private healthcare delivery system. Furthermore, you will understand why a regulated private healthcare delivery system must be preserved and you will understand the inherent dangers of allowing a National Health Service to become our country's healthcare delivery system. This book will move those independent thinkers among the public and within the business community to become political activists. They will understand the necessity of preventing a government sponsored National Health Service from doing to our healthcare delivery system what the government sponsored Depts. of Education have done to our country's public education system.
Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late. Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic tool without a robust evidence base—and then stop using it when it is found not to help, or even to harm, patients. In Ending Medical Reversal, Drs. Prasad and Cifu narrate fascinating stories from every corner of medicine to explore why medical reversals occur, how they are harmful, and what can be done to avoid them. They explore the difference between medical innovations that improve care and those that only appear to be promising. They also outline a comprehensive plan to reform medical education, research funding and protocols, and the process for approving new drugs that will ensure that more of what gets done in doctors' offices and hospitals is truly effective.
An evidence-based guide for doctors diagnosing, testing, and treating children with PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep infections). In the early 1990s, a group of researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health began collecting data on children who had developed neuropsychiatric disorders (OCD and tics) following infections. They found evidence that antineuronal antibodies had developed in some of these children which attacked the basal ganglia region of the brain. MRI and PET scans in these children demonstrated inflammatory changes in the basal ganglia as well. In 1997, the researchers published the first article to describe this syndrome that they named PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep infections). In PANDAS, an autoimmune attack on the brain occurs following a Strep infection. PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) is a broader term that also includes cases following exposure to other infections, toxins, and even stress. Clinicians treating children with PANS and PANDAS have found that antibiotics targeted at the offending organisms, steroids, and IVIG results in marked improvement and occasionally complete remission of the neuropsychiatric symptoms. Disturbing symptoms consistent with many DSM-5 psychiatric disorders manifest in patients with PANS and PANDAS—yet we know that there is a biologic basis for the changes in these children. As a result, these disorders require us, as physicians, to view mental illness in an entirely new way. Resistance to this change in paradigm has made PANS and PANDAS difficult for clinicians to diagnose, unbearable for parents to endure, and controversial for scholars to accept. As such, there is no recognized standard of care. We have written this work in an effort to change that. This is a textbook by physicians for physicians. It was written to bring back some of the art of medicine to physicians caring for a group of children and families who really need it. PANS and PANDAS are complex disorders that demand a rich, multifaceted response with novel treatment approaches. The material in this book is assembled from the peer-reviewed medical literature, in combination with over thirty years of clinical experience caring for the sickest patients, both in and out of the hospital. Here you will find conclusive evidence for the existence and pathophysiology of PANS and PANDAS, alongside testing and treatment interventions the author has successfully used in his own practice with hundreds of children. The book concludes with rich appendices including commonly used labs, doses of medications and supplements, a sample flare protocol, extensive support for parents, sample IVIG orders, and much more. We hope this resource allows you, the physician, to help these suffering families heal.
This volume covers many of the ways of speaking that create problems between doctor and patient. The questions under consideration in the present book are the following: How is the doctor-patient interaction structured in a particular culture? What takes place during the process? What causes misunderstandings, lack of cooperation and even total non-compliance? What is the outcome of the interaction and how does the patient benefit from it? Finally, and this is the ultimate purpose of this book: How can the interaction be improved so that an optimum outcome is assured for the patient with maximum satisfaction to the physician?
Position your physician sales program for maximum growth There's no question that physician referrals are mission-critical to your hospital or health system's bottom line. But increasing or maintaining referrals requires more than just an occasional visit to the practice. A successful physician sales program must promote quality and solidify your hospital as the hospital of choice for their patients. Kriss Barlow gives you the keys to successful physician sales! Take your physician relations program to the next level with A Marketer's Guide to Physician Relations: Best Practices for Successful Sales Programs. HealthLeaders Media has teamed up with healthcare marketing superstar Kriss Barlow to bring you this new, must-read guide for developing, positioning, and enhancing your physician sales program. Real-world advice and examples from your peers Packed with real-world examples and healthcare-specific advice, this comprehensive resource offers more than 250 pages of content that will help physician sales leaders: Create and sustain focus and build on momentum Identify and hire the best salespeople Build internal support for the program Differentiate your organization from the competition Measure the ROI of your efforts Increase bottom-line referral revenue Backed by years of in-the-field experience, Barlow offers numerous tips and examples from your healthcare peers who have implemented successful physician sales programs, and are reaping the rewards. The eight best practices you need for success Take a look at the detailed, focused information you'll find in the pages of A Marketer's Guide to Physician Relations: Best Practice Attribute # 1: Focus Best Practice Attribute #2: Senior Leadership Involvement Best Practice Attribute #3: Capable Staff Best Practice Attribute # 4: Ability to Measure Outcomes Best Practice Attribute #5: Momentum Best Practice Attribute # 6: Planned Integration Best Practice Attribute# 7: A Physician-Centric Culture Best Practice Attribute# 8: Ability to Differentiate Put these proven techniques and strategies in place at your hospital to increase referrals, revenue, and your overall market share. Order your copy of A Marketer's Guide to Physician Relations today! Who needs this book? Healthcare professionals in charge of physician relations and sales and anyone in the organization charged with growing programs will benefit from this valuable knowledge. Specific titles include: Director or VP of physician relations/physician outreach/physician sales Director or VP of marketing, communications, and public relations Director or VP of business development/business relations Director or VP of strategic planning and marketing Service line directors and C-suite leaders
