Patient Advocacy

Last Friday I published a post on a recent ad campaign put out by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) that many felt in response was "tone deaf", "misguided", "inappropriate" and "awkward" with a call from many for the AOA to pull the...

According to its website, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), it has launched a new campaign entitled "Brand Awareness Campaign" which it claims is "taking osteopathic medicine to a wider audience with a new brand awareness campaign,...

I don’t usually make political statements on this blog and don’t plan on doing so anytime soon. In fact, I have little interest at the moment and 2-year presidential election cycles and endless coverage of every detail of the professional...

Jeanne Marie Laskas of The Wall Street Journal recently published an excellent story about Dr. Bennet Omalu, the neuropathologist who published “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a National Football League Player" and the NFL's response to...

I recalled sharing news a couple of years ago about ASCP and the ABIM Foundation partnering together for something called "Choosing Wisely" and thought I would check in to see what this site consisted of now. I think the addition of...

I recently came across these statements: The issues set forth herein must be further explored to ensure that patients are receiving appropriate care based on accurate diagnoses and accurate identification of predictive and prognostic...