Over a recent lunch meeting with a health care executive the subject of blogs came up. I suspect that my eyes lit up and my conversation become more animated. I remember commenting on the international scope of medical blog readership...

Health Wonk Review #23, a collection of health policy posts from around the blogosphere, is being hosted this week at Health Care Renewal....

Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz, who are presenting their findings at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle this week, have discovered a surprisingly massive halo of bright, old stars around our galactic neighbor Andromeda, revealing that the Andromeda galaxy...

A brief lesson in US healthcare law and hospital responsibility. A hospital's Governing Body has the ultimate responsibility and authority for appointment and oversight of the organization's medical staff. While it obviously must rely on others to assist in carrying...

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is shortening their name and changing their logo as of January 8, 2007 to The Joint Commission. President Dennis O'Leary said the goal was to make the name easier to remember. So...

Grand Rounds 3.16 is up at DrJohnLapuma.com with a theme of diet and food....

Grand Rounds 3.16 is up at DrJohnLapuma.com with a theme of diet and food....

We take our sky with us. Ivo Drury said that in an article about career resolutions. What an apt description of our own limitations. If you're thinking about major career or life changes, it's imperative to remember - we take...

We take our sky with us. Ivo Drury said that in an article about career resolutions. What an apt description of our own limitations. If you're thinking about major career or life changes, it's imperative to remember - we take...

The Americans With Disabilities Act, passed in 1990, is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discriminatory hiring practices. Employers may not ask potential employees questions related to disability unless they pertain to the ability to perform specific job functions....