We have done it. We have decreased the increase in the cost of healthcare. Let us explain. For three decades (1980–2009), the cost of healthcare has been increasing each year at an average rate of 7.4%—double the rate of inflation. However, over the past three years, the increase in healthcare expenditures has remained at a […]
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Guest column: Bend in health cost curve can be sustained – Commercial Appeal
July 6, 2013 by Dr. Manoj Jain
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Medical errors are hard for doctors to admit, but it’s wise to apologize to patients – Washington Post
May 24, 2013 by Dr. Manoj Jain
In 2007, I published a story in my local paper in which I confessed to having made a medical error years earlier. I’d mistakenly prescribed an antibiotic for a patient whose chart indicated an allergy to the drug. Thankfully, the story had a happy ending. My patient recovered and took no legal action after I explained to […]
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Memories of Boston Marathon – Huffington Post
April 18, 2013 by Dr. Manoj Jain
I know Boston and the Boston Marathon well. I lived for 20 years in Needham and Wellesley, the western suburbs of Boston, the halfway mark of the 26-mile race, from where I have watched the marathon in route. Many times I picnicked at Hopkinton State Park near where the marathon starts, and many times I […]
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