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A million views in 44 days! ClearHealthCosts price transparency TED Talk goes viral

Society for Participatory Medicine

That means word is getting around about how insane US health prices are. Good thing, too – there’s a famous 2006 health policy article called The Pricing of US Hospital Services: Chaos Behind a Veil of Secrecy. There’s only one way that happens: people are sending it to friends.

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Can AI Make Healthcare Human Again? Dr. Topol Says “Yes”

Health Populi

. “Shallow Medicine” is the theme of this discussion, which includes the word cloud shown here describing Americans’ views on doctors in 2017, published in a JAMA Surgery article called, “Patient Perceptions About Their Physician in 2 Words: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” ” The U.S.

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