Archive - Rural Doc Alan

November 2024

Minnesota Medical Board Sanctions Retired Physician

I've been writing often here on Substack about serious problems with state medical boards and their many actions against physicians which have no real…

Nov 25 •

Misinformation is a Label—Not a Fact

I’ve recently read an article by Randy Dotinga investigating "misinformation" by physicians.

Nov 18 •

New Farming Practices and Food Contamination

Does it seem as if there seems to be an awful lot of press on contaminated food these days?

Nov 11 •

...The Rest of the Story

Some of you may be old enough to remember Paul Harvey and his radio program called The Rest of the Story. Paul Harvey's intent was to reveal the part of…

Nov 4 •

October 2024

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Oct 28 •

Penny-Wise and Dollar-Foolish

I have often written here on the horrendous government waste of money when fraud investigators chase physician fines here and there when at the same…

Oct 21 •

Difficult Case Managed Well

As time passes, we have more new names for what we used to call quality assurance, but it appears to me to now be a public relations issue and to have…

Oct 14 •

Quality Assurance Scapegoats

Quality assurance is the name given to the various ways designed to protect the public from bad healthcare.

Oct 7 •

September 2024

How to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Last week I wrote an article about the Commonwealth Fund study on the under-performing U.S.

Sep 29 •

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