Want Lower Healthcare Costs? Consider Medical Liability Reform
Guest post written on behalf of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies’ (CSNS) Communications and Education Committee Maya A. Babu, MD, MBA (left) Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Vice-Chair, CSNS Communications and Education Committee Rochester, MN Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSC (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School Chair, CSNS Communications […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: Remembering Katrina and the Neurosurgeons who Risked Everything to Care for Patients
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Shortly after, New Orleans was engulfed in its destructive path and the storm’s surge inundated the city. Katrina’s wake left the most expensive natural disaster in United States […]
Military Faces of Neurosurgery – Silver Lining in the Black Cloud of the Civil War: Improved Medical Education
Guest post from Michael Schulder, MD, FAANS Residency Program Director Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Brain Tumor Center Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine North Shore University Hospital Lake Success, NY This year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. While neurosurgery was not yet a […]
Public Display of Electronics: Unwanted Distraction
Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Chaim B. Colen, MD (right) Young Physicians Representative Section of the CSNS Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Since the introduction of smartphones over the last decade, the proliferation of internet-enabled personal devices represents the most dramatic mass adoption of a technology in recent memory. […]
Hospital Transfer of Neuro-trauma Patients Increases Survival Rate
Guest post from Kimon Bekelis, MD Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Value reigns supreme in the world of healthcare delivery today. Value has been defined easily as: COST/QUALITY A recent landmark study tackles the difficult question on the value of expensive helicopter transport in the care of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. To fully […]
Neurosurgeons are NOT Just Brain Surgeons
Most people think neurosurgeons are only brain surgeons, but that is far from the truth. Since August is Neurosurgery Awareness Month, we wanted to take a moment to highlight the breadth of neurosurgical practice. Featured below is an animation we developed demonstrating that neurosurgery is indeed more than just brain surgery! We encourage everyone to […]
Does this Really Help?
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Vice President, AANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Thick, innocuous appearing mailings from insurance companies often arrive in a physician’s inbox. Most physicians probably toss these directly into the nearest trash receptacle. Who has time […]
Pediatric Neurosurgery and “Growing-Up” in America
Guest post from Catherine A. Mazzola, MD Director of the Craniofacial Center at Atlantic Health Systems-Goryeb Children’s Hospital NJ Pediatric Neuroscience Institute Morristown, NJ As a parent and as a pediatric neurosurgeon I REALLY care about kids. During the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery meeting in Amelia Island, FL, guest speaker David L. Wood, […]
Philip Glass and Healthcare Reform (Part 1)
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (left) Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York and Daniel K. Resnick, MD (right) Past President, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Professor, Vice Chairman and Program Director Department of Neurosurgery University of Wisconsin […]
Payment Reform, Like Grass, is Always Greener on the Other Side
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other health blogs when we believe they really hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on the Health Affairs blog and it addresses the ins and outs of payment reform. The piece is authored by […]