Kelsey-Seybold: the McDonald’s of Medicine

(Part 2 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, and Commerce?) With apologies to the food magnate, the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic (KSC) in Houston, Texas is comparable in accessibility and convenience to the McDonald’s fast food chain. It has been, for more than half a century now, a pioneer and key player in managed care in the city [...]

Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, and Commerce?

(Last April 17-May 12, I rotated in an off-campus Family Practice elective at the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Copperfield in Houston, TX, USA. My output included a paper on Primary Care and Family Practice as observed at the site, submitted to my UP Preceptor Dr. Josefina Isidro-Lapena and to my KSC Preceptor Dr. Peter S. Halvorson. I’m [...]