Legalities
(Part 6 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, and Commerce?) While the Filipino patient’s legal rights may be similar or have equivalents to his/her US counterpart, there still are medical issues bordering with law that should be explored, and the most prominent of this (with a great effect on how US physicians practice) is medical malpractice. [...]
Medical Informatics: Streamlined Efficiency or Rigid Technology?
(Part 5 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, and Commerce?) Perhaps the most striking of all aspects of US healthcare is the heavy use of information technology. Thus is posed this question: is medical informatics a boon or a bane in clinical practice? As part of the elective rotation, shadowing with a KSC hospitalist-internist was undertaken [...]
To Choose, not just to Consent
(Part 4 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, or Commerce?) Patient awareness of diseases is high in the US. The typical source of information is the internet. This poses an interesting scenario to the physician: on one hand, his/her patient is highly aware of what to report and may later on have a higher compliance rate; [...]
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