Stanford Health Care CEO to leave at end of year Jeremy Quach September 29, 2015 0 Comments Stanford Health Care announced that its CEO and president, Amir Dan Rubin, will be leaving the organization at the end of the year to join UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health service platform as... Read More »
Stanford Hospital needs to support resident families Letters to the Editor April 1, 2015 6 Comments So, to the newly matched physicians: welcome to Stanford. You are some of the best and brightest that our medical system has to offer, and your training here will be superb. Hopefully by the time you... Read More »
Can we trust our doctors? Neil Chaudhary February 12, 2015 0 Comments It would be naïve to believe that doctors and professional groups are not motivated by self-interest. If we truly want care that produces the best outcomes for patients and society, we need to... Read More »
A Golden Age of Mental Health Op Ed March 6, 2014 1 Comment In the past six years, more has been done to rectify the mental health situation in American healthcare than in the past six decades. Contrary to popular belief, the historical tragedies of mental... Read More »
Securing Social Security Nick Ahamed November 19, 2013 5 Comments We can do better and we should do better: We’re no longer in 1935 or 1965; Social Security and Medicare need to be updated. Our entitlement programs should fit the times we live in. Read More »
Reforming Social Security Op Ed November 19, 2013 2 Comments It makes more sense to fundamentally reassess what Americans receive from a fundamentally unsustainable program. Read More »
Physician self-referrals lead to unnecessary tests Julia Brownell May 3, 2011 0 Comments A Stanford study published late last month found that if your doctor buys a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, you’re more likely to get an MRI scan for lower back pain. If you go to an... Read More »