Wal-Mart; Docs-in-the-Box; Docs Leaving

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• Many Americans Open to Care At Retail-Based Health Clinics
  Many Americans believe retailers can provide an alternative to a doctor’s office visit via onsite clinics, a new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive health-care poll finds.
  (tags: health health_cost)
• Medical Malpractice: Yes on I-330
  {via DB’s Medical Rants} Worst of all, the system doesn’t accomplish its primary objective of getting money to deserving patients injured by negligence and discouraging future mistakes. More than 50 percent of every dollar paid into the system ends up in
  (tags: tort_reform physicians)
• DB’s Medical Rants » Blink
  Blink provides a different view of decision making. It explains why experienced physicians can perform admirably in crisis situations – and why novices cannot (it is not about knowledge). It discusses our “intuition” – or the skill of recognizing that
  (tags: physicians cognition decision_making intuition)
• Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs
  An internal memo sent to Wal-Mart’s board of directors proposes numerous ways to hold down spending on health care and other benefits while seeking to minimize damage to the retailer’s reputation. Among the recommendations are hiring more part-time worker
  (tags: health_cost health)