by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Feb 1, 2025 | Articles
In finance, one hears the term “return on investment” frequently. A more colloquial expression might be “bang for the buck”. Another angle in the same discussion, especially when discussing the healthcare system, would be for a patient to reduce negative behavior and...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jan 15, 2025 | Articles
As reviewed in the previous piece (itself a summary of previous articles), the medical system in the United States has fallen far behind its first world neighbors in cost, coverage, and quality. Few of us are surprised by this information. In this article, I would...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jan 1, 2025 | Articles
We now begin the magazine’s second calendar year. We shall summarize what was reviewed in the early part of the magazine. The US spends $4.5 trillion/year on healthcare or $13,493/person(2022) each year, the highest cost per capita of any developed country in the...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Dec 15, 2024 | Articles
The principal goal of this magazine is to promote cost reduction while maintaining or more ideally improving the quality of medical care. The discussion in the first year of OMRUM’s existence has largely focused on the “big strokes” of difficulties with medical care...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Nov 15, 2024 | Articles
In the previous article, the term “siloed physician care” was introduced. Physicians who practice in this manner see their roles as narrow in their patients’ care. Often, they don’t see themselves as obligated to any greater purpose in a patient’s management. For any...
