A healthcare plan for the Obama campaign?
After following some of the presidential debates and looking for substantive answers to various issues, I thought I might…
Ardena L. Flippin, MD, MBA
Sporting events and Emergency Department visits
After more than twenty-five years of practicing emergency medicine, I have finally had something established that I have always thought…
Are physicians a vanishing breed – the looming physician shortage
There seems to be an end to the physician shortage – physician oversupply debate. The AAMC, as a result of a…
Alternate Careers for Physicians…but I Only Know How to Do One Thing!
How does one reinvent oneself after spending years of education and training to serve and practice only one thing…
Can Big Brother Keep a Secret? The National Practitioner Data Bank
Malpractice history and quality of health care are not synonymous. In my most recent article I focused on physician profiling…
The Elephant in the Room
A recent article in the journal Cancer observed that, in spite of declining colorectal cancer (CRC) death rates, this…
Physician Profiling
Do you know that there are methods in progress to change your (practice) behavior and improve your efficiency and…
No Wealth No Health
Editor's note: We're overjoyed to welcome Ardena Flippin, MD, MBA to the netdoc community. Dr. Flippin brings a wealth of…