While the specific term "placebo" didn't enter the medical lexicon until the late 18th century, ancient physicians were intimately aware of the effect. The ancient Greek, Indian, and Chinese traditions all leveraged the capacity of belief, trust, and suggestion to facilitate healing. However, with medicine’s scientific turn, the placebo has garnered a negative connotation of… Continue reading The Set and the Setting
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EHR as the Sun
The HITECH Act was passed in 2009 to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology with the objective to improve care processes, the quality of care, and overall health system productivity. Although the push to digitize medical records has mostly been accomplished, as Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have become ubiquitous in healthcare, the… Continue reading EHR as the Sun
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