Ethics in Practice - Medika Life

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

We Have Inadvertently Built Cultural Discrimination Into Our Healthcare Systems

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - March 23, 2021

We build and use discriminatory Healthcare Systems. Unintentional by design, these systems propagate inequality in patient care and promote racial disparities.

Healthcare Chart Notes Set the Stage for Dangerously Skewed Negative Patient Profiles

Pat Farrell PhD - July 16, 2021

Careless use of biased language in Healthcare Chart notes gives life to skewed beliefs about patients and the state of their mental and physical health.

The Paradox of America’s Healthcare System

Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP - June 13, 2022

Outstanding Science and Providers But Dysfunctional Delivery of Care - perspectives of a physician expert.

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