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Lawmaker Takes on Insurance Companies and Gets Personal About His Health

California state Senator Scott Wiener shares his life experience bringing home the need to reconsider access to care pathways.

Clinic Notes: I Didn’t Expect to Speak Japanese Today

He came in wearing a loose hospital gown, but he carried himself like a man who had once walked freely through the world. When I...

Theranos’ Biggest Crime is Casting Doubt on Consumer Diagnostics

One casualty of the Theranos scandal is that the idea of convenient, more accessible, diagnostic blood tests. We need great, consumer-focused, diagnostic care that lead to definitive answers around patients’ risk of disease and the ability to stay on top of chronic conditions.

People Needing Access to Care Shouldn’t Have to Do Battle to Get It

I recently sat down with Brad Younggren, MD, Chief Medical Officer of 98point6, the growing medical technology platform providing text-first, primary care consults with...