Category: Editorials

Many nations proudly tout “Life Expectancy” as a reflection of healthcare. In our country, this statistic has continually edged upward due to expanding technology, doctors/patient education, and vibrant emphasis on … Continue Reading →

Five years ago, I was elected to physician leadership on the Medical Executive Committee (MEC) at Henry Mayo Hospital and last week was my final meeting as a member. I … Continue Reading →

Two decades ago, I admitted a patient to the Intensive Care Unit for a heart attack.  His children were grown, and he looked forward to retirement purchasing an RV to … Continue Reading →

Dear Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Board of Directors: You have a duty to residents of the Santa Clarita Valley to ensure worthy hospital medical care is rendered should an individual … Continue Reading →

Fifty years ago this month, the Watts riots began.  Three years ago, I wrote how the community where I grew up rose from the ashes excelling athletically, allowing some of us to … Continue Reading →

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (HMNH) is being sued.  This is not unexpected news as it is a health care facility caring for ill patients where expectations are high, and outcomes … Continue Reading →

Draping a shroud of 30’s Depression on any dust bowl child can thicken the skin, so my 88 year old patient learned to be fiercely independent with a “talk to … Continue Reading →

Once the 2008 economic spiral began and unemployment escalated with wallets and purses zipped closed, causes were not initially recognized. Since then, the causal details of this downturn were ferreted … Continue Reading →

Most of us sense frustration as we try to decipher our complex healthcare system. Yet this intentional confusion, forcing patients and families toward medical and economic peril, is fostered by … Continue Reading →