To his co-workers, Mark is an outgoing, healthy, 34-year-old young manwith a friendly personality (although they've noticed he does miss workoften). What they don't know is that Mark suffers from Type A hemophilia,chronic pain, addiction to painkillers and recently was diagnosed with HIV,most likely contracted from factor 8 transfusion he received as a teenager.
Hospital CEO Keeps Pediatric Care Local
July 15th 2018This month’s featured exec is Deborah Feldman, president and CEO of Dayton Children’s Hospital. Here, she sheds light on how the future of healthcare is shaping up, and how value-based care, the ACA, and pediatric pain management fit in.
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Medical science sure to help us live longer
October 1st 2006Would you pay $19,900 to add another year to your life? If only it were that simple. The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently published a study that concluded between 1960 and 2000, we paid an average of $19,900 in medical costs per year of life gained during that time. In 1960, a newborn's life expectancy was 69.9 years, and in 2000, it was 76.87 years, according to the study.
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