Paul Pender

1 month ago | kevinmd.com | M. Bennet Broner |Leslie Gregory |Paul Pender |Christopher Habig

Over 80 percent of people are discontented with their medical insurance, whether provided by the government, their employer, or a commercial company. Common complaints are cost, increasing prices, and limited or rejected coverage. Regardless of the insurance’s source, we, the citizens, pay the bill through higher co-payments, deductibles, or premiums. Thus, their future payments increase when people request increased coverage for specific treatments, tests, or conditions.

1 month ago | kevinmd.com | Kayvan Haddadan |Leslie Gregory |Paul Pender |Christopher Habig

The health care system, in theory, operates on one fundamental principle: to prioritize patient welfare. Yet, contemporary systems in many regions, particularly the United States, have increasingly veered off course, entangling themselves in a jungle of bureaucracy, regulation, and profit-driven motives that obscure the vital role patients play as the focal point of care. The result is a system riddled with inefficiencies, frustration, and barriers to optimal health care delivery.

1 month ago | kevinmd.com | Martha Rosenberg |Leslie Gregory |Paul Pender |Nina Cloven

Why has faith in government health agencies never been lower? Because conflicts of interest (COIs) have never been higher. At the FDA, concerns about drugmakers “buying” drug approvals go back to passage of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) in . Since then, the many doctors with research and speaker grants, drug stocks, and past employment with drugmakers heighten concerns.

2 months ago | kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Leslie Gregory |Paul Pender |Christopher Habig

The term “core competency” was coined by management experts C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel in their influential 1990 article titled “The core competence of the corporation,” published in the Harvard Business Review. Prahalad and Hamel defined core competencies as the unique capabilities or advantages that a company possesses, which are critical to its ability to achieve competitive advantage and long-term success.

2 months ago | kevinmd.com | Robert Pearl |Susan Levenstein |Martha Rosenberg |Paul Pender

When we think of cancer treatment, we often focus on the immediate goals: Shrinking tumors, stopping the spread of the disease, and ultimately aiming for a cure. What doesn’t get as much attention, but is just as important, is how cancer treatments can affect a patient’s sexual health and reproductive future. Many cancer patients, particularly younger ones, are often left in the dark about how their treatment could impact their sexual function and fertility.