Managed Care’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Managed care's fifteen minutes of fame.

In a world of sound bites and photo ops where everyone has fifteen minutes of fame, it should not be surprising that infatuation with managed care on the part of politicians, the media, and other hucksters has turned to disillusionment and assault. Overreaction to the shortcomings of real managed care plans is an almost inevitable result of the overselling of previous years. He who prospers as ...

My 15 minutes of fame.

The reporting of “medical news” has become an important part of the barrage of information available in print, in electronic media, and, of course, in the 4 billion or so sites on a Google search for health-related topics. My own brush with this phenomenon came about through co-writing an editorial1 on one of the most pedestrian issues that one can imagine: How much water should one consume eac...

Fifteen Minutes of Fame: The Place of Blogs in the Life Cycle of Viral Political Information

This study addresses dynamics of viral information in the blogosphere, and is interested in empirically understanding how blogs play a role in the virality process. More specifically, we develop a new methodology that creates a map of the ‘life cycle’ of blogs posting links to viral information. Our dataset focuses on the linking practices of blogs to the most significant viral videos of the 20...

MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME The Evolution of Screen Performance

A mere fifteen minutes.

Firstword I glide through some days of my family practice with an effortless grace. I am on time for my appointments. I address patients’ concerns and mine in unrushed, friendly visits. There is rhythm and joy in what I do. Then, there are days when I seem to be mired in wet concrete. I am neither fast nor efficient, and many patient encounters end with the feeling that nothing was accomplished...