'We must accept that health care is a risky business'

Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: seven truths we must accept.

In this paper we outline the seven primary truths supporting the call for requiring influenza immunization of all health care workers. We view this as a serious patient safety issue, given the clear and compelling data regarding the frequency and severity of influenza infection. In addition, clear-cut safety, efficacy, economic, legal, and ethical platforms support the use of influenza vaccine....

We must make rural health care a high priority.

Letters to the Editor Integration of Prison Health Care: a Challenge That We Must All Take On

What business are we in? The emergence of health as the business of health care.

O January 19, 2012, after 131 years of operation, the Eastman Kodak Company filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. bankruptcy court. No doubt some people were surprised by this filing, because they grew up at a time when bright yellow boxes of film accompanied every family vacation and celebration. Those who were paying more attention offered many explanations for the bankruptcy. Central among...

A Risky Business

h o s t 50 years ago, when asked why he robbed banks, master thief Willie Sutton answered famously, "Because that's where the money is." Today, the 'money" is in electrons coursing through the computers the world depends on. Over half a billion electronic messages traverse the worlds networks each week. Millions of dollars change hands with the flip of a byte. Military might is increasingly a m...