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Costs of Care Creating Value Challenge In 2007, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) proposed a framework for optimizing health system performance known as the “triple aim”. The three [...]

As a home birth midwife who has also spent many hours on the labor and delivery floor as a hospital midwife, I pride myself in my ability to fully trust birth. I have experienced two unassisted [...]

America excels in high-tech medicine When it comes to healthcare and medicine, America is the greatest country in the world. If you get into a car crash or have a heart attack, or need a [...]