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Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine
Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
Using an EMR while talking to patients is like texting while driving. There's got to be a better way.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
It turns out that fistulas aren't always as easy to fix as we thought, and sometimes the surgical "success" data are manipulated.
Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine
Diet and socioeconomic status are closely linked because poverty fosters a sense of nihilism about health and the future.
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
This essay from Joy Pedrow Skarka about pain and sex says some things that need to be heard: After our wedding, riding the elevator up to our hotel room, I looked into my groom’s eyes and saw excitement. We had […]
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
Thinking about how to eliminate America's child death discrepancy means asking hard questions about how we will collectively sacrifice.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
People will always be skeptical of medical authorities. The authorities shouldn't make things worse by hiding potential conflicts of interest.
Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine
The story of Jahi McMath illustrates how tenuous the idea of "brain death" really is.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
The dirty secret of all electronic medical records (EMRs) is this: they are not primarily designed to help doctors record, review, or share information about their patients. No, they are primarily designed to capture the data necessary to submit bills to […]
Matthew LoftusEconomicsHealth & Medicine
We'd save money if we tried to help prevent asthma attacks rather than just treating them acutely. Why don't we?
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
A lot of Christians ask if healthcare sharing ministries are a good alternative to insurance. The answer: maybe!