Find out what else NBR Correspondent Jeff Yastine has to say about his "Bill of Health" reports, and post your comments.

Check Yourself In

June 12, 2008

It's one of those products that makes you wonder -- why didn't someone invent this 10 or 20 years ago? I'm talking about computerized check-in kiosks that some hospitals... + More

Telemedicine's Growth

April 24, 2008

Tonight's Bill of Health segment is about the growth of "telemedicine networks" around the country. These networks basically allow people and clinics in rural or inner-city areas to connect... + More

The Popularity of Pharmacists

March 28, 2008

Today's Bill of Health looks at the nation's latest shortage -- of pharmacists. Our nation's bulge bracket of aging baby-boomers and changes in the role pharmacists play in the healthcare... + More

A "Star Trek" Type of Surgery

November 8, 2007

Remember the original "Star Trek" series and the ship's physician, Dr. McCoy? It seemed that every other episode, McCoy would wave his sensor-wand over a patient to fix an internal... + More

Marketing Blood Donation

September 27, 2007

I thought it was interesting to learn, when working on my latest "Bill of Health" report, how management of blood collection centers has slowly changed. Since their inception, blood centers were typically... + More

Medicare Budget Buster?

July 26, 2007

It's a tough choice that Americans may be forced to make at some point. Maintain Medicare and it's Prescription Drug Benefit? Or reduce benefits to help save the federal budget from future deficits... + More

More Technology = Fewer Nurses?

July 12, 2007

I've been following the development of ICU "smart monitoring systems", such as the eICU system profiled in tonight's "Bill of Health" report, for quite some time. Often, the first response from... + More

Odd-sounding Specialites

June 14, 2007

While doing the reporting for tonight's "Bill of Health," I was struck by the continued rapid evolution of healthcare delivery in the United States. The report focuses on "hospitalists" -- hospital-employed... + More

The Nursing Home Cost Quandary

May 31, 2007

I found it quite interesting, in compiling tonight's "Bill of Health" report, to note the wide variation in the cost of nursing care across the country and the factors involved. I mean, at first glance... + More

Getting Doctors to Choose Geriatrics

February 22, 2007

Tonight, in my latest "Bill of Health" report, I tackle the topic of the shortage of doctors in an increasingly important field -- geriatrics. The reasons why there aren't enough geriatricians... + More

Are Defibrillators in Schools Worth the Cost?

January 25, 2007

Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) can be found in most public spaces around the country, but only six states have laws on the books requiring AEDs to be installed in public schools or... + More

Getting Sick in the Hospital

December 28, 2006

As tonight's Bill of Health segment points out, hospital-acquired infections (insiders use the acronym HAI) are a major problem. They result in the deaths of nearly 100,000 patients a year... + More

Banking on Cord Blood

December 14, 2006

More new parents are considering cord blood banking these days, and they have a lot to consider. As I prepared my latest Bill of Health report, I learned there's one point that experts stress... + More