Keegan D. Warren joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr William M. Sage: “Why MLP Legal Care Should Be Financed as Health Care.”

Expanding MLPs’ positive health impact requires secure funding.

Merits of more antimicrobial prescription oversight should be weighed against risks to patients and communities of untreatable bacterial infections.

Wejdan Bagais joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Matt Christian: “Which Data Analytics Tool Should We Use to Evaluate Risk in Upstream Drug Supply Chains?”

Drug shortages are persistent and serious in the US, affecting care quality and costs. An early warning system could help.

Decisions about where and to whose professional stewardship patients are admitted are influenced by federal policies of which physicians might not be aware.

Costs partly determine organizational robotics, but questions remain about whether and to what extent they should influence care decisions. 

Since their adoption during the 1990s, minimally invasive surgical techniques have demonstrated postoperative surgical recovery benefits for patients. 

Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities.

Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients.