Wrong focus
Charlie Baker: "If 70% of all physicians are specialists and only 30% are in primary care — and some 40% of what goes on in an ER belongs in the office a primary care provider, something’s wrong."
Some of the major players are learning that buffing up the country's primary care physician numbers can go a long way to solving many of our health care delivery problems.
Hopefully politicians will get this soon as well. The public debate continues to focus on the uninsured - simply because this an easy, politically friendly narrative.
If we can shift attention to the lack of primary care physicians, it will be easier for politicians to act on this significantly more pressing need.

ASCJ - a potential new treatment for hair loss! Dr. Lee explains...
An exciting potential new treatment for male pattern baldness, ASCJ, is being investigated.
New study: Does hair loss change perceptions?
Researchers evaluate the psychological effects of hair loss on people that suffer from it.
Never events
Buckeye Surgeon points to a naively written column supporting not paying for hospital "never" events.
There is plenty of nuance that is missing from article, and I'd like to refer you to WhiteCoat's excellent Reader Take on the issue a few months ago.

Grand rounds is up
six until me hosts the weekly best of the medical blogosphere.

Interview with Dr. Robert M. Bernstein on hair transplantation
This is the debut of the HairLossFight.com Hair Loss Information Audio Show, featuring the esteemed Dr. Robert M. Bernstein. Dr. Bernstein goes into considerable detail when answering our questions on hair restoration surgery, follicular unit extraction, follicular unit transplantation, important considerations when deciding to have a transplant, hair cloning, female hair loss and much more.