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Going For The Throat: What Exactly Does Euthyroid Mean, Anyway?

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:22:53 +0000

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, Editor-In-Chief Health Care, Dear Thyroid. Column: Going For The Throat) A couple of weeks ago, I reached a milestone during my visit with my endocrinologist. I was not the 1,000,000th customer, and there were no party hats or confetti. In fact, there was very little in the way [...]

Going For The Throat: Awareness, Or How My View Of The World Reads Like A NATO Press Conference

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:40:43 +0000

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, EIC/Health Care ‘Going For The Throat’, Dear Thyroid) NATO headquarters, Brussels, 2002:, “…there are known “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There [...]

Going For The Throat: Confessions of a Health Insurance Neophyte

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:48:12 +0000

I’ve had health insurance of one kind or another my whole life. I’m fortunate for that, and I know it. But it wasn’t until my diagnosis with Hashimoto’s disease last June that I actually paid attention to my health plan. The good news is that not only am I paying attention now, [...]

Six Word Thygraphs You Are All Winners

Robyn Davis Hahn — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:38:47 +0000

How can you choose a winner out of hundreds of fantastic entries?, I’m still in awe over the response to the Six Word Thygraph article and contest. And while it is trite, I do think you are all winners. We all shared our struggles and triumphs, vented our anger and sadness, poked [...]

Going For The Throat: 6 Word Thyroid Monographs

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:55:35 +0000

Going For The Throat: Written by Robyn Davis Hahn I was listening to NPR the other day while driving to work when I heard an interesting story. (This is a statement I can make several times a week). On Talk of the Nation, the creator and editor of Smith Magazine discussed their 4th book, [...]

Going For The Throat: Improving Patient Care, The Doctor’s Perspective, Part II: My Crude Analysis

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:32:34 +0000

Written by Robyn Davis Hahn Last week, I shared some unedited responses from several physicians to 3 simple questions I had posed to them. Basically, it asked them to comment, from their perspective, on the biggest mistake patients make, the biggest mistake doctors make, and the biggest overall obstacle to improved patient care. [...]

Going For The Throat: Improving Patient Care, the Doctor’s Perspective, Part I

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:59:01 +0000

Written by: Robyn Davis Hahn So, I conducted a completely informal, unscientific survey amongst my friends who are also doctors. I asked them just a few questions about aspects of the Doctor/Patient relationship, from their perspective. Only one of these docs was an endo, three are gynecologists (and former obstetricians), and one is [...]

Going For The Throat: The Simple Answer to Better Health

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:11:44 +0000

Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, MS DVM Can a checklist improve your care? I recently finished a fascinating, well written book that really opened my eyes to how doctors, and humans in general, work in complex settings. It’s called The Checklist Manifesto, by Dr. Atul Gawande, and it’s his most recently published work. [...]

Going For The Throat: What Happened To The Health In Health Care

Robyn Davis Hahn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:09:45 +0000

Written by, Robyn Davis Hahn How did it get so complicated? Health care is a mess. It’s a fucking mess from the ground up. I’m not talking about HMO, PPO, HSA, employer portions, and benefits. I’m not talking about insurance (although, just wait, I will…). Let’s talk about what the word “health” [...]