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Veith’s Viewpoint: Good doctor, good medical care: priceless
Today all we hear about is the high cost of U.S. health care, and how for our country to survive economically, it must cut doctors’ payments and spend less for health care, drugs, and medical devices. Certainly there is waste…
Solving the Surgical Workforce Dilemma
“For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H.L. Mencken Every time I think about trying to solve the complex problems of surgical workforce, I am reminded of that great line from H.L.…
Primary Care Physicians Don’t Get Patients Well
(Editor’s Note: Read Dr. George Andros’ introduction to this installment of Veith’s Viewpoint.) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the laudable goals of extending health care insurance coverage and reducing overall health care costs. However, hidden in the more than…
Welcome to the August Online Issue: Take the SVS Survey
When the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) was approached to become involved in assessing vascular out-patient centers (OEC) the Clinical Practices Committee (CPC) convened to examine this topic that was arousing so much interest and concern among providers and patients.…
Veith’s Viewpoint: Vascular Surgery and Creativity
Vascular surgery is an exciting field. It also faces enormous challenges. These include a difficult economic climate and intense competition from other specialties, both interventional and surgical. Vascular surgery has certain assets, such as its commitment only to the management…
Veith’s Viewpoint: Extend and Fix the Sunshine Act, or End It
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the laudable goals of extending health care insurance coverage and reducing overall health care costs. However, hidden in the over 2,400 pages of this bill are a number of provisions, many as yet unrecognized,…
Veith’s Viewpoint: The Vascular Disease Paradox
Vascular patients who most need treatment are often difficult and risky to treat by open operation or an endovascular intervention. In contrast, patients who least need invasive treatment or need it not at all usually have lesions that are easy…
‘Our What’s In It For Me’ Society
These are hard times for the United States. Our economy is floundering. Unemployment is high. Bankers and financiers seem to be getting away with immoral and even illegal actions. People are disgruntled and dissatisfied. Our government seems to be unable…
Introducing Our New International Editors
If our readers have any doubt, all they need do is casually scan the program for the recent VAM in Chicago or examine the content and Editorial Board of a current copy of the JVS to realize that the Society…
Can RCTs be misleading and biased?
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) constitute level 1 evidence, which is widely considered the best data upon which to base medical practice. This is particularly true when the RCTs are published in leading journals like the New England Journal of Medicine…