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Davis Liu Medical Doctor

Specialty: Family Medicine
California
Blog: http://www.davisliumd.blogspot.com
Davis Liu, M.D., is a practicing board-certified family physician with the  in Northern California since 2000.  His comments have appeared in Fortune, Smart Money, Remedy, Real and Simple, and the NY Times.  He has penned opinion pieces that have appeared in the San Francisco... Full Bio
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Why Understanding Teaming Is Critical for Health Care Leaders by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Solving the American health care system crisis is among the most complex and important challenges facing this generation. Is it possible to provide high quality care wi ... Read on »
Will Doctors or Patients Bend the Cost Curve? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and nine other professional medical societies announced that doctors should perform 45 tests and procedures less often than ... Read on »
Part II - What Doctors and Healthcare Can Learn from the New England Patriots by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Although my team, the New England Patriots lost Super Bowl XLVI to the New York Giants in one of the most exciting and tense games in recent memory, reviewing both the pre a ... Read on »
What Doctors and Healthcare Can Learn from Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the New England Patriots by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As the new year starts, I'm eager for a fresh start and working on improving myself both physically and emotionally. I'm also eager for the NFL playoffs and seeing how my fa ... Read on »
White Coke Cans and the Importance of Visual Cues in Reducing Medical Errors by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I read with some amused interest that many consumers were upset that Coca Cola had updated their traditional red regular Coke can for a holiday themed one complete with whit ... Read on »
Your Medical Mind - Book Review. Best for Patients or Doctors? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I looked forward to reading Dr. Jerome Groopman’s new book, Your Medical Mind – How to Decide What is Right For You, co-authored with Dr. Pamela Hartzband.  His previous ... Read on »
Do Computers Really Come Between Doctors and Patients? Is the Future Here? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy One of my favorite movies is Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox.  I must admit after reading this New York Times piece, titled " When Computers Come Between Doctors ... Read on »
A Doctor Thanks His Mentor - Steve Jobs by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I've been reading A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring written by famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden.  Wooden spends half of his book thanking the people who ... Read on »
NY Times - Finding a Quality Doctor - Why the Author and Doctors Are Wrong. by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The New York Times recently published an article titled, Finding a Quality Doctor , Dr. Danielle Orfi an internist at NYU, laments how she was unable to perform as well as ... Read on »
Newsweek - Just Say No! - One Word Can Save Your Life. Too Simplistic. Doctors Need to Help. by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Newsweek has a very provocative and yet incredibly too simplistic piece for the public and patients on its cover story - One Word Can Save Your Life: No! - New research sho ... Read on »
Are Patients Becoming Day Traders? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Let me say first that I am a practicing primary care doctor who is very much focused on patient centered care.  Though I cannot go back to being a patient who is unaware ... Read on »
Required Reading for Medical Students, Interns, and Residents. by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I have had the privilege of working at an organization which is actively improving the lives of its members and also was mentioned by the President as a model for the nati ... Read on »
Physician Autonomy, Professionalism, and Protocols – Mutually Exclusive? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Doctors are professionals.  But are doctors cowboys or pit crews?  Recently, physician writer, Dr. Atul Gawande, spoke about the challenges for the next generation of doct ... Read on »
What Dr. Oz Learned From His Cancer Scare - Honest and Unplugged. What Doctors Can Learn. by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Dr. Mehmet Oz recently had a piece in Time titled " What I Learned from My Cancer Scare " in which he became the the more humbled Mr. Mehmet Oz.  As noted previously here, ... Read on »
The Disappearing Family Doctor - Is It a Bad Thing? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The New York Times recently published an article titled the Family Can't Give Away Solo Practice wistfully noting that doctors like Dr. Ronald Sroka and "doctors like hi ... Read on »
Does America Want Apple or Android for Health Care? by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The future direction of American health care is unclear.  Certainly the cost trend as it exists is unsustainable with health care costs being a major concern of the pr ... Read on »
The Rise of Desktop Medicine -- Wrong Terminology, But Right Thing to Do by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A recent NY Times article, the Rise of Desktop Medicine , highlighted the use of technology in accessing information (desktop medicine) and how doctors were spending less ti ... Read on »
Save Money on Medical Costs - Get Your Old Medical Records by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy There are many tips to saving money on medical costs like asking your doctor only for generic medications, choosing an insurance plan with a high deductible and lower monthl ... Read on »
Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines - Colonoscopy Better Than Sigmoidoscopy? The Truth and the Myth by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Colon cancer screening has a particular personal interest for me.  One of my colleagues in residency training had her father die of colon cancer when she was a teenager. ... Read on »
Why Consumer-Driven Health Care Will Fail by Davis Liu Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The creation of consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), health insurance policies with high deductibles linked to a savings option and with more financial respnonsibility sh ... Read on »
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