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2 – Reforming Health Care in America

Slideshows on Health Care Reform

Dr. Resnick has presented his vision of what a reformed health care system should look like to a number of audiences. Metropolitan Jewish Health Care System, Brooklyn, NY October, 2008 Medical Administrators Conference, Washington, DC, June, 2009 Obama Transition Committe Health Care Forum, Roosevelt Island, December, 2008...

Good Caregivers are the Key to Health Care

Better paid and better trained caregivers are crucial. Read this interview in PHI, the national publication of the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute....

Independence at Home – the Federal Act

The American Academy of House Call Physicians has been the prime mover in getting the Independence at Home legislation on the books. Learn more about IAH at www.iahnow.com...

NY Times Letter on “Health Care That Works”

A Letter to the Editor of the NY Times in September, 2009 cited house calls for the sick as the way to reform health care. To the Editor: Nicholas D. Kristof’s column extolling the virtues of the Veterans Affairs health care system (“Health Care That Works,” Sept....

Hospitals Are Dangerous Places

This letter to the NY Times highlights one of the many reasons that hospitals are dangerous places. To the Editor: Re “Napping During Hospital Shifts” (editorial, Dec. 9): Further shortening hospital doctors’ workweeks will only increase the mistakes patients endure. The all-too-frequent errors my patients encounter when hospitalized...

Why House Calls Save Money

This article by Dr. Resnick appeared in The New Old Age, a New York Times healthcare blog, in January of 2009. Click here...

House Calls Making a Come Back

NBC’s Nightly News reports on the growing popularity of doctor house calls and the financial savings they provide. Click here to watch the video. ...

Obama Transition Committee Health Care Forum on Roosevelt Island

In December of 2008, a community forum on Roosevelt Island produced the following recommendations to the incoming Obama Administration Health Care Community Discussion Held December 29th, 2008 Good Shepherd Community Center Roosevelt Island, NY Moderator: Jack Resnick, MD Independence at Home was the focus of the meeting I led on Roosevelt...