Saturday, July 5, 2025
ISSN 2765-8767
  • Survey
  • Podcast
  • Write for Us
  • My Account
  • Log In
Daily Remedy
  • Home
  • Articles
  • Podcasts
    Your Body, Your Health Care: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Singer

    Your Body, Your Health Care: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Singer

    July 1, 2025
    Unlocking the Secrets of GLP-1 Medications

    The cost structure of hospitals nearly doubles

    July 1, 2025
    Navigating the Medical Licensing Maze

    The Fight Against Healthcare Fraud: Dr. Rafai’s Story

    April 8, 2025
    Navigating the Medical Licensing Maze

    Navigating the Medical Licensing Maze

    April 4, 2025
    The Alarming Truth About Health Insurance Denials

    The Alarming Truth About Health Insurance Denials

    February 3, 2025
    Telehealth in Turmoil

    The Importance of NIH Grants

    January 31, 2025
  • Surveys

    Surveys

    What concerns you most about your healthcare?

    What concerns you most about your healthcare?

    July 1, 2025
    Perception vs. Comprehension: Public Understanding of the 2025 MAHA Report

    Perception vs. Comprehension: Public Understanding of the 2025 MAHA Report

    June 4, 2025

    Survey Results

    Do you believe national polls on health issues are accurate

    National health polls: trust in healthcare system accuracy?

    May 8, 2024
    Which health policy issues matter the most to Republican voters in the primaries?

    Which health policy issues matter the most to Republican voters in the primaries?

    May 14, 2024
    How strongly do you believe that you can tell when your provider does not trust you?

    How strongly do you believe that you can tell when your provider does not trust you?

    May 7, 2024
  • Courses
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Support Us
  • Official Learner
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Articles
  • Podcasts
    Your Body, Your Health Care: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Singer

    Your Body, Your Health Care: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Singer

    July 1, 2025
    Unlocking the Secrets of GLP-1 Medications

    The cost structure of hospitals nearly doubles

    July 1, 2025
    Navigating the Medical Licensing Maze

    The Fight Against Healthcare Fraud: Dr. Rafai’s Story

    April 8, 2025
    Navigating the Medical Licensing Maze

    Navigating the Medical Licensing Maze

    April 4, 2025
    The Alarming Truth About Health Insurance Denials

    The Alarming Truth About Health Insurance Denials

    February 3, 2025
    Telehealth in Turmoil

    The Importance of NIH Grants

    January 31, 2025
  • Surveys

    Surveys

    What concerns you most about your healthcare?

    What concerns you most about your healthcare?

    July 1, 2025
    Perception vs. Comprehension: Public Understanding of the 2025 MAHA Report

    Perception vs. Comprehension: Public Understanding of the 2025 MAHA Report

    June 4, 2025

    Survey Results

    Do you believe national polls on health issues are accurate

    National health polls: trust in healthcare system accuracy?

    May 8, 2024
    Which health policy issues matter the most to Republican voters in the primaries?

    Which health policy issues matter the most to Republican voters in the primaries?

    May 14, 2024
    How strongly do you believe that you can tell when your provider does not trust you?

    How strongly do you believe that you can tell when your provider does not trust you?

    May 7, 2024
  • Courses
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Support Us
  • Official Learner
No Result
View All Result
Daily Remedy
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncertainty & Complexity

When Ease-of-use is the Endpoint

Daily Remedy by Daily Remedy
January 30, 2022
in Uncertainty & Complexity
0
When Ease-of-use is the Endpoint

Sometimes how you decide matters more than what you decide. The thoughts that lead up to a decision can be more important than the decision itself. This counterintuitive notion was first discovered in the 1960’s with behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.

They discovered the mind has – generally speaking – two patterns of thought, one fast and one slow. The slow, methodical thought process is the one that generates the most prudent decisions. But the fast process is what we mostly fall back on. And healthcare is no different.

We rely on reflexive thinking in healthcare. It is the essence of outpatient care. Patients after patients line up, waiting hours on end, spending minutes with a physician who spews the most apparent diagnosis with the most obvious treatment plan, before moving on to the next patient. Time is of the essence, so there is no time for deliberation – come in, get triaged, wait, get seen, and get on your way. The process has become so routine that we have come to accept it as standard of care.

But we never stop to question the utility of it, whether there is a better way. We simply dig our heels into this mode of thinking and press onwards. So when we think about healthcare innovations, we think in the same way, we think fast.

We rapidly identify opportunities for improvement in healthcare. We create widgets and apps to address those opportunities. And we quickly pilot them, looking for the most apparent outcome. We tout success without knowing what success is because that is what you do when you think fast. Eventually, we define success through the same way of thinking. Whatever helps to think fast is a success – regardless of whether that definition of success matters for patient care.

This explains the preponderance of meditation apps that do little more than provide an outlet for the stressed out to expressed themselves. These apps do not help with any tangible outcome, but they are easy to use – at least according to the surveys that have evaluated them. But few have tried to quantify stress and even fewer have tried to correlate stress levels with clinical outcomes. It is a matter of converting the subjective perception of stress into an objectively defined clinical metric – something often dismissed like a cheap magic trick because it does not jive with thinking fast in healthcare.

We like easy in and easy out. We measure success with tangible data that can be measured and compared – one input to one output – and like that, we are done. But when we apply that mindset over and over in healthcare, we find that the way we think has very little to do with the essence of healthcare.

Everything that is wrong with thinking fast is encapsulated by the Alzheimer’s drug, Adulheim. No clinical symptom or lifestyle metric was evaluated in the drug trial. No clinical correlation was drawn to data. Instead, the drug manufacturer submitted data showing how the drug reduces a protein marker, Beta Amyloid, which inconsistently correlates with the clinical symptoms of dementia.

What is a disease if not the symptoms it presents in a patient?

In our lust to quantify all things healthcare, we altered how we think about clinical care. We gravitate towards the discrete because that allows us to think fast. But in our rush to think fast, we gravitate towards convenient endpoints.

The pandemic has made it clear that healthcare is a system. The midpoints are as important as the perceived endpoints. When thinking in systems, there is no need to think fast because the process matters more than the decision. This might be a good thing because healthcare has had enough of thinking fast – especially during the pandemic.

Healthcare lost much of its credibility from studies with outcomes that were premature and from pre-published clinical studies lacking the appropriate analysis for accuracy. These are fast thinking problems. In our haste, we lost the prudence that comes with scientific rigor.

We should start thinking slow. We may end up making the same decisions, but at least how we get there will be more sensible.

ShareTweet
Daily Remedy

Daily Remedy

Dr. Jay K Joshi serves as the editor-in-chief of Daily Remedy. He is a serial entrepreneur and sought after thought-leader for matters related to healthcare innovation and medical jurisprudence. He has published articles on a variety of healthcare topics in both peer-reviewed journals and trade publications. His legal writings include amicus curiae briefs prepared for prominent federal healthcare cases.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Videos

Summary

In this episode of the Daily Remedy Podcast, Dr. Joshi discusses the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare laws and trends, emphasizing the importance of understanding the distinction between statutory and case law. The conversation highlights the role of case law in shaping healthcare practices and encourages physicians to engage in legal advocacy by writing legal briefs to influence case law outcomes. The episode underscores the need for physicians to actively participate in the legal processes that govern their practice.

Takeaways

Healthcare trends are rapidly changing and confusing.
Understanding statutory and case law is crucial for physicians.
Case law can overturn existing statutory laws.
Physicians can influence healthcare law through legal briefs.
Writing legal briefs doesn't require extensive legal knowledge.
Narrative formats can be effective in legal briefs.
Physicians should express their perspectives in legal matters.
Engagement in legal advocacy is essential for physicians.
The interpretation of case law affects medical practice.
Physicians need to be part of the legal conversation.
Physicians: Write thy amicus briefs!
YouTube Video FFRYHFXhT4k
Subscribe

RFK Jr.’s Overhaul of CDC Vaccine Policy

Visuals

Official MAHA Report

Official MAHA Report

by Daily Remedy
May 31, 2025
0

Explore the official MAHA Report released by the White House in May 2025.

Read more

Twitter Updates

Tweets by DailyRemedy1

Newsletter

Start your Daily Remedy journey

Cultivate your knowledge of current healthcare events and ensure you receive the most accurate, insightful healthcare news and editorials.

*we hate spam as much as you do

Popular

  • Surveillance in Scrubs: How Patient Filming in Medical Settings Challenges Ethics, Privacy, and Care Delivery

    Surveillance in Scrubs: How Patient Filming in Medical Settings Challenges Ethics, Privacy, and Care Delivery

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Visible Scars, Invisible Standards: Breast Reduction and the Online Reckoning with Body Image

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Cold Storage and Hot Zones: How Japan’s Universal Artificial Blood May Transform Global Medicine

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The Grey Market of Weight Loss: How Compounded GLP-1 Medications Continue Despite FDA Crackdowns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The First FBI Agent I Met

    3 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 628 Followers

Daily Remedy

Daily Remedy offers the best in healthcare information and healthcare editorial content. We take pride in consistently delivering only the highest quality of insight and analysis to ensure our audience is well-informed about current healthcare topics - beyond the traditional headlines.

Daily Remedy website services, content, and products are for informational purposes only. We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All rights reserved.

Important Links

  • Support Us
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions

Newsletter

Start your Daily Remedy journey

Cultivate your knowledge of current healthcare events and ensure you receive the most accurate, insightful healthcare news and editorials.

*we hate spam as much as you do

  • Survey
  • Podcast
  • About Us
  • Contact us

© 2025 Daily Remedy

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Articles
  • Podcasts
  • Surveys
  • Courses
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Support Us
  • Official Learner

© 2025 Daily Remedy

Start your Daily Remedy journey

Cultivate your knowledge of current healthcare events and ensure you receive the most accurate, insightful healthcare news and editorials.

*we hate spam as much as you do