Steve Jacob, publisher of the Arlington and Northeast Tarrant editions, volunteered to write about healthcare for the editorial pages in 2005 and quickly realized he was in over his head. He subsequently surrendered three years of his personal life to earn a master’s degree in health policy from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. He primarily focuses on Texas healthcare policy, and has won awards for his work from the Texas Public Health Association and the Texas Medical Association.
E-mail: sbj@star-telegram.com
Some pharmaceutical companies manufacture their own praise
| |Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
Ghostwriters play up positives and ignore negatives, then a stand-in submits a "report" to journals.Read more
Technology, physician pay, administrative costs drive up U.S. healthcare costs
| |Saturday, Sep. 12, 2009
Differences between healthcare in the U.S. and that in other nations are vast, mostly in dollars spent.Read more
Jacob: Healthcare must focus on quality, not quantity, of care
| |Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009
Measuring outcomes in a meaningful way is the future of U.S. healthcare, regardless of what happens in Washington.Read more
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