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Sometimes simple is best - closing healthcare gaps by simply crossing the gap
In the wide stretches of eastern Colorado, distance is not just geography. It is access. It is time. It is whether care arrives early enough to matter. That is what makes the work of Dr. Robert Hoyer, an oncologist, so quietly powerful. Instead of asking patients to come to him, he gets in his car and drives to them. There is something almost disarmingly simple about that image. No grand performance. Just a physician, a long road, and a decision that care should begin closer
SJR
5 hours ago2 min read


The “Big Beautiful Bill” -- Call it many things, but a win for rural health is not one of them.
Big Beautiful Bills hurts rural patients in the long run
SJR
Mar 272 min read


Five pre‑1970 Hall snubs modern metrics love (and five Hall of Famers the numbers would "trade")
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown isn’t (and shouldn’t be) a pure spreadsheet exercise. But modern value stats do let us sanity-check old voting habits—especially for pre‑1970 careers, when context (parks, eras, roles) can hide greatness. So here’s a modern-analytics argument for five pre‑1970-era players who aren’t in, built around WAR (all-around value) and OPS (with era-adjusted help from wRC+). WAR has become a go-to “global” evaluator precise
SJR
Jan 305 min read


Underserved Communities in Pediatric Orthopedics: Bridging the Gap
A society's true strength isn't just about its tech breakthroughs or economic might—it's about how well it protects the health and future of its youngest and most vulnerable. Sure, medicine has come a long way with fancy surgeries and cutting-edge innovations, but huge gaps still exist when it comes to getting kids the preventive care they need in time. In pediatric medicine, catching issues early can totally change a child's trajectory. 1 Take pediatric orthopedic care as a
SJR
Nov 19, 20255 min read
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