Leveraging Technology in Pharma
-I am not easily impressed by technology. In fact, I am often a contrarian and don’t easily buy into the…
Measuring and Managing Patient Profitability
-“The greatest wealth is health” (Virgil, Ancient Roman poet). There is nothing more important than taking care of ourselves and…
The US healthcare system – compared to other countries
-The Guardian reports that despite US legislation in 2010 that moved the country closer to achieving universal healthcare, costs have…
How Systems Engineering Can Help Fix Health Care
-Intensive care physician Peter Pronovost and chief engineers Alan Ravitz and Conrad Grant, contrasts the way we build hospitals to the approcah taken by an aircraft…
Why 27 Million Are Still Uninsured Under Obamacare
-When the Obamacare Act was signed into law in 2010, it promised to provide health insurance to millions of American…
The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer
-After a 1999 report revealed that upto 98,000 patients die in hospitals annually due to medical errors that could have been…
Risk-Based Thinking in Healthcare
-Recent articles in healthcare journals reveal a sad truth: hospitals are still not as safe as they should be. One…
A printed smile
-As the Economist says, a pair of straight and gleaming teeth makes for a beautiful smile. But how many people…
Stuck in the Middle Of a Lean Leap – Part 2
-This is Part II of a two part series – part 1 here Robert P. Thames, FACHE, FHFMA, President and…
Health-Care Check-Up: Whose System Is Least Efficient?
-Now here’s a bitter pill for Americans to swallow: The United States is the third most expensive country for medical…
RPT-INSIGHT-How Pfizer has shifted U.S. profits overseas for years
-Pfizer and Allergan are in talks to create the world’s biggest drug company by market value. The problem with this…
Cancer Doctors Join Insurers in U.S. Drug-Cost Revolt
-Bloomberg reports on how the backlash over surging drug prices is starting to take hold. With the average cost of…
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