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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A printed smile
-As the Economist says, a pair of straight and gleaming teeth makes for a beautiful smile. But how many people…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
