How Performance Programs Will Transform Healthcare
The three main catalysts in healthcare transformation are technology, science and reimbursement.…
ACA: The Meaning of Success
How should we define the success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?…
Syphilis Infections Increased by 11%, Solely Among Men, in 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its annual…
Q and A: Addressing an Enormous Public Health Problem with a Simple Technology Solution
Inadequate handwashing is a pervasive public health problem, contributing to hospital-acquired infections…
Uncertainties Caused by the ACA in Physician Hiring Practices
Those of us who lived in the 80s and 90s when Managed…
Unless You Are The Lead Dog on the Sled, The Scenery Never Changes
We Must Think Differently, Unconventionally, or From a New PerspectiveWriting and curating…
Great Recession Triggers Increase in Searches for Stress-Related Illnesses
Who needs an expert opinion when there's Google? Using the search engine as a…
Medicare Advantage: The Coming Tsunami
Uwe Reinhardt had a column the other day in which he argued…
3 Ways the ACA Affects Physician Payment
In 2014 the Affordable Care Act will create the largest insurance coverage expansion since…
Doctors: Beware the Doc Fix
Let’s talk about the Doc Fix. No, it doesn’t mean that surgeons…