Commentary: Smaller, independent health systems can use size to their advantage
[ad_1] As CEO of an independent, not-for-profit health system in California’s Bay Area, where healthcare giants are many, I am well aware of the assumption that smaller players are at an inherent disadvantage. But my experience tells me the opposite is true. Smaller, independent systems have unique strengths, like being highly nimble and highly integrated. […]
Raspberry Pi Health Care – The Health Care Blog
[ad_1] By KIM BELLARD Like many of you, I have been intently following the war in Ukraine, cheering for President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people, while hoping it doesn’t end up in WW3. I thought about trying to write about it, then I saw that Raspberry Pi just turned tenand I thought, yeah, that’s more […]
Will Microbes Finally Force Modernization of the American Health Care System?
[ad_1] Mike Magee MD Science has a way of punishing humans for their arrogance. In 1996, Dr. Michael Osterholm found himself rather lonely and isolated in medical research circles. This was the adrenaline-infused decade of blockbuster pharmaceuticals focused squarely on chronic debilitating diseases of aging. And yet, there was Osterholm, in Congressional testimony delivering this […]
Take a Tip from Domino’s – The Health Care Blog
[ad_1] By KIM BELLARD If you’re already thinking ahead to next Sunday’s Super Bowl, you might be thinking about Domino’s, because, as everyone knows, pizza and football go together like mom and apple pie. I’m thinking about Domino’s too, but not because I’ m planning my order. It’s about their new program to reward customers […]
Commentary: Threats, intimidation against doctors and health workers must end
[ad_1] The recent neo-Nazi protest against leading anti-racist physicians at a Boston-area hospital is yet another sad chapter in the long history of threats and intimidation of healthcare workers for simply carrying out the duties of our profession. The AMA is deeply concerned about this threatening behavior and how it has contributed to an increasingly […]
The Right Price – Healthcare Economist
[ad_1] The book The Right Price: A Value-Based Prescription for Drug Costs is a fantastic book for individuals interested in understanding why value-based drug pricing makes sense. It is a bit more technical and more detailed than the average health policy book, but there are few formulas or detailed methodological explanations. Rather, the book provides […]
It’s Time to Expand the COVID-19 Exception to All American Health Care
[ad_1] Yves here. In theory, spending more money on other US health care priorities, as we have with some elements of Covid response, would be desirable. But in a saying attributed to Yogi Berra, “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.” We have a bloated and fabulously inefficient […]
UN report: World Farms reaches ‘a breaking point’
[ad_1] Ive here. The United Nations assumes that by 2050, farms around the world will need to feed 2 billion people. I suspect Mother Nature/Jack will dent those numbers. By Dana Nuccitelli, research coordinator for the nonprofit Citizens Climate Lobby, environmental scientist, author, and author of “Climatology and Pseudoscience,” and 10 peer-reviewed studies related to […]
More Lawyers Are Addressing Twin Stigmas of Mental Health and Psychedelics
[ad_1] Psychedelic drugs, once highly stigmatized, are increasingly becoming part of our society’s conversations about mental health, therapy and well-being. And there’s momentum even in the staid world of Big Law. Winston & Strawn associate Brett Waters has helped crack open the door with his advocacy on the subject. With the support of his firm, he launched […]
DAOs May Save Healthcare – Healthcare Blog
[ad_1] by Kim Berard you may have seen news Kaiser Permanente has signed up as an organizational member of the organization Graphite Health, joins SSM Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services and Intermountain Healthcare. Graphite Health in case you missed it Announcement in October, is “a member-led company transforming digital healthcare to improve patient outcomes and reduce […]
Pandemic exposes world of healthcare inequalities
[ad_1] A health worker is vaccinated against Covid in Zimbabwe. Vaccination rates in developing countries are lower than in Western countries © Getty Images As the world enters its third year of grudging coexistence with the coronavirus, global health systems are strained by the highly contagious Omicron variant. But even as countries continue to battle […]
WHO says COVID-19 health emergency could end this year
[ad_1] The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said Tuesday that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccines and medicines are quickly addressed. Dr Michael Ryan told a panel discussion on vaccine equity hosted by the World Economic Forum that “we […]