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I recently finished Robin Farmanfarmaian's The Patient as CEO: How Technology Empowers the Healthcare Consumer. Robin describes a wonderful new world of healthcare, where the patient is the CEO of her …
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Something I haven't written much about -- and that I'm asked about often -- is my work as an analyst at a public health system in Ohio. I plan to write on it more, so if you've got any questions or …
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Struggling to find new sales avenues as the big-box model is in decline, Wal-Mart is building an express-care network.The author makes some interesting points about the nature of primary care in our …
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Rather than my usual news-item commentary, I am going to write about something I've learned from data modelling and visualization.The biggest expense for many employers is salaries & wages. This …
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This recent Fiscal Times article got me thinking about how to apply the lessons of e-commerce to health care. The article stated at first that individual patient habits were to blame for expensive …
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This Wall Street Journal story caught my attention because it is capturing many of the trends in my industry. The growth of data, cost control, and population health are all featured in this quest to …
