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Population healthcare, quality, data and analytics

August 6, 2011

Analysis of:Quality Care for All - Trustee Mag | www.trusteemag.com

Discusses quality of care in light of cultural equity as a strategic issue. Includes key human examples. Speaks to the sensitivity of collecting information appropriately, what 'clean' data can reveal about the realities of healthcare provided, and the value of diverse, multidisciplinary teams.

Adapting tubes and bags for bodies

July 19, 2011

Analysis of:Lab-Made Trachea Saves Man | online.wsj.com

Using cadaver and other materials, encouraging his own stem cells with biochemicals, patient receives a new windpipe ... one that his body accepts as his own.

Selecting interdependent providers

July 11, 2011

Analysis of:New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test | www.nytimes.com

Summerizes historical problems of providers - notoriously physicians - where poor interpersonal skills undermined care, threatened lives, and put organizations at risk. Recent concept of simulated scenarios of patient care situations and "mini-interviews" requiring win-win interaction, problem solving, and perhaps roles different than how medical students view themselves as providers.

US healthcare spending. NIHCM data brief. Spending concentration mitigation.

July 6, 2011

Analysis of:Understanding US Healthcare Spending | nihcm.org

The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation released a July 2011 data brief.  US healthcare spending reaching $2.5 trillion in the aggregate, $8,100 per person, and 17.6 percent of GDP in 2009. Rising prices per unit of service play a perhaps largely unaddressed key role in healthcare expenditure growth; most discussion has been focused primarily toward utilization concerns. See spending concentration note in below analysis.

Regional health issues require insight and action

July 6, 2011

Analysis of:In the ‘Stroke Belt,’ Erosion of Memory Is More Likely Too | www.nytimes.com

In this NYT article, they speak to a collection of states in the southern part of the US showing higher incidence of strokes than other parts of the country, with subsequent associative cognitive decline and concerns in mitigating causes.

Pain is not often simple

July 6, 2011

Analysis of:Doctors' Challenge: How Real Is That Pain? | online.wsj.com

This WSJ article reviews the current mindset on pain, common modalities of treatment, concerns, and anecdotal quotes.

Personal health information record: double edged sword

April 18, 2010

Analysis of:Google Reveals Plans for Personal Health Record Platform | www.cio.com

Google announces plan for online personal health information record. Survey and public concerns.

Personal health information record: double edged sword

April 18, 2010

Analysis of:Google Reveals Plans for Personal Health Record Platform | www.cio.com

Google announces plan for online personal health information record. Survey and public concerns.

Pharm awakens to accountability

October 25, 2009

Analysis of:Pfizer Subsidiary Hit With Record Fine For Misbranding Bextra | online.wsj.com

Pfizer gets disciplined for mismarketing four steeds in their drug stable. $2.3B.

Animal vaccine maker Merial expands Nanchang China plant

October 18, 2009

Analysis of:Sanofi vet group plots $70M China expansion | www.fiercepharma.com

Ground breaks for expansion of avian vaccine maker Merial (Sanofi-Aventis). US dollars spent to feed China. Expanding poultry vaccine for domestic Chinese market.

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