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Image by fling93 via Flickr Just feeling inspired by this short interview with Tyler Cowen.  I share his feeling that blogging is mainly just a way to share your enthusiasm … but certainly would be nice to have Professor Cowen’s brain power on top of the enthusiasm!

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Image by Kessiye via Flickr pointer to — Financial analyst Andy Kessler’s recent article “Technology Review: A Pound of Cure” discusses whether several  $billion of government incentives for digitizing health information is enough to root out inefficiencies in a $2.4 trillion industry.  Not if hospitals have any say, suggests Kessler.  However, the long-run prospects of [...]

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Image by Nestlé via Flickr Just a pointer to management expert Michael Porter’s new article in the NEJM. “… expanded access without improved value is unsustainable and sure to fail.”

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Image by Lloyd Davis via Flickr Just enjoyed Uwe Reinhardt’s lecture on the current and future economics of healthcare in the U.S. and was very much struck by his emphasis on evidence-based medicine (predicts a potential 30% savings in Medicare spending) as a means to rid the current system of overspending.  A must-see, is the [...]

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With a number of research institutes succumbing to the Madoff fraud, I wondered whether my own host, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, might be exposed to financial losses.  While I have no way of really knowing (I wonder if the trustees do), I stumbled onto this neat relationship tracking tool @ Muckety.com.  When I search [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Many folks would agree that money is not the route to happiness.  But, lets be honest, when some of your money is taken from you and just given to someone else – well now, that sure enough, has a way of pissing you off !  Such is a common refrain today, as [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Click here to listen to the free NPR podcast: “Uwe Reinhardt, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, calls the health care sector the “strongest economic locomotive working for us.” He estimates that by 2015, health care will be one-fifth the size of the U.S. economy and says this is [...]

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Just thought this NY Times graphic nicely captured the outlays of debt taken on during the recent weeks by the US Central Bank. Healthcare spending is usually the big item(s), but the new debt really dwarfs it.  Immense new pressure on the financing of healthcare.

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Image by wallyg via Flickr The Manhattan Institute policy think-tank posts some commentary (including one by yours truly) on their Medical Progress Today section pertaining to the recent regulatory steps (backward).

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Image by talkradionews via Flickr Amidst his hectic schedule managing the ongoing credit crisis, the New York Times notes that Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke opened a bipartisan symposium which will, “lay the groundwork for what leaders of both parties predict will be a major push for health care legislation next year.” From the article, [...]

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Dr. Scott Shreeve has a great post on the launch of “Carol” a new, open & transparent healthcare marketplace. With DNA Direct offering services there, its easy to see how biomarkers and biomarker-driven care can work within a consumer-driven business model. Exciting to see the future today !!

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