The banking and finance industries were among the first to make extensive investments in information technology. Perhaps no other industry has done more with detailed information technology. You can see that in your own experience of ATM’s and now web access to your accounts. Checks clear in a matter of hours and personal credit cards are . . . → Read More: Risky Thinking Surrounded by Hubris
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Nothing quite describes the realities behind healthcare reform than this little cartoon. Most people when asked about their health care are relatively satisfied, only in general and often abstract areas is healthcare a problem. Is it expensive? Indeed it is, but compared to what? Healthcare is expensive because there are choices today that simply did not . . . → Read More: First $19 Billion and Then A Miracle Occurs The Stimulus package passing through the Senate yesterday left untouched the nearly 136 pages of proposed legislation for Health Information Technology, over 18% of the immense 752 page document. To be more specific where specifics are rare, I’m referring to the ‘‘Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” or HITECH Act and its various . . . → Read More: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act – HITECH Act Earlier this month the California Health Care Foundation published Equipped for Efficiency: Improving Nursing Care Through Technology, and in so doing, misses the largest point. The piece provides valuable information in regards to opportunities for improving healthcare efficiency, but doesn’t address the bigger problem: How? How can these or any technology aimed at . . . → Read More: All The Pleasure of One Hand Clapping Since my last post some time ago, I’ve been working on a piece that I hope will better explain what is happening in the healthcare labor economy and its contrast to what is going on outside healthcare. Certainly much has changed in the general economy over the past six months, and more recently some exceptionally dramatic and . . . → Read More: Details on the Healthcare Labor Force |
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