Americans are increasingly open to alternate sites of care, but few are using them yet, according to new research from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
Category: healthcare
The Anatomy Of Healthcare Leadership: A Mind For Technology
Cost, quality and access were always seen as tradeoffs in healthcare. You could have two but only at the sacrifice of the third. This article explains that leadership and technology are keys to unlocking all three improvements.
Diptheria: Asylum Seekers To Be Vaccinated As Disease Found At Processing Center
The disease is on the rise across migrant detention facilities in Europe.
Majestic Princess Cruise Ship With Over 800 Covid-19 Positive Passengers Docks In Australia
At least one in five got infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Are ‘Immunity Debt’ Claims After Covid-19 Precautions Accurate Or Misinformation?
The claim is that such “immunity debt” has led to the recent surges in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections among young children.
How To Get Away With Corporate Murder: Unbundling And Disrupting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Part 2)
Smart companies are embracing network effects and platform business strategies for a reason: they grow faster, scale more efficiently, are more profitable, and see higher valuations by investors. Platforms also now dominate formerly plodding industries…
How To Get Away With Corporate Murder: Unbundling And Disrupting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Part 1)
The question “Do PBMs add value or abuse their position?”, misses the point. The better question is: Is there a better model than the current PBM model?”
PBMs need to consider that when your house is on fire, you don’t worry about the knicknacks insid…
4 Kitchen Appliances That Can Kill You But May Look Innocent
The stove and oven aren’t the only potentially dangerous items in your kitchen.
Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Update: Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Prison Sentence
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a recommendation that Holmes serve a 15-years prison sentence and pay $800 million to investors for defrauding them.
Reimagining Alzheimer’s (Part 5): Setback For Potential Alzheimer’s Treatment
In the last installment of this series, I discussed a promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease called lecanemab. Here, I describe a recent setback for lecanemab’s clinical trials and introduce other potential treatments for Alzheimer’s that are curr…
