In the recent nine months we have been reading about the impact of sequestration on various aspects of life – from defense spending to basic biomedical research. Some articles highlight dramatic consequences. I write this from the region of the USA (Boston/Cambridge area) that attracts the most amount of research funding from governmental sources per capita.
Continue reading Why I am indifferent to the effects of sequestration on research funding
Healthcare is undergoing a major overhaul. The costs are ballooning and we are resorting to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), remote monitoring and care, quantified-self enabled by smartphones, wearable devices, etc. to gain better understanding of cost control and sources of wasted resources. This post refers specifically to changes happening in the USA.
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), another major change that will likely be the norm in the near future are ACOs – Accountable Care Organizations , also called pay-for-performance (P4P) in broader contexts. I will use ACO and P4P interchangeably for this post. Continue reading A steady state to avoid while adopting Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in healthcare
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