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Self-Service Healthcare?

by | Apr 5, 2012

In a recent commentary on the American Public Media program Marketplace Money, Francis Frei discussed the failure of self check-out at supermarkets. Her insightful commentary is clearly based on both personal experience as well as her professional knowledge of...

What do Participatory Medicine and OWS have in common?

by | Nov 1, 2011

The short answer is “plenty” but the longer one will have to wait. This is a work in progress, but in the meantime, I’m surfing the net and finding great stuff to share. In particular, see this video or read the transcript of ethicist Harriet...

Doctor Pay Too High?

by | Sep 12, 2011

I just received this press release and suspect the original study will get a fair amount of attention. While the original research article in Health Affairs requires a subscription, the press release tells most of the story. I encourage our readers to have a look at...

Too Many Doctors?

by | Mar 7, 2011

I don’t hide the fact that I am a dyed in the wool liberal. I read, and agree with, pretty much everything Paul Krugman writes. But, it’s rare for me to discover the kind of synergy between my Krugman-inspired ire over economic policy and politics generally and the...

The Economist picks up the meme again

by | Jul 9, 2009

I suspect this has caught the attention of  many of our readers, but I’ll emphasize it anyway.  The Economist often comments on technology and health-care. Recently, they talked up Health 2.0 a bit.  What I was most struck by is the handful of comments.  Most...

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