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How Consumerism Hurts Wellness and Disease Management

Consumerism in healthcare has been hailed by many including ourselves as one of the key components in solving the healthcare crisis in the U.S.
“…one of…”
Pushing cost to the patient is merely the first step. Without transparency, consumerism has the potentially devastating affects on the gains that wellness and disease management have begun to make.
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From Snake Oil to…Snake Oil

We’ve come a long way from the days of the snake oil salesman doctors. We have metrics, proof, real information, process, procedure and healthcare is FAR better as a result.
But I’m reaching saturation point with the quality talk. The only available quality metrics are on the hospitals, but they are comprised of individual docs who [...]

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Transparency, Accountability, and Competition… not necessarily in that order.

Once again I had the privilege this morning to hear Sen. Bill Frist speak, this time at a breakfast held at Lipscomb University.  Though last time the topic was highly focus, today the slate was clear and anything to do with health care was on the table.  Although our time was limited, Frist managed to [...]

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