by jflower | Mar 31, 2009 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, New Healthcare Technology, Top Healthcare Stories
Here are three more ways to make healthcare cheaper by making it better. These three are about smart medicine. First: It’s a dirty little secret, and if you’re not in healthcare, you might not know it, but most doctors still don’t use simple things...
by jflower | Mar 30, 2009 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Reform, Top Healthcare Stories
Here are three more "smart medicine" ways to make healthcare cheaper by making it better. This first one that might be kind of surprising, because it is not high-tech at all: For any procedure that has standard steps that are important, use a simple,...
by jflower | Mar 29, 2009 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Reform, Top Healthcare Stories
Here are three different ideas that are about what we do, for whom, for how much. The first one is about a difficult reality: We spend vast sums on heroic measures trying to save frail elderly people who are very near death, people that everyone involved knows are...
by jflower | Mar 28, 2009 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Systems Thinking, Top Healthcare Stories
I count at least 15 ways to make healthcare better, faster and cheaper for everyone. All of them are about value: finding what works and what doesn't at what price, finding ways for people who use healthcare and whoever pays for it to choose that value, and...