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Healthcare Reforms That Might Actually Work???

January 28, 2020
Healthcare Reform, Politics in healthcare

The guy pictured above, Bob Laszewski, blogs about healthcare policy and related political issues. In this post, he opines that only three of the Democratic candidates for president (Biden, Bloomberg and Buttigieg) have reform proposals on the table that actually...

Richard Vanderveer, Ph.D.

In addition to his blog, Dr. Vanderveer has written numerous articles on innovation in healthcare marketing and marketing research - not only to challenge new thinking, but also to provide specific and practical advice.

Going To Medical School And Law School…At The Same Time!

January 22, 2020
Healthcare Management, Physician Stakeholders

Check this out. What you will see is the line of reasoning that caused Ton La, pictured above, to apply to Baylor’s joint MD/JD program. Logistically, the joint program doesn’t really have the student learning both professions literally at the same...

Reducing Physicians’ Cognitive Overload

January 21, 2020
Physician Stakeholders

Check this out. What you will see is an invitation to download a free report on physician cognitive overload. Where it comes from, what to do to reduce it. Example. The average physician spends 67 minutes every day processing notifications from myriad different...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink

January 16, 2020
Future of Healthcare

Check this out. If you don’t want to commit 18 minutes to watching this video, I’ll understand. It’s okay to skip around a little here. But don’t miss the big takeaway. Elon Musk has done it again. He has established a new company that is developing a tiny...

Remember The Caregivers

January 15, 2020
Future of Healthcare, Healthcare Management

Check this out. No, you will not find a sappy reminder to keep caregivers in your “thoughts and prayers.” What you will find are some important business considerations for those of us in the healthcare vertical. Like. With the aging of the baby boomers, caregivers...

Practicing Non-Evidence Based Medicine

January 14, 2020
Healthcare Management

Check this out. Don’t spend a lot of time on this link, but this blog post poses an interesting question. Should doctors be willing to use therapies that, although they are not consistent with medical guidelines, seem to work? Take colonic...

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

January 10, 2020
ThinkGen

You are probably thinking, “Funny, that guy doesn’t even look French.” You are correct. He’s not. No URL to “Check out” today folks. But there are two important business principles here nonetheless. The Mug Shot above is of Bart Weiner. Bart has just...

The Overnight Shift In The ER

January 9, 2020
Physician Burnout

Check this out. Trigger warning! This piece gets a little long and tedious, but do me a favor and read it to completion. You sort of need to do that to get the full impact of this article. For me, the full impact here is the sheer number and variety of issues that...

The “Dental Therapist” Train Just Keeps Rolling Along

January 8, 2020
Future of Healthcare, Healthcare Providers

Check this out. What you will see is a report that Vermont is joining a cadre of other states, and many foreign countries, in moving toward the recognition of “Dental Therapists” as hamburger helper for dentists. Translated, we will increasingly see these Therapists...

What Medicine Can Learn From The Amish

January 7, 2020
Physician Stakeholders

Check this out. What you will see is a story with a lot of dimensions. You will learn what it takes for a newly minted Physician to decide to become the doctor in a community of fewer than 800 souls, many of them Amish or Mennonite. You will learn...