There is a new report out from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) titled “The Slow Recovery of the Labor Market”, and as its title implies, it predicts a slow recovery from a labor perspective. Among other things, the CBO report is now making headlines in the political game of Obamacare because it forecasts a 2.5 million job reduction by 2024 due to the effects of the health care law.
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What the Heck is mHealth?
Wanted: White knight (shiny amour optional) to save us from ourselves and the wretched lifestyles we choose.
Your coffeemaker went dead on you this morning, and while lamenting your drowsiness at work, your friend Denise mentions that she just bought a new coffeemaker at Target and she absolutely loves it. You take your coffee the same way Denise does, black, strong, and all day long, so you decide to buy one for yourself. You are a busy professional and you don’t have time to go to Target,
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An In-Depth Look At The Meaningful Use State of Affairs for 2014
Top 10 Accomplishments of the U.S. Healthcare System in 2013
As we close the year 2013, Margarit Gur-Arie provides her reflections with the top 10 accomplishments of the U.S. healthcare system in 2013.
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The Implausible Manifestation of a Doctor Shortage
When it comes to the doctor shortage in healthcare, instead of “expanding our doctor pool, we should focus on increasing the productivity of existing physicians and other healthcare workers.”
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What’s Next for Primary Care?
Direct primary care, whether concierge, or ideal or micro, or contracted by employers and even forward thinking insurers, will most likely explode in size during the next decade.
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Meaningful Use of Obamacare
Healthcare.gov was “experiencing technical difficulties” again yesterday, but the system is up now. Thirty days after it went live, the Federal insurance marketplace, the flagship of Obamacare, is still hopelessly broken
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Patient Centered Care Must Conform To Patient Values & Cultural Preferences
Every definition of patient centered care concludes with the observation that such care must conform to patient values and cultural preferences.
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Health IT Is Not A Single-Minded Monolithic Being
Like young superheroes in blockbuster movies, health IT is blowing things up randomly, while trying to understand how it should apply these newfound powers. But health IT is not a single-minded monolithic being.
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Why Doctors Will Never Ever Like EMRs & How To Change That
Yes, doctors will be using EMRs in larger and larger numbers, but there is zero probability that today’s doctors will ever like using EMRs.
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