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Phone booths in our lives and jobs

Posted on May 26, 2013 by healthecosystem

I travel quite a lot. Almost to the extent that I could call Delta my home address and my home add my weekend getaway. Last week, add I was transiting through Detroit, I happened to notice what is commonplace across … Continue reading →

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The impending double whammy after EHR implementations

Posted on May 25, 2013 by healthecosystem

Your hospital just went live on the best EHR in this universe after a multi year selection and implementation process that also saw hundreds of millions of dollars walk out of the door, without your CFO blinking an eyelid. Now … Continue reading →

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Comparison Shopping Healthcare Services

Posted on February 25, 2013 by healthecosystem

These days we hear about consumer education, availability of options, quality of care data etc. that if made available to the consumers, would lead to better choices and lower costs, because the consumers would theoretically be able to shop around … Continue reading →

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Explosion of choices

Posted on August 21, 2012 by healthecosystem

I came across this interesting post about the proliferation of Crayola colors over the past 60 or so years (Source: http://andrewgelman.com/2011/07/even-a-good-data-display-can-sometimes-be-improved/):  As you can see, while the increased choices allow a much granular selection of colors, they also impose a decision cost … Continue reading →

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Better Diagnosis, Over Diagnosis Or Poorer Health?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by healthecosystem

Today the world learned that ADHD in US children has reached an unprecedented level of 10%. One in every ten child is now diagnosed with ADHD. Which prompts an obvious question – what does it indicate? It is not as … Continue reading →

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Privacy Issues in Healthcare IT: Deja vu?

Posted on August 14, 2011 by healthecosystem

I was reading the transcripts of the Senate subcommittee on Technology and the Law Committee on the Judiciary on the topic of High-Tech privacy issues in Health Care. While the transcript itself is over 100 pages long, comprising of numerous … Continue reading →

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