True Insurance: Removing the Moral Hazard
True (trū) adj. 1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous 2. Real; genuine, rightful; legitimate, fundamental, or essential 3. Accurately shaped or fitted and conforms to rule, standard or pattern I recently came across an article so good that I thought it should be republished in its entirety. The article was written […]
Stochastic Gaps: Insults and Illuminations on Microcapitation
Stochastic (stō-kăs’tĭk) adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural Involving chance or probability * Disclaimer: The letter is a response to Dave Marcinko of HealthCare Financials who had some pointed commentary regarding my attempt to define a trend I had identified and described as “microcapitation”. This is a l
Millenial Patients: Care Delivery for the Next Generation of Patients
Generation (jĕn‘ə-rā‘shən) n. A group of individuals born and living about the same time. A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes. A stage or period of sequential technological development and innovation. * This is a reposting of the article I wrote for the Ma
Personalized Medicine: Back to the Future
Personalized Medicine (pûr’sə-nə-līz d mĕd’ĭ-sĭn) The type of sing molecular analysis to achieve optimum medical outcomes in the management of a patient’s disease or disease predisposition, Right treatment for the right patient at the right time. As I have mentioned in several of my posts, I have been working on a couple of health care [
Millennial Health Care Delivery
Millennial (mə-lĕn’–əl) adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years 2. Generation of Americans younger than 29 in 2007 with unique social, cultural, and market identity * This is a companion piece to an article called Millenial Patients that will appear in MDNG shortly * The highlight of last months […]
Gatekeepers vs. Quarterbacks: Primary Care Gets Back in the Game
Quarterback (kwôr‘tər-băk‘) n. 1. The backfield player whose position is behind the line of scrimmage and who usually calls the signals for the plays. 2. To lead or direct the operations of an enterprise. I have been reading with interest all the recent articles (here, here, here, and here) regarding the decline of primary care […]