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According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), America may be short up to 90,000 physicians by 2025 . A lack of Primary Care Physicians could account for as much as 1/3 of that. Some of…
Continue Reading →The term cobra effect stems from an anecdote set at the time of British rule of colonial India. The British government was concerned about the number of venomous cobra snakes in Delhi. The government…
Continue Reading →Medicare was signed into law on July 30, 1965. Its original budget was around $10 billion and 19 million individuals signed up for Medicare during its first year. Today more than 50 million Americans are…
Continue Reading →OK my #hcbiz friends, I have suggested reading for you and I strongly urge you to take me up on it. Software Eats Healthcare, For Dummies by Alex Danco has my brain going in high-gear tonight. It’s one of…
Continue Reading →A doctor-friend of mine describes healthcare as an industry run by fear. Fear of an audit. Fear of a lawsuit. Fear of an adverse event. This manifests itself in an over-abundance of caution that leads us as an…
Continue Reading →This week’s chat will focus on interop. Check out Micky Tripathi and John Halamka’s post: Enabling Nationwide Interoperability — they identify 5 key transactions that we should focus on at the national…
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