Healthcare systems around the globe are facing societal challenges that are pushing the delivery and structure of patient care toward a defining moment. A moment that will require significant changes, shifts towards meaningful efficiencies and individuals actively engaged in the management of their own health. (more…)
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Home Is Where the Health Is, November 16th, 2010
Four Weeks in Africa, A Lifetime of Learnings, August 15th, 2010
I just returned from the trip of a lifetime—four weeks in Africa to see a few World Cup matches and travel in South Africa and Namibia.
It was an amazing trip – I was captivated from day one. Aside from spectacular scenery, amazing wildlife sightings and thrilling matches (the stadiums were all built in time), (more…)
Business Growth Opportunities in Health Care, May 27th, 2010
The last few years have revealed that the health care industry, once thought to be virtually recession proof, simply isn’t immune to downturns in the global economy. Medical device manufacturers in particular have suffered as liquidity in the markets to finance capital expenditures dried up, causing hospitals to postpone or cancel new equipment purchases. (more…)
Images of Healthcare Reform – The Importance of Medical Imaging, September 25th, 2009
As the debate swirls around the best way to reform US healthcare, I have found it interesting to hear medical imaging consistently vilified as a driver of unnecessary cost to the system. The criticism usually goes something like this: “Scans are too expensive and doctors order them defensively.” (more…)