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How Consumers Are Choosing Their Health Care Providers

WebThere is a considerable amount of information available which consumers can use in choosing their health care provider. A well-known source being developed by …

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Big Pharma Price Hikes and Health Care

WebQuestcor raised the price of a vial from $40 to $23,000. Valeant bought heart drug Isuprel and raised the price of a single vial from $440 to $2,700. Valeant bought …

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Streaming a ‘Netflix’ Innovation for Health Care

WebThe fastest capitalized startup in health care is Theranos, founded by Elizabeth Holmes, who believes it is a fundamental right for people to have access to lab …

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Three Policy Levers for Cost-Effective Health Care

WebVBID is a benefit-design strategy that incentivizes individuals to use higher-value health care services. The underlying premise of VBID is that when barriers to cost-effective …

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Health Literacy – What Is It and What Does It Mean for …

WebBacked by $6 million in funding, Flagler Health now serves more than 1.5 million patients and recently launched a new product that provides remote patients with …

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Advocating for Patients With Chronic Conditions

WebAs a health care business professional, here’s the free patient advocacy I offer to friends and family with chronic conditions: 1. Find a physician who treats a lot of …

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How COVID-19 Will Permanently Change Health Care

WebThe coronavirus is reshaping nearly every aspect of our lives, and the health-care industry is no exception. As organizations in the sector take to the front lines …

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Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Cost

WebSerious consideration of medical malpractice costs reveals that: 1. Malpractice is a very small part of overall health-care costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid tallied …

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Recuperet Health

WebThe idea for Recuperet Health stemmed from an encounter Sanjeev Suratwala WG22 had with a patient who was experiencing post-operative bleeding after spinal surgery. The …

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COVID-19’s Impact on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

WebShare: COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of artificial intelligence in health care. AI-based tools and solutions can work quickly, be deployed at scale, and …

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An Oxymoron: Service and Doctors

WebThe New Health Care Sales Paradigm. Health care reform has led drugmakers and hospital systems to carry out more rigorous cost-benefit value analyses. …

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Cognitive Computing in Health Care

WebBacked by $6 million in funding, Flagler Health now serves more than 1.5 million patients and recently launched a new product that provides remote patients with …

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Making Our Health Care System Healthy

WebDuring a recent “The Business of Health Care” segment on Sirius XM’s Wharton Business Radio, I interviewed two experts on government initiatives to …

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Inappropriate Health Care is a $700B Issue

WebWhy Inappropriate Health Care is a $700 Billion Problem. "The Business of Health Care" program on Wharton Business Radio explored the problems behind inappropriate health …

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Clarifying the 'Blurred Lines' in Health Care

WebThey didn’t appear simply because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), particularly the blurring of lines between health care providers and insurance companies. …

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From Blood Bank Expert to Health Services Research Visionary

WebFrom 1970 to 1978, as his studies of blood banking systems made him a nationally renowned figure in that field, health services researcher William Pierskalla …

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How Wharton and LDI Shaped Health Care Research

WebPhoto: Will Dickey, 2016. In 1981, Wharton School Professor and LDI Executive Director William Pierskalla was a founding officer of the organization that went …

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Diagnosing Four Pros and Four Cons of Obamacare

WebBacked by $6 million in funding, Flagler Health now serves more than 1.5 million patients and recently launched a new product that provides remote patients with …

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Inside China's Health Care Reform Effort

WebThe 450-page work opens by noting that “China’s healthcare system is undergoing a major reform, one of the most complex and far-reaching efforts ever …

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A Digital Health Cure for Insurance Marketing

WebPoblete’s solution is a cloud-based e-commerce marketing platform called Wellthie that facilitates match-making between health insurance companies and …

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The New Face of Health Care

WebThe health care business was among the most stodgy and uptight you could find anywhere. But Elayne Howard, WG’76, feels there is getting to be room for change, and she hopes …

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