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Health Policy, Technology and Independent Living Solutions

WebModern Health Talk can help, filling a niche not covered by online support groups. My aim is to help dramatically reduce U.S. healthcare spending, which was $4.3 trillion in 2022, and to improve quality of life through modern solutions like telehealth, AI, healthcare robots, etc. Yvonne and I now live a modest lifestyle in Bonterra, a 55

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A Public-Private Hybrid Healthcare System

WebThe Public-Private Hybrid Healthcare System. Under some public healthcare systems, doctors and nurses work as government employees. Basic services are provided at cost to all, including the poor, foreign visitors, and illegal aliens, partially to prevent the outbreak of disease.

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The Health Insurance Whistleblower

WebThe Health Insurance Whistleblower. By Wayne Caswell Updated: 02/16/2024. 2 Comments. After years in the insurance industry, Wendell Potter left his senior executive position at UnitedHealth to become a healthcare reformer supporting Medicare for All. This interview with him was published by Common Dreams on …

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Innovator’s Prescription: Disruptive Healthcare Solution

WebHarvard Business School’s Clayton M. Christensen -- whose bestselling book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, revolutionized the business world -- now presents The Innovator’s Prescription, a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improve health care and make it affordable. In this meaty 87-min lecture at MIT, Professor …

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Moore’s Law and The FUTURE of Healthcare

WebBut by simply extrapolating Moore’s Law into the future, Kurzweil predicts that by 2023, a $1,000 computer will have the power of the human brain and by 2037 a $0.01 computer will too. By 2049 (still possible in my lifetime), a $1,000 computer will exceed the power of the human RACE, and ten years later a $0.01 computer will.

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Universal Healthcare Opposition

WebUniversal Healthcare Opposition. What is REALLY behind universal healthcare opposition? It’s the fear of helping “LOSERS”. I felt compelled to comment on this article in MedCity News . The article said FEAR was a dominant reason some Americans find it so hard to support the kind of universal healthcare that all other advanced nations …

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My Family Health Portrait, a tool from the Surgeon General

WebThe Surgeon General’s “My Family Health Portrait” is an internet-based tool [built on Microsoft Healthvault] that makes it easy for you to record your family health history. The tool is easy to access on the web and simple to fill out. It assembles your information and makes a “pedigree” family tree that you can download.

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IBM Watson Health: Transforming Healthcare

WebIBM’s Watson cognitive technologies are powerful insight-producing tools for physicians, healthcare delivery systems, pharmaceutical researchers and other health professionals. Now we’re adding to our technology portfolio by acquiring Cleveland-based Explorys and Dallas-based Phytel, two leaders in applying Big Data and analytics to …

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Movies about the Future of Health Care

WebHere’s a list of Movies about the Future of Health Care compiled by Modern Health Talk: “ Wall-E ” is a warm-hearted commentary on environmental pollution that portrays future humans as super-obese couch potatoes living in a robot & technology dominated world. “ Robot and Frank ” shows the challenges and benefits of companion robots

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Why I left Twitter -- Elon Musk corrupted it.

WebAs founding editor of Modern Health Talk, I once was a fan of Twitter, but no more. Elon Musk corrupted it and turned it into his own private social media network, much like Donald Trump did with TruthSocial.

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Why doctors are so afraid of apples

WebAs implied in “An Apple a Day…” the fruit and the smartphone can both keep doctors away, and that has many of them terrified for good reason. Those at the top of the healthcare mountain especially fear the Healthcare MiniTrends, because they know 429 of the original Fortune 500 companies (1955) are no longer in.

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