Value: What’s it Worth?
Value is defined as something being of worth, utility or importance. But how is value defined in the context of the current health reform debate? Spectrum decided in 2008 to ...
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1.Conferences (and “Unconferences”) to Look Out For: Health 2.0 is a two-day health care and technology event that will take place at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. The ...
View ArticleHeart Health Year Round
While February was technically Heart Disease Awareness Month, we think it’s never a bad time to address the importance of heart health. In fact, staying physically active is one of ...
View ArticleLupus Advocates Take On the Hill
Last week I had the opportunity to participate in the Lupus Research Institute’s Tell Congress Event on Captiol Hill. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder with an unknown cause that affects ...
View ArticleSCOTUS Beat: Health Care Reform Hits the Supreme Court
The October 2011 Term of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) opened Monday October 3 and with it a host of potentially decisive arguments on health care reform (HCR). ...
View ArticleSCOTUS Beat: Inside the Chamber – The Supreme Court Comes to Order
October 3 marked an important day in the justice system, and I’m not talking about the decision for Amanda Knox. It rang in the opening of the October 2011 session ...
View ArticleSCOTUS Beat: Review of Health Care Reform Heats Up
The highly anticipated Supreme Court review of landmark health care reform legislation has taken a step closer to reality. The nine Supreme Court Justices announced on Oct. 26 that they ...
View ArticleDecision 2012 – Presidential Candidates on Health Care
Across early primary states Republican Presidential candidates are fighting tooth and nail to appeal to voters in the hope of becoming the next President of the United States of America. ...
View ArticleSocial Media & Health Care, Battle of the Ages
Last week a colleague sent over a comic (at left) illustrating a generation even past mine. Technology has changed everything – the way we communicate, receive information and push out information ...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act
Amid great anticipation, fanfare – and even a belly dancer – the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) announced a 5-4 ruling to UPHOLD the constitutionality of the Affordable ...
View ArticlePDUFA: Rounding Third, Headed Home
President Obama got in a little hot water earlier this week when he brought up the Boston Red Sox trade of Kevin Youkilis to the Chicago White Sox while hosting ...
View ArticleThe world’s most efficient health care systems
Bloomberg compiled a list of the most efficient health care systems around the world. The rankings took into consideration health care cost per capita, percentage of GDP spent on health care and ...
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