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Look to the EU for Generic Versions of Expensive Brand Name Drugs

U.S. Patent protection for drugs lasts 20 years, although most pharmaceutical companies only get the medication to market after as much as half of that time has already elapsed. This exclusive period to sell the …

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Healthcare Policy

Medications Are a National Security Issue

Over the past several years, patients experienced medication shortages that included cancer drugs, antibiotics for sepsis, and, most recently, over-the-counter pediatric analgesics. Worried parents with children suffering from RSV or the flu are purchasing $4 …

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Healthcare Policy

Healthcare’s Groundhog Day

We all know about Groundhog Day, February 2, when Punxsutawney Phil emerges from hibernation and predicts whether we will have six more weeks of winter. But there is a second Groundhog Day, which is January …

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Healthcare Policy

Revolutionary Health IT

Revolutionary HIT requires a focus on three key areas: 1) processes and workflows, 2) information technology tools, and 3) healthcare provider tasks, duties and responsibilities.

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Healthcare Policy

Crazy U.S. Healthcare: How Did We Get Here?

Currently, the U.S. spends about 18% of GDP or close to $4 trillion a year on healthcare. That is about $11,000 per person living in the U.S. Our neighbors to the north, Canada, spend about …

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Healthcare Policy, Outcomes

Musings on Patient Safety, Processes, and HIT

Information technology systems are evolving. The goal is to use healthcare information technology to identify the best care processes and use the technology to ensure that these best processes are utilized worldwide.

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Healthcare Policy

How Tinkering with the ACA Puts Health IT Investments at Risk

On February 27, 2017, President Trump said, ”Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.” Well, Mr. President it is complicated and yes, we all knew.

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Healthcare Policy

Why Reform Legislation Won’t Solve Healthcare’s Ills

To best understand the failures of the bill, it is important to understand its shifting of incentives that were modified by ACA.

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Healthcare Policy

It’s Time to Stop and Refocus EHR Efforts

Healthcare’s uniqueness stems from its personal and emotional characteristics, and deep ties to our sense of humanity.

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Healthcare Policy

Repeal and Replace: It’s Complicated

This past February, the President announced that the delivery of healthcare to America’s 300 million residents embraced more complexity than he previously realized. Only a few days before, at the annual HIMSS conference in Orlando, …

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