Category Archives: Healthcare Reform
Healthcare Reforms Require Surgery, not Bandaids Part 1
I really like the change.gov website being used for the Obama transition and am excited that our government is finally using technology. I checked out the healthcare proposals because that is an area of keen interest for me and must say that I am disappointed. I realize that these proposals are what Obama had been proclaiming throughout his campaign, but let’s face it, these are rallying cries, not real reform. Perhaps it’s my engineering and management consulting background, but real reform requires eliminating middlemen and non-value adding activities, and getting at roots of the problems. I’m afraid that lawyers are too accustomed to adding small pieces of legislation onto existing legislation to eventually form a body of changes. This is not the way to streamline processes or create a system that works efficiently. Continue reading
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Health Reforms Require Surgery, not Bandaids Part 2
Please read part 1 first. 2) Hospitals. Hospitals have many of the same problems as doctors, and some of the items fit in both categories. Hospitals, for the most part a generation ago, were non-profit organizations reliant on endowments, religious … Continue reading
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Healthcare Reform Require Surgery, not Bandaids Part 3
I really like the change.gov website being used for the Obama transition and am excited that our government is finally using technology. I checked out the healthcare proposals because that is an area of keen interest for me and must say that I am disappointed. I realize that these proposals are what Obama had been proclaiming throughout his campaign, but let’s face it, these are rallying cries, not real reform. Perhaps it’s my engineering and management consulting background, but real reform requires eliminating middlemen and non-value adding activities, and getting at roots of the problems. I’m afraid that lawyers are too accustomed to adding small pieces of legislation onto existing legislation to eventually form a body of changes. This is not the way to streamline processes or create a system that works efficiently. Continue reading
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Healthcare Reforms Require Surgery, not Stitches Part 4
This is a continuation of previous posts. Let’s look at the objectives of each of the parties. If I were to start from scratch, I would want to design a system around these objectives: Provide high quality, effective care Make … Continue reading
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