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Henry Ford once said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”
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As the 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition opens in New Orleans on March 3, I think of HIMSS07, our last conference in the city, less than two years after Hurricane Katrina.
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No one has been more effective than Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in promoting transparency in medicine. From 2004 to 2010, he investigated undisclosed conflicts of interest between physicians and pharmaceutical and device companies. His findings helped lead to the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
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Consumers have come to expect the conveniences that come with digital transactions. From checking clothing prices at multiple stores to keeping your bank account in your hand, the Internet in tandem with mobile devices has revolutionized the speed and ease of vast swaths of economic activity.
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Healthcare leaders in the midst of changing their business models to adapt to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should consider the role that planning and designing facilities plays in addressing the challenges of a changing industry.
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With pressure growing on hospital systems to find new sources of revenue, many healthcare executives are turning to international patients as an attractive option.
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Most Americans know that healthcare is too expensive, and that we should get better value for our money. In fact, we spend twice as much on healthcare as other nations while getting about the same results.
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Healthcare providers know that one of the principal challenges facing our society is caring for the vast number of aging Americans requiring healthcare. More than 10,000 people a day reach Medicare age, some of whom will develop multiple chronic conditions and account for a large share of Medicare...
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Over the past five years, Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George Halvorson, who will retire at the end of this year, sent a weekly letter to the 180,000 people who work for the nation's largest integrated healthcare delivery system. Every letter celebrated a particular success within the...
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When superstorm Sandy slammed into the New York metropolitan region, healthcare delivery was immediately challenged in unprecedented ways. Major hospitals, including those serving our poorest and most vulnerable New Yorkers, were severely damaged and forced to evacuate. Destruction to homes and...
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