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How Consumers Are Choosing Their Health Care Providers

WEBThere is a considerable amount of information available which consumers can use in choosing their health care provider. A well-known source being developed by …

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Health Literacy – What Is It and What Does It Mean for Our Health

WEBSo what is health literacy? The United States government defines it this way: Health literacy is the degree to which people gather, process, understand, and …

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Three Policy Levers for Cost-Effective Health Care

WEBVBID is a benefit-design strategy that incentivizes individuals to use higher-value health care services. The underlying premise of VBID is that when barriers to cost …

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The Business of Health Care

WEBThe managed care revolution is part of an ongoing restructuring that has turned the whole health care delivery system on its head. Added to the recent increase in horizontal …

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How Wharton and LDI Shaped Health Care Research

WEBPhoto: Will Dickey, 2016. In 1981, Wharton School Professor and LDI Executive Director William Pierskalla was a founding officer of the organization that went …

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How to Fund Healthcare Innovation

WEBHow to Fund Healthcare Innovation. It is difficult nowadays to find funding for an early-stage company in the biomedical and biotech field. As speakers at the Annual …

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Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Cost

WEBSerious consideration of medical malpractice costs reveals that: 1. Malpractice is a very small part of overall health-care costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid tallied …

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Advocating for Patients With Chronic Conditions

WEBAs a health care business professional, here’s the free patient advocacy I offer to friends and family with chronic conditions: 1. Find a physician who treats a lot of …

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Inside China's Health Care Reform Effort

WEBThe 450-page work opens by noting that “China’s healthcare system is undergoing a major reform, one of the most complex and far-reaching efforts ever …

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Recuperet Health

WEBThe idea for Recuperet Health stemmed from an encounter Sanjeev Suratwala WG22 had with a patient who was experiencing post-operative bleeding after spinal surgery. The …

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Big Pharma Price Hikes and Health Care

WEBQuestcor raised the price of a vial from $40 to $23,000. Valeant bought heart drug Isuprel and raised the price of a single vial from $440 to $2,700. Valeant bought diabetes drug …

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Cognitive Computing in Health Care

WEBWhat is cognitive computing? Cognitive computing involves self-learning systems that use data mining techniques, pattern recognition, natural language and …

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How COVID-19 Will Permanently Change Health Care

WEBAs organizations in the sector take to the front lines to combat COVID-19, health-care providers also must think about the far-reaching implications that will impact …

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An Oxymoron: Service and Doctors

WEBCustomer service as part of the health care experience is about to have a lot more value to caregivers as health reform gets under way., Customer service as part …

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Streaming a ‘Netflix’ Innovation for Health Care

WEBThe fastest capitalized startup in health care is Theranos, founded by Elizabeth Holmes, who believes it is a fundamental right for people to have access to lab …

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It’s Time to Talk About Medicine and Business Education

WEBBilt Rewards. Bilt Rewards launched in 2021 and achieved immediate success in its first year. The startup credit-card rewards program by founder and CEO …

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Factors Associated with Hospital Profitability

WEBFirst, policy makers must ensure that the less fortunate have access to care. Second, they should ensure that the right care is being provided in a cost effective …

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New Telehealth Services for Underserved Communities

WEBNembhard is the Wharton School faculty representative to BAHM, one of the organizers of this year’s worldwide program, and moderator of the April 9 expert panel …

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Diagnosing Four Pros and Four Cons of Obamacare

WEBNegatives: – Substantial increase in premiums for younger individuals. Most likely, premiums for the under-60 crowd will go up. – Increase in marginal tax rates. …

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