Interview: Michael Gorton, Teladoc
Michael Gorton started Teladoc to address the following question: What percentage of primary care visits can be handled with just a telephone and an electronic medical record. Combine access to consultation with doctors who can diagnose and treat with efficiency and you have a recipe for success. Teladoc has a network of doctors in 49 […]
Interview: Jim Robbins, ApotheCard
Jim Robbins, President of ApotheCard, says that traditional managed care has used three dials to meet their financial goals: how many people are enrolled in my health plan, what does it cost me to deliver care (to manage costs they beat up on doctors, clinics, labs, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies to negotiate good discounts), and […]
Interview: Teresa O’Keefe, Connect Your Care
Teresa O’Keefe is going to add, in this very spot, an amazingly smart summary of her deep thoughts on health care…stay tuned.
Convenient Care: Who is the Primary Healthcare Provider?
Who owns the patient? In terms of health care delivery, where does the spectrum of care begin and end? Retailization and convenient care (store-based clinics) bring this question to the forefront.
The American Medical Association (AMA) believes that if convenient care clinics exist, there are certain guidelines that should be followed that are beneficial to […]
Interview: Tam McDonald, Harley Street
Tam McDonald, CEO of Harley Street, provides the outsiders perspective on the US health care system. In the UK, which is a single-payor system, solutions to health care are determined centrally, by the government. While the UK spends half what we spend as a function of gross domestic product, the outcomes are higher. But there […]
Interview: Pam Armstrong, EOS Airlines
Pam Armstrong, EOS Airlines, represents the employer community and has recently adopted HSAs for her small 250 person company. The rate of increase of health care costs has been EOS’s major challenge.
A high deductible health plan, packaged with health savings accounts, helps open employees eyes and make sure they become accountable and watch how their […]
Interview: Bill Crounse, Microsoft
At the Consumer Health World Conference in DC I had a chance to catch up with Bill Crounse, Health Care Industry Director for Microsoft, to talk about the role technology can play in health care.
Everyone is focused on providing higher quality care, lower cost, and better service. 80% of health care business in the […]
How Do We Respond to Pandemics and Are We Prepared?
The issue of pandemics is a concern to us all.
The key to looking at pandemic preparation is surveillance. Surveillance has two purposes. The first is to track mutations of existing viral subtypes in order to adjust each years vaccine preparation and the second is to search for any new sign of any other mutation […]
The Gingrich RX
Since leaving Congress in 1999, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has remained involved in public policy debate through the Center for Health Transformation.
A believer in a free market solutions to the very large problem that is the US healthcare system, Gingrich actively promotes his ideas through articles, public appearances and Saving Lives & Saving Money, […]
The Economics of HSAs
John Mikytuck interviews Dahlia Remler, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College
