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Industrialization of Medicine

Is “evidence-based practice” a fair tradeoff for “clinical judgment?” Does healthcare need to be industrialized and standardized-enabled to run [MORE]

Growing Market for Wireless Patient Monitoring

BP Monitor Wristwatch
Business analyst Kalorama Information (NYC) reports that the fastest growing sector (in terms of earned revenue) for [MORE]

UK Funding Stem Cell Work for Economic Recovery

Stem Cell Research
Imagine the controversy if an American President publicly avowed funding a major stem cell production facility to stimulate [MORE]

More Thoughts on “Disruptive Innovation”

Clayton Christensen
Probably no one since Edwards Deming and his “14 Recommendations” has had better insights into the technical economy [MORE]

Projections on the Healthcare Workforce

A recent planning study on the national healthcare workforce projected job growth in this sector to rise from 10.5% [MORE]

Robots as Half the US Labor Force

“In two years there will be 1.2 million robots working on Earth, that is one robot per 5,000 humans. As [MORE]

“Special Pricing for First Time Customers:” The $5,000 Genome

It wasn’t too long ago that Knome was offering to sequence an entire human genome for about the [MORE]

Where Healthcare Investors Are Placing Their Bets

Among thirteen “hot” areas for private equity investment in healthcare are hospital systems, ambulatory surgery center chains, mobile health [MORE]

Medically Based Economic Development

Every state and numerous counties have economic development strategists hoping to create clusters of new business around one technology or [MORE]

Hospitals, Comparative Revenue

Want to know where a huge slice of healthcare revenue goes?  Here are two lists, one non-profit and the [MORE]

Surviving Cancer, Facing Bankruptcy

Not long ago, opponents of healthcare reform asserted that the US had the best healthcare system in the world [MORE]

Perspective on Market-Based Health Insurance

As people put off elective healthcare during the current recession, insurance company profits rose because of fewer payouts.  However, [MORE]

Health Industry Issues in 2011

In this downloadable report, PriceWaterhouse Coopers outlines what its Health Research Institute thinks will be the major healthcare economic [MORE]

Market Forecast for Personal Robotics

Personal Robot
Imagine sending your robot as your stand-in at a meeting, or, for that matter, a gaggle of robots [MORE]