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Tag Archives: healthcare
Decreasing the $290 billion cost of poor drug adherence
A report in the Wall street Journal (May 21, 2013) quotes a $290 billion cost estimated by the New England Health Institute due to poor drug regimen adherence by 33% to 50% of the patients, thus increasing hospital or other … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Cost, drug adherence, healthcare, sensors, Service
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Are readmission rates a good measure of hospital quality?
An article in the New York Times (March 30, 2013) describes the impact of Medicare penalties based on patient admission rates, claiming that such schemes have resulted in decreased rates, from 19% to 17.8% in one year. But others claim … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations
Tagged healthcare, hospitals, metrics, patients, Service, Supply Chain
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The 340B discount drug program and supply chain leakage
An article in the New York Times (February 12, 2013) describes problems with the 340B drug program that requires pharmaceutical companies to provide 20 to 50 % discount to hospitals treating low income and uninsured patients and accounts for about … Continue reading
Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Cost, healthcare, leakage, Legal, pharmaceutical, Retail, Risk, Supply Chain
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A novel solution to get pregnant women in Ghana, ready to deliver, to a hospital faster
An article in the New York Times (October 30, 2012) describes the benefit on women and children’s health if the mother delivers in a hospital. But getting the mother, who cannot afford to pay for a cab, to the closest … Continue reading
Will shifting patients to retail clinics for minor treatments improve service and lower costs
An article in the New York Times (October 10, 2012) describes the rise of retail clinics in Manhattan, with costs of care 30-40% below doctor’s offices and 80% lower than emergency care. The result of many retail locations is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, healthcare, Retail, Service, Trends
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Can data transparency reduce medical errors and increase coordination of care?
An article by Dr Marty Makary in Newsweek (September 24, 2012) describes medical error rates at 25%, with 100,000 people dying due to preventable errors. But he suggests that data transparency, such as the publication of heart surgery data by … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumers, Coordination, Cost, data, healthcare, Quality, Service, Supply Chain, transparency
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Health care waste in the US estimated at $750 billion
A report released by the Institute for Medicine in September 2012, titled “Best Health Care at lower Cost:The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America” , suggests that the US health care system had 30% of wasted expense or … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, Consumers, Coordination, Cost, healthcare, Quality, Service, Supply Chain
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The challenges in estimating health system response to waiting time measurement systems
An article in the Wall Street Journal (May 25, 2012) titled “Long Medical Waits prove hard to cure” describes different waiting time measurements and the consequent dysfunctional system response. Measuring the waiting time experienced by patients served or focusing on … Continue reading
Posted in Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues
Tagged Consumers, Coordination, emb, healthcare, imm, measurement, queue, Supply Chain, system, waiting time
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Village Health volunteers and health care success in Thailand
A New York Times article (Sept 27, 2011) describes the role of Village Health volunteers – one million strong in a nation of 65 million, who watch for disease outbreaks, spread warnings wen detected and thus curb infectious diseases. These … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Global Contexts, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability
Tagged Consumers, Cost, Global, Growth, healthcare, Supply Chain, volunteers
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Global Supply Chain Musings 