The Health Care System- Variety of Topics
It is important to understand the "big picture" of health care. If you don't, you can get pulled down very quickly into the quicksand. This section includes a number of topics including; health care delivery, chronic care, medical risk, international perspectives, and other topics to provide the reader with a variety of perspectives to understand the health care system better.
Chronic Care and Health Insurance- Trying to Fit A Square Peg in a Round Hole (A discussion of how the risks associated with health insurance have changed over the past 60 years); June, 2011
ACOs- The Rider, The Elephant, and the Path; (An overview of ACOs. The challenge will be to change the way we think about health care); May, 2011
Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?; (It's not complicated- we just need to fix it); March, 2011
Making Sure Patient-Centered Is Really Patient-Centered; (A lot of talk- Need more action); January, 2011
The New Roles In Health Care; (The roles of all stakeholders in health care have changed- and will be changing even more); November, 2010
The Health Care Reset of 2010; (Health care has been reset 4 times over the years- 2010 was one of them); September, 2010
Health Care Around the World- A Primer (A review of some of the other health care systems around the globe) June, 2010
A Compassionate Health Care System; (Health care is based on transactions- it can't forget compassion); January, 2010
A Health Care Tipping Point- Are We Close? (Using Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point theory to look at health care); November, 2009
Competing Business Models in Chiropractic Create A Challenge (Another look at the chiropractic market and the challenges it faces); September, 2009
Will Health Care Become Irrelevant? (Using Jim Collin's approach- health care is hiding from reality); July, 2009
Where Are Health Plans Heading in 2009 (A review of the health plan market in 2009); June, 2009
Medical Home- A Logical Approach (A look at the medical home history and potential in health care); April, 2009
Integrative Medicine- Expanding an Idea (A look at the potential of integrative medicine in health care); February, 2009
Industry Assessment from AHIP (A look at the health plan market in 2008); June, 2008
Chiropractic's Strategic Inflection Point (An essay to the chiropractic profession- a lot of potential- but many challenges); February, 2008
What is a Collaborative Health Care System; (Our initial vision and our first newsletter); November, 2007
