The
archived InTimeTV video for the Insights in
Medicine interview with Dr. Bernard Bendok (Assistant Professor of
Neurological Surgery and Radiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine) is now available. We had a wide-ranging discussion of the
basics of cerebral aneurysm disease and clinical management basics for general
practitioners, ER physicians and others.
For the full video clip, see: Advances in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysm Disease.
In
this second part of a three-part series on innovation, we discuss the key
elements involved in fostering innovation.
The previous installment
of this series explored three basic points:
1. Innovation is different from
invention
2. Innovation is the realization of
invention
3. Innovation often results from a
combination of inventions
Because
innovation involves the integration of multiple inventions and
interdisciplinary combinations the factors involved in fostering innovation
are quite different and in some ways almost opposite those that stimulate invention.
The archived InTimeTV
video for the Healthcare Executive
interview with Chester Szerlag (Radiation Oncology Executive Administrator at
the
The archived InTimeTV
video for the Insights in Medicine
interview with Dr.
Peter Weiden
(Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Psychotic Disorders Program at the
This proposal for a health impact tax (akin to a carbon tax)
as a funding mechanism for expanding health coverage to the uninsured was
originally proposed this past March in the article “Is Gov. Blagojevich’s new plan to cover the uninsured in
Illinois a good or bad idea?”
The basic premise builds upon the following concepts:
·
Government
covers the aged (Medicare) or poor (Medicaid) and to some extent children
(SCHIP).
·
Business
typically covers the working population
·
Of
course, many of the uninsured are among the working public and the consensus is
that somehow business should cover the cost of the uninsured
·
Proposals
for a gross-receipts tax (such as recently done in
·
Instead,
it is proposed that a health impact tax (apportioned to different businesses according
to a general estimate of the overall impact – positive or negative - of
their operations on the health of the population)
·
This
tax would be similar to a carbon tax that is assessed on the basis of a
businesses projected environmental impact
·
This
proposal would apportion responsibility for coverage of the uninsured fairly
·
The
program would be nationally based in order to enable freedom of movement and
administered by the federal government as an extension of the Federal
Employees' Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)
Read on for more and feel free to comment.
A brief
video webcast on innovation, how to foster innovation and accelerate
development. The presentation was
originally given at a Departmental Bioengineering seminar at the University of
Illinois – Chicago on September 14th, 2007.
What are the most innovative countries and cities? Find out more here and feel free to
submit your thoughts …
Innovation is not the same as Invention. Previously appeared in Midwestbusiness.com
as Concepts of Innovation, Invention Should Now Be Regarded
Differently.
Previously appeared in Midwestbusiness.com
as Concepts of Innovation, Invention Should Now Be Regarded
Differently and on the Wisconsin
Technology Network as Innovation
vs. invention: Knowing the difference makes a difference.
Read on for more …
The
archived InTimeTV video for the Insights in Medicine interview with Dr. Annabelle
Volgman (Director of the
The archived InTimeTV
video for the On
The Edge
interview with Jonas Moses and myself is now available. We had a wide-ranging discussion on
innovation. For the full video clip
click Innovation and How to Foster it.
The archived InTimeTV video for the Healthcare Executive interview with Gary Baldwin (Senior Technology Editor at HealthLeaders Media) is now available. We discussed the challenges involved in
implementing EMR in physician offices and provided examples of solutions out in
the marketplace. For the full video
clip click Issues
and Trends in Healthcare IT.
The archived InTimeTV
video for the Healthcare Executive
interview with Vip
Jain
(Principal and Head of Healthcare Consulting at XRoads LLC)
is now available. We discussed
quite a few topics on innovative solutions to challenges facing healthcare
executives. For the full video clip
click Innovative Health Care Solutions
– Next Level ROI.
The New York Times
reported earlier this week on an interesting phenomenon in the medical and
pharmaceutical world – namely online advertising by pharmaceutical
companies. Milt Freudenheim’s
article “A Medical Publisher’s Unusual Prescription: Online Ads”
describes how the “medical publishing world [is meeting] the Internet.”
There are yet even more interesting
implications to this trend.
The New York Times
reported today a very interesting initiative in the area of medical diplomacy. Celia Dugger’s article “Ex-Senator
to Lead Global Drive on Children’s Health” describes the ongoing
efforts of former Senator Bill Frist to help the international charity Save the Children “make the
preventable deaths of millions of children in the developing world an issue for
Americans.”
Actually medical diplomacy is not mentioned in the article explicitly
but Sen. Frist’s work truly fits the bill. There’s not much on the web,
however, on medical diplomacy (in fact, if you Google “Medical Diplomacy” this blog actually
comes up 9th!).
Hence, the first part of this commentary provides an
outline, a taxonomy of medical diplomacy.
The second part to follow provides some additional thoughts on Sen.
Frist’s project as set within the broader context of medical diplomacy.
The
archived InTimeTV video for the Insights in Medicine interview with Dr. Vedat Obuz
(Medical Director of the Lotus Medical Clinic) is now available. We discussed quite a few topics on unmet
needs in primary care including asthma care, home health care, the patient-center
primary care collaborative (medical home) concept, international health and
other topics. For the full video
clip click Unmet Needs in Primary Care.
I was interviewed by Dr. Kristine Mighion on her Healthcare
Executive internet talk show on InTimeTV. We discussed emerging clinical technologies and their
implications for hospitals, health systems and healthcare executives. For the full video clip click on: Emerging Clinical Technologies: Opportunities &
Challenges for Hospitals.
The
archived InTimeTV
video for the Insights in Medicine interview with Dr. C. Anderson
Hedberg (former President of the
I was interviewed by Dr. Ray Fisher
on his Heart Health Update internet talk show on InTimeTV. My fellow guest was the cardiac
surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Silver and among other topics, we discussed the future of
drug-eluting stents. surgical robotics and off-pump bypass surgery. For the full video clip click on: Advances in
Cardiovascular Disease.
The most frequently emailed article for the New York Times this past week - an
internet version of a Times
“best seller” - has been Gina Kolata’s “Looking
Past Blood Sugar to Survive With Diabetes.” Given the high prevalence of diabetes
that’s no surprise. But the
article’s thesis that dogmatic fixation on blood sugar levels may
compromise other aspects of diabetes care has no doubt piqued much
interest. Here are some additional
angles to consider …
Also published on the Zangani Investor Community.
The Avandia
controversy has been a whirlwind – even a circus at times - but the
outcome continues inexorably in favor of drug
safety as consistently suggested by this blog. Last week, the FDA issued a “black box”
warning
for Avandia as well as
other thiazolidinedione type drugs (such as the Takeda drug
Actos).
Also posted on the Zangani
Investor Community.
As some of you may be aware, Amgen
announced last week an unprecedented set of layoffs
numbering almost 2,600 employees. What's going on? Amgen may have been a victim
of its own success as it has been the darling of biotechnology ever since it
introduced recombinant erythropoietin back in 1988.
Originally published in Midwestbusiness.com as “The Deconstruction of Amgen: Company is Victim of Own Success”
and also published in the Wisconsin Technology Network as “Lessons
from the deconstruction of Amgen.” Also syndicated on the Zangani Investor
Community.
Is healthcare too personalized for personalized
medicine?
Originally published in Midwestbusiness.com and also published in the Wisconsin
Technology Network as “Thoughts on
health IT, personal medicine & tech convergence” and the Zangani Investor
Community. Referenced in ScienceRoll.