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Editor's Picks
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Study: Americans Can Learn from Swiss, Dutch Systems
The healthcare policies of Switzerland and the Netherlands have created systems in which a mere 1% of their populations are uninsured because of an individual mandate that requires everyone to purchase health insurance. In contrast, 15% of the U.S. population is uninsured, according to economists. The two European nations with public-private healthcare systems that provide near-universal coverage could serve as inspiration for U.S. policymakers debating healthcare reforms, according to a new study released by the Commonwealth Fund. [Read More]
Healthcare's Insulationists
Editor Jim Molpus writes in this month's HealthLeaders magazine that in America there are healthcare protectionists that are too closely following the lead of the auto industry's protectionists of decades before. "For too many years, automakers put faith in a customer prejudice for big American steel, when what customers really wanted was economy. Similarly, are healthcare consumers truly that rooted to the overused axiom that 'all healthcare is local'?" he asks. [Read More]
Fact File: Medical Travel
This month's Fact File points out that beyond U.S. borders, the medical tourism industry has reached $20 billion as quality and safety concerns with facilities abroad have begun to lessen. Provider organizations in countries like India and Thailand serve as some of the most popular destinations for the 200,000 Americans who traveled abroad for healthcare services ranging from heart surgery to dental work in 2008. The data pulled together in this month's HealthLeaders magazine offers an interesting snapshot of how the medical travel industry has grown. [Read More]
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Global Health Headlines
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UN says Gaza hospitals in crisis
AP/Yahoo News - January 16, 2009
Insurer plans China joint venture
Reuters - January 18, 2009
Fresh warning on China bird flu
BBC News - January 20, 2009
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Flat-World Healthcare
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Globalization is no longer an uncertain trend in the distant future. U.S. providers must refine their organizational strategy to compete. [Read More] |
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A Spinal Shift
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As minimally invasive procedures consume a larger portion of spinal care, provider organizations have many opportunities?and challenges?in an increasingly outpatient service line. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
What Can Your Hospital Learn from Other Industries? Diane Stover of Memorial Hospital and Health System in South Bend, IN, talks about how healthcare organizations can benefit from conducting "innovisits" with companies in other industries. [Listen Now]
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