hegel on healthcareA decade after Obamacare, policy focus can be patient experienceAfter the passage of Obamacare, I worked in various health system capacities from policy to industry. I saw the impact of Obamacare…Mar 23, 2020Mar 23, 2020
hegel on healthcareMeasles, Juul and smartphones — public health setbacksThese days there’s constant media coverage of measles outbreak because some communities have decided that vaccination is not a good thing…Jun 19, 2019Jun 19, 2019
hegel on healthcareBlockchain and individual longitudinal data will resolve today’s healthcare AI challengesI recently attended an ethics in AI and healthcare workshop. I felt that some of the discussions I heard will become outdated when new…Apr 29, 2019Apr 29, 2019
hegel on healthcareCentralized health records don’t help consumersToday I read a story from the California Healthcare Foundation about how the husband of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services…Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
hegel on healthcareHealth insurers and providers should reimburse us for staying healthyRecently, United Healthcare said it is working with the American Medical Association to establish diagnosis codes for social determinants…Apr 5, 2019Apr 5, 2019
hegel on healthcareNew York City’s grocery, housing and transportation warpI overheard two women speak about a neighborhood in the Upper West Side that has both Trader Joe’s and Wholefoods. They said that that’s…Mar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
hegel on healthcareA clinical diagnosis that didn’t helpI’ve been reading Yolanda Hadid’s book on how she found out about and dealt with Lyme disease. Her narrative builds on how she went to so…Mar 24, 2019Mar 24, 2019
hegel on healthcareVenture funding for consumer-centric public healthOne of the most fundamental challenges for getting a public health venture funded is that it will not return money quickly nor measurably…Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
hegel on healthcareDrugs: innovation after educationNutrafol has hair growth products for both men and women. And they claim to do it naturally. Ro delivers viagra via electronic ordering…Mar 8, 2019Mar 8, 2019
hegel on healthcareTransportation health in New York CityWe spend a lot of time traveling in major urban cities. New York has a large subway system but there are many challenges traveling on it…Feb 3, 20191Feb 3, 20191