2022 U.S.-China Trade Data Shows No Signs of Widespread Decoupling
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo ObregonEarlier this week, the Census Bureau released its official 2022 trade data. As our Cato colleague Scott Lincicomenoted, the overall data continues to undercut the popular narrative pushed by politicians and pundits about the demise of globalization. On a more granular level, the data are revealing for U.S.-China trade watchers.First, for all of the talk about “strategic decoupling,” trade ties remain strong between the United States and China. Over the last five years, policymakers in Washington and Beijing have erected large trade barriers between the two countries: tariffs ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 9, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Packard, Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Source Type: blogs
Balance Boards to Stay Active in the Offfice: Interview with Joel Heath, CEO of FluidStance
Fun and durable, the FluidStance balance board deck can be found at many offices these days as working professionals with desk jobs look for ways to stay active and healthy. Long hours slumped over at a desk means that your muscles remain inactive for long periods of time – a running hypothesis is that long periods of inactivity lead to issues with glucose regulation, as muscles cease their regular glucose uptake and the body adapts to a sedentary lifestyle.
FluidStance’s balance board, Level, provides an engaging alternative to this by forcing your body to engage different muscles to balance. Yet, it’s not ...
Source: Medgadget - January 20, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive balanceboard FluidStance Source Type: blogs
Chronic Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Vascular Aging
The age-related decline and dysfunction of the vasculature kills a sizable fraction of humanity, directly through stroke and heart attack, and more indirectly through a number of other mechanisms. The rise of chronic inflammation with age can be blamed for much of this. Unresolved inflammatory signaling is highly disruptive to tissue function throughout the body. In the vasculature, it accelerates the altered macrophage behavior that lies at the root of atherosclerosis. It provokes some of the altered smooth muscle behavior that leads to hypertension as contraction and dilation of blood vessels become poorly controlled. It...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Blockchain Could Save Healthcare Billions Every Year
The following is a guest article by Michael Kim, Senior Vice President/CIO at MultiPlan.
In recent years, blockchain has been one of the most-hyped technologies: A public ledger that lives on a network of computers, each validating any changes in real-time. Unlike traditional distributed databases with centralized management, blockchain offers a shared database, providing security, transparency, traceability, and speed. While the shared ledger idea can be traced back to the 80s, blockchain technology emerged in 2008 as the foundation for decentralized currency, namely Bitcoin.
While it is true the cryptocurrency mark...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Revenue Cycle Management Blockchain Blockchain Technology Data Sharing Database Errors Health IT Interoperability Humana Improve Patient Outcomes Improv Source Type: blogs
Fed Chair Powell ’s Story about Service Price Inflation Is Untrue
Alan ReynoldsInThe Wall Street Journal’s “Year ‐End Review& Outlook,” Sam Goldfarb deftly summarized a recent shift in the Federal Reserve’s focus away from PCE inflation —which slowed to a 2.4% rate from July to November— to a diverse hodgepodge of services prices.“In recent remarks,Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has emphasized that, even in recent months, there has been only a modest slowdown in price increases for core services outside of housing. That is an area of the economy seen as most sensitive to labor costs, which have shown few signs of decelerating.”Although Mr. Powell ’s latest s...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 3, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs
As Balwani and Holmes Head To Jail …Will Others in Health Tech Follow?
by MIKE MAGEE
This week’s headlines seemingly closed a chapter on the story of medical research criminality in America. Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former president and COO of Theranos was sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud. That’s 2 years more than his former business and romantic partner, Elizabeth Holmes.
White crime criminal defense attorney for all things science tech, Michael Weinstein, took the opportunity to trumpet out a confident message that crime doesn’t pay in Medicine with these words, “It clearly sends a signal to Silicon Valley that puffery and fraud and misrepresentation will be pr...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medical Practice Ethics Henry K. Beecher Medical Ethics Mike Magee Theranos Source Type: blogs
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), The Global Leader in Orthopedics, Launches Newco Targeting $380B National Musculoskeletal Health Burden
Flare Capital and HSS leading $21M Series A fundraising round for RightMove Powered by HSS, a national virtual triage and nonsurgical physical therapy solution that produces better outcomes at reduced costs
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center specializing in musculoskeletal health, today announced a $21M Series A to launch RightMove Powered by HSS™, an independent for-profit company, whose mission is to make high quality, patient-focused virtual musculoskeletal physical therapy available to all Americans. The round, led by Flare Capital and HSS, will be used to build out ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 5, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Amy Fahrenkopf Flare Capital Flare Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Hospital for Special Surgery HSS HSS Health Louis A. S Source Type: blogs
Disney ’s Private Provision of Public Goods
David BoazQuite aside from the politics of DeSantis vs. Disney, I learned some interesting things inthis article about Disney ’s “special taxing district” and about the private provision of public goods on Disney’s vast Florida property. First off, the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) is not a tax break for Disney:Disney pays property taxes to Orange and Osceola County at the same millage rate as all other county taxpayers (totaling nearly $300 million from 2015 to 2020). The Florida Constitution does not allow taxpayers within a county to be treated differentlyunless those taxpayers consent t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Checking the Pulse: Current Payment Technology Trends Impacting the Healthcare Industry and What to Expect in 2023
The following is a guest article by d’Artagnan Osborne, General Manager of Payment Solutions at Kareo, a Tebra company.
The healthcare information technology (IT) market is expecting a CAGR of 13.2% between now and 2029. As healthcare practices come to rely on more technology, one of the areas that has been slow to adopt but has a lot of upsides is payment processes.
Historically, many practices operated primarily with paper and spreadsheets to track patient bills and capture payments. While transitioning to a digital payment solution can seem like a big step, recent advances in technology have made this easier. Patient ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 2, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management d’Artagnan Osborne Kareo Patient Payment Patient Payment Solutions Patient Payment Tools Staff Time Tebra Source Type: blogs
Gene Pathway Analysis In Action – 3 × 4 DNA Test Review
In the past couple of years, I have taken at least 10 genetic tests, including this latest DNA test from 3×4 Genetics. This may seem excessive, but I have my reasons. I graduated from medical school as a genetic specialist and completed my PhD as a clinical genomics researcher, and although I turned to medical futurism, my original field never ceases to fascinate me. I’m very curious about how these tests advance and hope I might be able to provide insights for patients worldwide about what they can expect to learn from such tests and what those tests can really deliver.
Thus, I didn’t hesitate for a second to ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Genomics Personalized Medicine dna testing genetic test Genetic testing review dna test review 3x4 Genetics pathway analysis Source Type: blogs
Tax Increases and the Great Depression
Chris EdwardsDid tax increases deepen and extend the Great Depression?That is one topic explored in a new book by Art Laffer, Brian Domitrovic, and Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield,Taxes Have Consequences: An Income Tax History of the United States. The authors include a discussion of federal, state, and local tax increases during the 1930s.Many economists would point to monetary policy mistakes for causing the initial slide into the Great Depression. The nation ’s money supply fellnearly 30 percent between 1930 and 1933.But Laffer and coauthors argue that the “chief cause of the Great Depression was taxation.” That is ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - October 11, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and any related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon, a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 06, 2022 Edition-----In the UK the current Tory Government appears to have totally lost the plot and failed to even move to fix things – a real disaster I fear for millions.In the US Hurricane Ian seems to have been of Biblical Scale that will take years to repair the damage.In Europe we see the recession arriving.In OZ we are coping with the Optus data breach, an imminent and difficult Budget and the new Integrity Commission being sorted out!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/technology/manufacturers-turn-to-robots-as-job-ads-go-unanswered-20220920-p5bjilHow a $1m robot solved this company ’s labour sh...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 29, 2022 Edition-----The world seems to be lurching to be overwhelmed by issues around most of the major powers being in conflict for a real risk of a global recession affecting the UK, Europe, the US and much of Asia. We seem to be in some pretty difficult times right now …In OZ Parliament is now back after the death of the Queen and it will be interesting to see how things play out and what the Budget looks like in the face of an upcoming recession.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/a-nation-shorn-of-britishness-is-still-waiting-for-the-republic-20220915-p5bi90A nation shorn of Britis...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 22, 2022 Edition-----We will see the closure on the Mourning Period for QE!! In Australia tomorrow, We can then move on to the next big issue, which will surely be the progress in the Russo-Ukrainian war and the associated issues with China and Russia.The US seems – with the rest of the world – to be moving into recession.King Charles has now been to all his UK Realms and will now quietly let PM Trass get back to running the UK. God help her …In Australia we have to now get on with life and the economic disaster we seem to be facing.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/oddly-enough-th...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
