The false link between mental illness and gun violence
It would be nice if we could eliminate mass shootings by improving the mental health system, coaxing (or forcing) potential shooters into treatment before they have a chance to wreak havoc. As the Washington Post (Most mass shooters aren’t mentally ill. So why push better treatment as the answer?) reports:
“It would be ridiculous to hope that doing something about the mental-health system will stop these mass murders,” said Michael Stone, a forensic psychiatrist at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and author of “The Anatomy of Evil,” which examines the personalities of brutal killers. “It...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Culture International Policy and politics Research Source Type: blogs
New Health Wonk Review at Boston Health News
Tinker Ready has posted Health Wonk Review: HIT, LGBT and ACA at Boston Health News.
Please join us for a HWR Blab (video conversation / text chat), Health Wonk Review On Air With HealthBlawg Tuesday, 05/24/2016 at 1:00 pm ET for half an hour. You can watch from here or sign in to Twitter account to log in. (Source: Health Wonk Review)
Source: Health Wonk Review - May 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
Biosimilars are “me-too” drugs, not generics
Time to take off the blinders
Generic drugs are the biggest success story in healthcare cost containment. This great success has fooled policymakers, journalists, health plans and others into thinking that the same model will tame spending on biologic drugs the way it has for traditional, chemical based products.
The latest example can be found in the Wall Street Journal (Knockoffs of Biotech Drugs Bring Paltry Savings). The article blames the lack of savings on price increases by makers of the original products in the run-up to the introduction of competing products. That is happening, but it doesn’t get to...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 11, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Economics Pharma Policy and politics Uncategorized biotech Generic drugs Source Type: blogs
Biosimilars are “ me-too ” drugs, not generics
Time to take off the blinders
Generic drugs are the biggest success story in healthcare cost containment. This great success has fooled policymakers, journalists, health plans and others into thinking that the same model will tame spending on biologic drugs the way it has for traditional, chemical based products.
The latest example can be found in the Wall Street Journal (Knockoffs of Biotech Drugs Bring Paltry Savings). The article blames the lack of savings on price increases by makers of the original products in the run-up to the introduction of competing products. That is happening, but it doesn’t get to...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 11, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Economics Pharma Policy and politics Uncategorized biotech Generic drugs Source Type: blogs
Social Media Pharma Company of the Year
Measuring influence – how we used the Healthcare Social Graph® Score to determine PM Society’s Digital Awards winner The PM Society’s 2016 Digital Awards took place last month in London, and we were again asked to do the analysis and present the winner of the Social Media Pharma Company of the Year award. In order for a company to have an effective social media presence it must know where the relevant conversations are taking place, the style of messaging that resonates among … Continued (Source: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media – Symplur)
Source: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media – Symplur - May 11, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Audun Utengen Tags: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media AbbVie Bayer Boehringer Healthcare Social Graph Novartis Pfizer Pharma Social Media PM Society Source Type: blogs
Social Media Pharma Company of the Year
Measuring influence – how we used the Healthcare Social Graph® Score to determine PM Society’s Digital Awards winner The PM Society’s 2016 Digital Awards took place last month in London, and we were again asked to do the analysis and present the winner of the Social Media Pharma Company of the Year award. In o rder for a company to have an effective social media presence it must know where the relevant conversations are taking place, the style of messaging that resonates among…Continued (Source: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media – Symplur)
Source: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media – Symplur - May 11, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Audun Utengen Tags: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media AbbVie Bayer Boehringer Healthcare Social Graph Novartis Pfizer Pharma Social Media PM Society Source Type: blogs
Due diligence in middle market healthcare investing
Due diligence
Private equity firms investing in middle market healthcare deals face serious challenges in commercial due diligence. There are many companies that appear attractive, with $5M+ EBITDA, increasing revenues and enticing stories of how industry dynamics, customer relationships, technology differentiation and management excellence will take them to the next level. In the $3 trillion US healthcare industry, there are numerous billion dollar niches offering strong returns to companies that ride the wave of transformation.
Generalist investors and even healthcare specialists need support when performing due dili...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 10, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Economics due diligence Health Business Group investment middle market private equity Source Type: blogs
Surgeons and truck drivers may soon have something in common
Climbing into the future
Many Americans feel economically insecure. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have latched on to these feelings, and both fault free trade agreements for stripping the country of good, steady jobs. Trade agreements are a convenient scapegoat, but the big threat to jobs is technology, not trade.
Over the past decades, technology has reduced the need for labor in many fields. Robots can perform repetitive, manual work like welding cars. Enterprise software and databases have replaced paralegals and bookkeepers. Computers can answer the phone and provide customer service.
As great as these disloca...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 6, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Health Wonk Review is up at Wright on Health
Wright on Health hosts the latest incarnation of the Health Wonk Review blog carnival. It’s the Pivoting Toward the General Election edition. Interestingly, multiple posts focus on the same topic as mine: United Healthcare’s exit from the Obamacare marketplaces.
But beyond those posts you’ll see a lot of variety, along with a striking gallery of candidate photos! (Source: Health Business Blog)
Source: Health Business Blog - May 5, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: dewe67 Tags: Announcements Blogs Policy and politics Source Type: blogs
New Health Wonk Review at Wright on Health
Brad Wright has posted Health Wonk Review: Pivoting Towards the General Edition at Wright on Health.
Please join us for a HWR Blab (video conversation / text chat), Health Wonk Review On Air With HealthBlawg Tuesday, 05/10/2016 at 1 pm ET for half an hour. You can watch from here or sign in to Twitter account to log in. (Source: Health Wonk Review)
Source: Health Wonk Review - May 5, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: blogs
