The Cold Start Problem. How to start and scale network effects.
24 de gener 2022
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Precision medicine (2)
Discovering Precision Health: Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being
Introduction The Power of Precision Health 1
Chapter 1 The State of U.S. Health and Health Care Delivery 15
Chapter 2 There’s More to “Health” Than Health Care 33
Chapter 3 The Innovation and Disruption Powering Progress in Health 43
Chapter 4 Fundamental, Discovery‐Focused Research: The Foundation of Biomedical Breakthroughs 111
Chapter 5 Peering into the Future: Leveraging The Powers of Prediction to Help Prevent Illness 147
Chapter 6 Prevention as a Pathway to Health and Wellness 177
Chapter 7 Curing Disease with More Precise Medical Therapies 207
Conclusion Achieving Precision Health: The Opportunities—and Challenges—Ahead 237
21 de gener 2022
20 de gener 2022
Public health budget evolution
Last September I posted the data on per capita health expenditure. In 2020 we spent 1786€ per capita. The total budget for 2021 was 13.162m€, 1700€ per capita. Now the budget for 2022 says that we are going to spend 1.446€. This is an absolute nonsense. The budget approval has no relationship with former incurred expenditures...
Somebody should explain it clearly to the population and take measures. Forget this figure, it has no relationship with reality.
19 de gener 2022
Bundled payments update (2)
Year 1 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement–Advanced Model
A NEJM article shows a negligible effect of bundled payments. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any comment about the flaws in the design. A design mistake for not taking into account a holistic view.
If you reduce 78$ out of 27,315 $ per episode, this is an absolute FAILURE! (it is not a small reduction!!!)
However, the conclusion is:
In this study, we found that the BPCI-A program was associated with small reductions in Medicare payments among participating hospitals. Longer-term evaluation is needed to determine the full effect of the program.
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The knowledge economy
Adam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand the economy is to study the most advanced practice of production. Today that practice is no longer conventional manufacturing: it is the radically innovative vanguard known as the knowledge economy. In every part of the production system it remains a fringe excluding the vast majority of workers and businesses. This book explores the hidden nature of the knowledge economy and its possible futures.
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10 de gener 2022
The foundation of Silicon Valley
The Big Score: The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley
A reedition of 1985 classic. Just to understand our world, right now.