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The Most Energetic Area of Lean Practice
James Womack: The Lean MovementWith the current activity to increase the minimum wage, we need to review what James Womack said in 2008 when he was reflecting on the progress of the Lean Movement: “One critical indicator is our success in extending lean thinking to new industries and activities. In recent years I have been […]
Obamacare: What We Know Now
By Michael D. Tanner The CATO Institute January 27, 2014 For all intents and purposes, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, has been fully implemented. And while much of the media coverage has been dominated by the technical failures of the program’s initial rollout, we are also learning much […]
Singapore’s Health Care System
Singapore’s Health Care Ranked First in an International Comparison A new study shows that Singapore’s health-care system places first when compared with the health-care systems of seven other countries. Canadian health economist Cynthia Ramsay ranked the health-care systems of Singapore, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia and South Africa. The study […]
How can government determine the value of an employee?
Commentary by Pamela Villarreal Source: Investor’s Business Daily | December 04, 2013 The bottom line is that those who want to make $15 an hour flipping burgers should . . . pursue education and skills that warrant higher pay. This week, another fast-food walkout will take place in 100 cities. Evidently, this one claims to […]
The purpose of the university is no longer the pursuit of knowledge
By Heather Mac Donald The diversity bureaucracy has finally swallowed an entire college. San Diego State University has just named to its presidency a vice chancellor of student affairs and campus diversity, hired from the University of California, Davis. The new SDSU president, Adela de la Torre, is a peerless example of the intersection of […]
April HPUSA Quarterly
Featured Article: Having health insurance is not the same as receiving health care In the News: Practice Fusion is agreeing to be sold to Allscripts International Healthcare: Universal Child Health Care in Quebec Government Healthcare: Sham Peer Review Lean HealthCare: Automatic if Doctor and Patient are totally in charge Misdirection in Healthcare: Sham Peer Review […]
Health is better than wealth
The poorest man would not part with health for money, but . . . the richest would gladly part with all their money for health. –C. C. Colton (1780-1832). Addressed to Those Who Think, l.225. 1823. Health is better than wealth. –John Ray (1628-1705). A Collection of English Proverbs. p. 153, 1678. Having good health […]
Restoring Accountability in Medical Practice by Non Participation in Government Programs and Understanding the Devastating Force of Government
Medicine and Liberty – Network of Liberty Oriented Doctors, MedLib.ch/, Alphonse Crespo, MD, Executive Director and Founder Medicine & Liberty (MedLib) is an independent physician network founded in 2007, dedicated to the study and advocacy of liberty, ethics & market in medical services. – We support professional autonomy for doctors and liberty of choice for […]
How to make Health Care Less Costly
Victor R. Fuchs, PhD of the Stanford Institute for Economic policy Research suggest we should begin by replacing Employment Based Insurance. Among the most important domestic policy problems in the United States is the high cost of health care, which is estimated at $10 000 per person per year and is at least 50% more than […]
Is Direct Primary Care a Game Changer?
by Rita Rubin, MA May 22/29, 2018 Article Information: JAMA. 2018;319(20):2064-2066.3173 Denver family practice physician Lisa Davidson, DO, ran a fee-for-service practice for 8 years, her only staff a physician assistant who was also a social worker. By 2011, her practice had grown to 6000 patients, and her rent was about to soar. Davidson had had enough. “I […]