tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post5694837565018168715..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: How the Fallacy of the "Perfect" Health Care Market Undermined Professionalism and Caused Health Care Dysfunction - in the New York TimesRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-26821903503716917542010-08-19T17:14:13.292-04:002010-08-19T17:14:13.292-04:00Superb blog post and blog. I'll be back.Superb blog post and blog. I'll be back.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-31725421553713235122010-08-19T15:53:20.669-04:002010-08-19T15:53:20.669-04:00The commentary around uncertainty and information ...The commentary around uncertainty and information asymmetry is most compelling for me because it highlights just how poorly the consumer model works for delivery of health care. When patients don't know what health services they may need in advance, they cannot be intelligent consumers buying the "right amount" of health insurance. Likewise, when the health care providers cannot Wellescent Health Bloghttp://wellescent.com/health_blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-6794801628363077462010-08-19T08:46:10.468-04:002010-08-19T08:46:10.468-04:00Amen Roy. The carpet baggers must be sent elsewhe...Amen Roy. The carpet baggers must be sent elsewhere. Take the big money out of medicine and the problem we see today will fade.Shot in the Heartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-14024860272373099902010-08-18T18:46:54.598-04:002010-08-18T18:46:54.598-04:00In the market for electronic products, for example...<i>In the market for electronic products, for example, the consequences appear to be regarded as trivial. A customer may be seduced into purchasing an excessively complex and expensive product, but society takes no action on this front. </i><br /><br />Unfortunately, this appears to be the case regarding the experimental electronic device known as the "commercial EMR", even though theseInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-90043816527668230342010-08-18T17:51:58.849-04:002010-08-18T17:51:58.849-04:00I would like to add the concept of velocity and ma...I would like to add the concept of velocity and mass. Velocity being the rate of change from a nonprofit service to a for-profit at all cost concept. Mass being the number of market participants engaging in the for-profit model, regardless of corporate structure or title.<br /><br />The tipping point would be when the number of market participants is able to dictate, simply through their actions,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com