tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958880090596233405.post589518320962551011..comments2023-12-26T11:12:19.407-05:00Comments on From a Different Perspective...: Waiting For the Next WaveKim Bellardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491479485371241260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958880090596233405.post-37656942611811553252015-08-02T12:16:23.090-04:002015-08-02T12:16:23.090-04:00Kim Ballard, insightful, spot-on post. For those ...Kim Ballard, insightful, spot-on post. For those of us who have spent a lifetime in healthcare and who have witnessed or experienced various levels of pushback when we offered up new ways of thinking about issues or processes, this post was, unfortunately, a blinding flash of the obvious. But it needed to be said, and it deserves repeating over and over again. Not much commercial value in that type of repetitious blog, but I think you get the point. While there are sparks of innovation in technology that could change the rules of the game, such as Elizabeth Holmes and her exciting creation, Theranos, mostly it is more of the same -- the business equivalent of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. If the Holy Grail of health care is to realize lower costs, higher quality and improved patient satisfaction, name the last merger or "consolidation" that accomplished that. In my 38 years, I have seen more than my share of entrepreneurs and risk-takers extraordinaire but because the commercial and Medicare reimbursement system controls the rules and structure of the game, most of what you have in healthcare is just adept adapters. The "adapter model" will not solve our growing problems with our high costs or mediocre quality (the number of preventable deaths in hospitals is staggering). Those providers who get too far out front get punished, not by the market, but the system.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934984134218382445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958880090596233405.post-2976744139600786112015-08-02T10:54:46.070-04:002015-08-02T10:54:46.070-04:00Great Post! Thanks for the insights and context! M...Great Post! Thanks for the insights and context! Must read for many in #hcmktg to considerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362420565876571445noreply@blogger.com