What would we do without the continuing surge of epidemic research?
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My rant for the week is on the absolute garbage about the need for equity to fight mythical systemic racism in health care.
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Actually some pretty interesting research this morning.
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This week's breakthrough events continue to show a predominance of vaxed ones.
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Due to odd pandemic spending patterns, health care spending and price growth is below general growth in those categories.
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TimeDoc Health obtains $48.5 million in new financing for its software product that supposedly simplifies administrative work for physicians and provides care coordination support. Only the 100th product in the market like this, but I am sure it has some truly distinguishing features.
https://medcitynews.com/2022/03/timedoc-health-raises-48-5m-in-bid-to-reduce-admin-burden-for-physicians-and-assist-with-care-coordination/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=207577144&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_59YBGFkij2zDfNVj6hwZcd5fzcf3ne3k77sO01gfGswpJXGNIF8Nws9wg-Is_IQGR5SYiVT5woyNh1vDmnUEx1EmmtRsSLzJY6-P93HdhcfpTss4&utm_content=207577144&utm_source=hs_emailIn what has to be one of the strangest deals yet, large dialysis provider Fresenius is merging with two over-hyped and over-valued "digital health" companies oriented to kidney care--Interwell, which has a network of specialists and Cricket Health which supposedly does patient engagement. This apparently will make the conglomeration more attractive to payers and patients. This mess is valued at $2.3 billion.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/three-kidney-care-providers-fresenius-health-partners-cricket-health-and-interwell-healthMore research summaries, heavy on vaccines and the effect of prior infections.
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Higher prices for health care aren't associated with better quality.
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An updated look at the year-over-year charts, from which some interesting facts can be gleaned.
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An updated look at week-over-week cases and change in cases shows very low current activity.
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A pictorial look at comparative vax and unvaxed cases, but serious questions about the data.
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A few more research gems, okay maybe not gems, but supposedly research.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.