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Apr 01 2020

Social Distancing and the Virus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new study casts doubt on the efficacy of current social distancing efforts to prevent virus spread.
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Mar 31 2020

Are There Historical Analogues to the Current Coronavirus Epidemic?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Past epidemics haven't been handled like this.
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Mar 31 2020

We Need Widespread Antibody Testing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Antibody testing could allow for easing of shutdown measures and would give comfort to health care workers and first responders.
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Mar 31 2020

A Recapitulation of My Purpose in Writing About Coronavirus Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Sometimes you just gotta speak up, and we all should, whatever our perspective.
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Mar 31 2020

Digital Health Adoption

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from Accenture finds that digital health adoption is stalling.
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Mar 30 2020

Trying to Make Sense of Coronavirus numbers.

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some updated coronavirus numbers may or may not give us some sense of likely outcomes or trends.
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Mar 30 2020

The Tyranny of Experts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The response to the coronavirus epidemic is revealing the flaw of relying too much on experts in any one field.
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Mar 30 2020

Some Useful New Thoughts on Death Rates and Other Matters

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few new items that may help you better understand issues related the epidemic.
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Mar 30 2020

Is This Any Way to Run a Democracy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The process by which decisions are being made in regard to the coronavirus crisis is antithetical to democracy.
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Mar 30 2020

Dr. Fauci’s Comments Yesterday

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Dr. Fauci gives his view on where we are headed.
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Mar 29 2020

What We Have Learned About Coronavirus and Common Misconceptions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few thoughts on learnings about coronavirus to date and some suggestions on how to think carefully about the problem.
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Mar 29 2020

More Coronavirus Information and Perspective

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Additional thoughts on thinking through coronavirus issues.
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Mar 29 2020

Some More Coronavirus Information and Thoughts

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Here is some hopefully helpful information on coronavirus.
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Mar 27 2020

Predictive Scoring for Cancer Cases

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A scoring system appears to work well for predicting likely death from head and neck cancer, aiding care choices.
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Mar 26 2020

More Coronavirus Nonsense

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
States are continuing to take steps that are completely unjustified by any rational weighing of benefits and harms.
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

Headlines

InStride Health hit the ground running, well maybe walking, as it raised $30 million in additional capital for its pediatric mental health business.  Children’s mental health would be just fine...
June 17, 2026
GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026

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About This Blog

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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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