The Healthcare Economist has spent the previous two weeks synthesizing a comparative study of health care systems around the world. We often hear about the positives and negatives (depending on one’s agenda) of care delivery in other countries. Below are links to concise and informative summaries for comparative use.

France | Italy | Spain | Japan | Norway | Portugal | Greece | Great Britain | Switzerland | Germany | Canada

Woops.  More to come, I’m sure.

Another reality: we’re not going to have enough nurses.

Just train more? “Last year, we turned away 40,000 qualified applicants to nursing schools. Schools just do not have enough faculty to accommodate growing class sizes accordingly.”

Solutions?

Ideas, ten of them.  Worth exploring.

Shouldn’t it be this way?

Why it’s not in some settings is (not!) understandable, change now or forever hold your peace…

Ohio’s attorney general is pushing for a variety of changes.

…I would study this: if employers paid their employees to work-out (read: cardio and weights) during the work day (like an hour), would the lost productivity be made up by lower health care insurance costs?

With individuals working 70, 80, 90+ hours/week they probably lack the time to get some quality elliptical machine time in (not to mention the need to relieve some stress on the bench press).

If you live in a Super-Tuesday/Super-Duper-Tuesday/Tsunami-Tuesday/(Insert your own super modifier)-Tuesday state, please vote today.

Whether you’re a health care newbie or a vet, go read this. You’ll learn something, probably even more.

On the flipside, are you failing often enough?