our own system
Hi there, I'm Drew Weilage and I'm working to make healthcare better for patients.
This is a blog with links to healthcare goings on, trends, and uncategorized interestingness as well as attempts to filter my own healthcare thinking through essay.
I am greatly aware of my idealistic, naive even, views on a number of topics. But frankly, I think healthcare is in dire need of more of the "what's possible/what could be" type of thinking. I'm greatly protective of my unabashed idealism but always open to reason and discourse about any of it.
This is round two of my blogging life, the first being archived here.
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Must read if you are at all interested in healthcare experience.
Hany Farid has come up with a nice solution to solve that self-esteem problem so many of us face when we see photos of beautiful people in magazines— use a computer algorithm to grade how much photoshop altering was used and mandate that every altered image is labeled with this grade. Level 1 is minute changes and 5 is fabricated fantasy.
This of course won’t solve our country’s self-esteem problem, but it’s an interesting way of raising awareness.
Fast Company: “How to Commit Medicare Fraud in Six Easy Steps”
Scary how easy this is.
Sad but true.
This, more or less, is what I consider to be the largest struggle for the coming shift of sickness to wellness in healthcare institutions:
On the other hand, an organization filled with people who are rewarded for shaking things up and generating game-changing products and services just might discover that outcomes they are dreaming of are in fact what happen. The enthusiasm that comes from believing that this one might just resonate with the market is precisely the ingredient that’s required to make something resonate. (Seth)
Most healthcare organizations are not interested in shaker uppers.
“But that is starting to change.”
When we look at healthcare, what’s wrong with it, and what needs to happen to fix it, we can’t see as clearly how the web, technology, and large networks of engaged users can impact healthcare in a positive way. But that is starting to change.
A VC. Read the comments.
Through a child’s eyes
“It’s like this big thing,” he said, spreading his arms wide. “All you see is hallways and elevators and lots and lots of rooms.”
He’s talking about a hospital. Seems an appropriate representation.
“Those that have been subsidized hate having it end, and even those that will save money don’t really like the truth of their consumption so clearly exposed.”
The very near healthcare future. Said by Seth.
A well-executed commercial for a hard-to-execute idea. I still haven’t come to terms for why hospitals/providers are getting their butts kicked in the “we care about you” game by health insurance companies. Bupa is an Australian insurance company, United Health is doing it well in the U.S.
Always good to remind yourself about all that which impacts health. Hospitals can’t fix transportation problems. Or can they?
