Hospitalization for exacerbation is often the first occasion for diagnosis of COPD
—in this study. COPD was severe in many of the patients.
Wendell Potter on "Insurers’ Cynical Calculations on the Cost of Doing Business"
On his blog, Wendell Potter, former head of public relations for CIGNA, discussed big health insurance/ managed care organizations′ attitudes toward paying financial penalties for wrong-doing: Having served as head of PR for two of the country’s largest health insurers — CIGNA and Humana — I know from personal experience that such fines are not [...]
Population Health Impact Institute Webinar on Transparency
To the chagrin of the DMCB spouse, looks like her hubby will be housebound today. Trying to be helpful, it pulled some ground meat from the freezer, explaining it’s a high value protein platform that offers maximum dinnertime cost-effective savory/flexibility ratios. Now banished to the office-nerve center of the DMCB World Headquarters, the DMCB has [...]
More arts participation data
The National Endowment for the Arts has released a new research study, Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Arts Participation. Lots and lots of survey data, but, as is typically the case with these NEA studies, very thin on actual analysis. Indeed, the authors more or less admit that they don’t know the answer to the [...]
Call for papers: Information Technology Management in the ‘Cloud’ World
A special issue of International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management Cloud computing, the latest technology for virtualization, has widely been endorsed by organizations to increase their efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance flexibility and adaptability. It is estimated that the worldwide cloud computing spend will reach US$ 148 billion in 2014. While organizations spend [...]
