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US-Canada Health Technologies: 7/26/09 - 8/2/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Thursday, July 30, 2009. It was just announced that the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta have come to an agreement to coordinate their medical supply purchases. Sort of a "Coastal Costco" for the provinces. To work around the provincialization of healthcare in Canada, they created a third-party entity to negotiate volume discounts for the two provinces. When might the other provinces join in? Would this be a good lead to follow for technology?

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US-Canada Health Technologies: Change Has Come

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Monday, September 27, 2010. Parallel. Almost immediately, we re-examined our scope, our mission and even the name. Happily, we are back —bigger, and eager. Please continue to follow GlobalHealthIT as an organization at Globalhealthit.org. And on our blog at. Posted by Lawrence Saltzman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). As the Founder and Executive Director of The International Health IT Association. View my complete profile.

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 6/7/09 - 6/14/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Thursday, June 11, 2009. RECs- What, Who and How? 8226; Applicants identifying viable sources of matching funds, including but not limited to grants from states and not-for-profit foundations, and payment for services from providers. As reported by Helen Pfister of Manatt Health Solutions. For her full write up, see ihealthbeat. Other requirements to;. 8226; Describe proposed levels and approaches of support for providers to be served;. 8226; Demonstrate th...

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 8/30/09 - 9/6/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Wednesday, September 2, 2009. The Seven Myths of Healthcare Technology. 5 One Size Fits All. Myth #5 "Solutions Are Shippable.". Clerks in the US ask "Who's paying? In Canada, they ask, "What's wrong? Software is a device to enable a process. While the goal may be the same everywhere, the process is not. And the software cannot. Posted by Lawrence Saltzman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 7/19/09 - 7/26/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Saturday, July 25, 2009. Some Notes and Then Myth #4, EMRs. In this slow summer, we are working through the Seven Myths of Healthcare Technology. Myth #2 is "Technology Can Do Healthcare." [check it out below] Here's a comment I found out there- The writer certainly seems to have a reason for his anger. But is he completely correct? What do you think? Community College - No Way. And is this an attempt at something "Swiftian? Eat the Elderly" kind of stuff?

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 9/26/10 - 10/3/10

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Monday, September 27, 2010. Parallel. Almost immediately, we re-examined our scope, our mission and even the name. Happily, we are back —bigger, and eager. Please continue to follow GlobalHealthIT as an organization at Globalhealthit.org. And on our blog at. Posted by Lawrence Saltzman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). As the Founder and Executive Director of The International Health IT Association. View my complete profile.

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 6/14/09 - 6/21/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Saturday, June 20, 2009. Separate is Not Equal: Two Tiers in Healthcare. Some people want more than this equal level of care. They would like more additional personal service (private rooms), additional services (collagen treatments) or more speed (appointment now, not Thursday). And so people speak of a “Second Tier.”. Supplement to cover the difference between the core services and the “preferred.” Extra dental? Canada has moved past the issue of healthca...

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 9/13/09 - 9/20/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. The Seven Myths of Healthcare Technology. 6 Health IT is just a product. And as a product, it is subject to the same market drivers and business strategies as any other commodity. Who would build a special version for only a few dozen customers when there is the US market with hundreds of facilities? As to there being so few buyers, shouldn't that be a good thing? What are your thoughts? Is healthcare just a commodity? I grew ...

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US-Canada Health Technologies: 7/5/09 - 7/12/09

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Common border, common issues, common solutions. Thursday, July 9, 2009. Telling Grandma "No.". 8220;creating a national health insurance to cover everyone will probably increase costs, not decrease them, just as feeding the world's hungry three full meals a day would not reduce our grocery bill. Personally, I think instituting universal health care is the humane thing to do, but let's be honest: Somebody will have to pay for it.”. Dr Tom Shragg, The Sacramento Bee, Sunday, July 5, 2009. Dr Shragg describ...