My steady progress
I went to my neurologist this week and he compared his notes from my first visit in October to updated tests he performed and his eyes gleamed over and over. Good progress. Come back and see me end of January. I went to my speech therapist (more cognitive thinking than speech – she gave me [...]
Scary Technology (#1) – Tech that should irk you
Halloween is just around the corner and there’s some scary technology out there. In this first of three posts, see how insidious some of this activity really is………
Update on Vinnie Mirchandani, @dealarchitect
If you’re on Twitter and even remotely interested in Enterprise Software, chances are you saw disturbing news yesterday, about our friend @dealarchitect being taken to hospital yesterday, right in the middle of a speaking engagement. Lack of information is always scary – from what we heard, it appeared that Vinnie collapsed, was rushed to hospital, [...]
UK health service abandons massive IT centralization plan
The UK Department of Health (NHS) announced plans to scrap a single, nationwide health IT system, signaling an end to the “greatest IT disaster in history.”
Should We Take a Global Sourcing Approach to Meeting the Need for Doctors?
One of the major challenges of insuring the millions of US Citizens who don’t currently have health coverage will be paying for it, which we discussed earlier this week. Another challenge will be having enough doctors and nurses — not to mention other patient-facing medical professionals — to meet demand. A recent WSJ article on [...]
Fast Food’s Commodity Inflation Conundrum: Raise Prices vs. “Where’s the Beef?”
With commodity price inflation forecast to hit food commodities ranging from hogs to ground beef, the restaurant business may soon find itself faced with the dilemma of either raising prices or skimping on portions. A recent WSJ article that I came across highlights the particular challenge the fast food business faces. The story begins by [...]
Risk Pools and Healthcare Reform
The fundamental challenge the health insurance, or any insurance business for that matter, faces is how to blend risk pools so that the customers who consume few services pay for those who consume many services.
In other words, my premiums will go down because healthy young people who currently get by without insurance will [...]
Health Reform: Taking the Wrong Risks
This week the NY Times explores how failing to pass health reform will have an impact on innovation — and archetypal Silicon Valley startups. In the cradle of American innovation, workers are making career choices based on co-payments, pre-existing conditions and other minutiae of health insurance. They are not necessarily making decisions based on what [...]
Our friend Don
Don Bowen, The Wizard of Identity Management, was a wonderful man and a true friend of RedMonk. I am still finding it hard to believe that he won’t pop up on skype for a chat any more.
As you probably know, I am not a religious man but I have to say thanks to God for [...]
The Expected Effects of the Public Option and Mandated Coverage on Health Insurance Premiums and Total Medical Expenditures
This is a paper I wrote for my Health Economics class. I originally shared it on Google Docs, but due to popular demand (well, from one person anyway 
I’m cross-posting it here. Comments welcome. The Expected Effects of the…
