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Wake Forest Baptist To Overhaul Operating Model, Strategy

Catherine Carlock | The Business Journal | April 16, 2012

Facing a possible gap between operating revenue and expenses of up to 20 percent by 2015, Winston-Salem-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will soon take steps to overhaul its cost structure, operations and overall strategy as part of a continued effort to provide value-based, accountable care, according to a statement. Read More »

What Is Great About OuiShare And In The Rest Of Europe

Lorenzo Mannello | Maker Faire Rome | April 29, 2013

Early May is all about sharing: in Paris there is OuiShare Fest, an event for creative minds, makers and fabbers from all around Europe (and not only). In addition to professional meetings, there are events for people who are simply curious and wish to hear all the latest news and share an interest in the new industrial revolution. Read More »

What The US Can Learn From Africa’s Booming Economy

Imara Jones | Yes Magazine | July 24, 2013

Seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies are in Africa. Behind that is a surge in healthy young people and an emphasis on local markets. Read More »

What's The Role Of A Hospital In 10 Years?

Dave Chase | Forbes | July 24, 2013

Dr. Eric Topol was named #1 Most Influential Physician Executive in Healthcare of 2012 by Modern Healthcare so his views are closely watched. In addition to his role as a cardiologist, geneticist and author of the Creative Destruction of Medicine, he’s also the Editor-in-Chief of Medscape (WebMD’s leading physician offering). Read More »

White House Expands Guidance On Promoting Open Data

Charles S. Clark | Nextgov | August 19, 2013

White House officials have announced expanded technical guidance to help agencies make more data accessible to the public in machine-readable formats. Read More »

Who Broke America’s Jobs Machine?

Barry C. Lynn and Phillip Longman | Washington Monthly | March 4, 2010

If any single number captures the state of the American economy over the last decade, it is zero. That was the net gain in jobs between 1999 and 2009—nada, nil, zip. By painful contrast, from the 1940s through the 1990s, recessions came and went, but no decade ended without at least a 20 percent increase in the number of jobs. Read More »

Who Needs Money Anyway? Towards Resilience, Sustainability, And A Healthier Means Of Exchange

Ken Banks | National Geographic | June 26, 2013

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong... Read More »

Why Americans Need Bloomberg's Big Gulp Ban

Shannon Brownlee | New America Foundation | June 4, 2012

Last week, New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan to ban sales of sugary beverages larger than 16 ounces...That means that the city’s 20,000 restaurants, coffee shops, food carts, movie theaters, and stadiums will no longer be able to sell empty calories in supersize portions.

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Why Healthcare Is A Boon For Private Equity

Kiran Raj Pandey | KevinMD.com | October 25, 2012

Here’s why: first, there is no real linkage between demand and supply with healthcare. In ordinary market economics, demand and supply tend to have an inverse relationship  with each other. Not so with health care; since nobody can really predict the need for a certain health service. And when you do need it, there isn’t really the time to shop around. So the demand and supply can’t really be moderated based on each other.

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Willetts 'Should Have Done Open-Access Homework'

Paul Jump | Times Higher Education (THE) | February 14, 2013

Ministers should avoid making policy "on the basis of their summer reading lists", a senior sector figure has cautioned. Read More »