I just read an article on the Economist summarizing a study conducted by scientists from Clemson and Yale that details strategies for vaccinating large populations. This new research disputes the long held notion that protecting the individual is the best way to combat a virus. An idea that goes against the current practice of vaccinating those [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 26th, 2009 @ 12:51 pm
Tagged with: advice, CDC, children, doctors, Economist.com, flu vaccine, H1N1, research, Spanish Flu, strategy
An article in Time points to a pilot healthcare program called Prometheus that seeks to cut costs by putting doctors on a budget. Set to launch in January of 2010, the radical model will be used to calculate insurance coverage for 80,000 workers in Rockford, Illinois, attempting to reverse the existing incentive-based system that drives [...]
Filed under: Business, Healthcare, News on July 7th, 2009 @ 6:11 pm
Tagged with: budget, cutting costs, doctors, efficiency, healthcare, innovation, insurance, patient care, prometheus
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.