Comments on: Top 4 Healthcare Predictions for 2010

By: Bob Crutchfield

Bob Crutchfield — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:06:39 +0000

Healthcare reform will push the emphasis on appropriate utilization of existing healthcare resources. At its core, this is behavioral change for a $3 trillion industry. Behavioral change will require the alignment of interests between payers, providers, patients and employers. I believe IT solutions will be the engine that allows this alignment to occur through the creation, aggregation, mining and measuring of these metrics that ultimately will demonstrate value and patient outcomes.

By: Sumontro

Sumontro — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:04:27 +0000

There is nothing wrong with expanding into new markets. I believe that pharmaceuticals and biotechnology need to be competitive in the rising markets of China and India. And this will help take care of America because it can help reduce prices across the board due to access to more customers. My question is how are the brand name pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies going to fill the gap in the pipeline quickly?

By: Mike May

Mike May — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:37:30 +0000

Regarding IT and healthcare, many factors make this a desirable but complicated marriage. Clearly, healthcare would benefit from improved use of IT, but economic and sociological issues must be resolved. Many hospitals continue to use hand-written and electronic records, many medical devices are not designed for easy incorporation into IT, and two articles in this week’s JAMIA indicate that physicians remain concerned about privacy with electronic health records. These obstacles will take time, education, and funding to turn healthcare into a modern user of IT.

By: ronaldsommer

ronaldsommer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:46:09 +0000

I am concerned that we are getting into an area where we should not be.Our huge pharms companys are acting like the other companies in our country ship every ting overseas,bring it back and sell at a less fair market value,we all know what has happened in China try and buy made in the USA,you have to search long and hard and in most cases cannot find products made in the USA>this goes back to where we are unless we start hiring back people we will never see a economy solvent.I guess I beleive in made in the USA as this is what our forefathers fought so hard for so lets refain from global competion and take care of our nation first?