All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Healthcare Services

Primary care access will be a growing need, with or without "healthcare reform" as is currently understood--extending coverage or re-arranging financing. Without better primary care of chronic conditions and preventive services, procedural and "rescue" costs will drive US care expenditures. There are...

The requirements of "market forces" or better free market enterprize as defined by Adam Smith has long been obliterated from American Health care. In the absence the of the  free market and daily attack on the Golden rule. one cannot rely on increased demand ultimately dictating more supply. American...

Health plans have merely followed the payment (reimbursement) profile created in the 1940's by the trade unions of hospitals and physicians who were dominated by specialists and special interests. Only primary care physicians have had a real drop in real income in the last 7 years while specialists...

This article summarizes the key problems:  Patient abundence, physician shortages and poor reimbursement for services provided.  Commonly the under insured are sicker and utilize more resources and time to get organized and managed.

Somewhat surprisingly, e-pedigree for wholesalers has emerged as a campaign topic for a major presidential candidate.  The regulatory “rules of the game” will be more important than ever for the marketplace success of drug wholesalers.

The difficulty with the concept of health insurance as it now exists in this country is that it really isn't health insurance. Rather it is an amalgam of prepaid health care and catastrophic insurance. Providing coverage will not protect the system from becoming bankrupt and will not graduate more doctors...

Improving patient access to health care is needed. In Massachusetts, the supply and demand curve in primary care has changed.  How quickly can market forces recover?

Two current trends have implications for the market for primary care physicians: (1) the rise of consumer-directed health care (CDHC), and (2) recent state and federal health reform laws aimed at increasing access to care. The impact of CDHC is ambiguous: these plans offer plenty of choice, but utilization...

-State, or federally-funded universal insurance willl continue to exist in a vacuum until it is coupled with fixes for other illls of the health care system.  These fixes might include tort reform, or subsidized malpractice coverage for physician practices. -Universal health...

Legible prescriptions are important because misread handwriting can lead to drug erors and possible fatal outcomes. In pain management,  illegible prescriptions could also possible allow  patients to alter doses/numbers and place both physicians and themselves at jeopardy, as well...