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Those who know me well, know that I have a passion for economics and finance and without fail, I compliantly take my daily dose (nice medical metaphor!) of financial news and bloggers. One of the financial blogs I follow and mostly respect, is called “Naked Capitalism” which is founded and managed by Yves Smith. Well [...]

The role of medical imaging in modern healthcare is without doubt, a vital one as almost every clinical discipline utilizes it to a certain aspect. Economic progress and the rapid proliferation of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension due to poor diet and lack of exercise has resulted in the increasing reliance on medical [...]

Ever since I was a young lad of 17 years age (let’s just say at least 2 decades have passed!) I have been feverishly following the world of politics and economics. No journal or publication has informed and influenced me more than the Economist. Growing up in a small blue-collar Canadian town (Sarnia, Ontario), one [...]

I must say that I am most comfortable with a small handful of good friends; those I can chill with over a cold beer. Thus I was quite surprised to observe myself INITIALLY embrace social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Quickly my “friends” list shot up to a bunch or so, many of [...]

Medical tourism – the practice of traveling to another country for healthcare reasons and enjoying a holiday at the same time is a key economic growth drivers that countries with advanced medical infrastructure and capabilities are looking at developing. Most countries offering medical tourism lure potential customers by offering cost-effective yet quality delivery of complex [...]

Fabulous tool from the folks at GE…bringing good things to life The below image is a snapshot of a new interactive “wheel” tool released by GE to help understand and analyze the cost of delivering healthcare. Please visit the link above to “play” with it. This tool is an interactive wheel where one can select [...]

Governments in emerging markets would be wise to learn from the evolution (or lack thereof…) of the health care delivery systems in the developed countries and understand why systems that consume so much in terms of resources can deliver such highly variable patient care outcomes. This exercise will help emerging market countries position themselves for [...]

“It’s awesome” says my daughter about her recently acquired communication device: the Apple iPhone, and at age 14, she is impressively tech savy. She has been showing me amazing applications such as Shazam in which the iPhone “listens” to music you are playing and tells you the name of the song and the artist…amazing applications [...]

Interesting article in the FT today… not particularly informative nor deep in analysis, but provocative for thought nonetheless. This article describes the recent trend of Big Pharma to partner with or acquire generic drug manufacturers and suggests, at least tangentially that this “may be essential for the industry to arrive at a sustainable new business [...]

Click to go to site I’d never thought I’d see the day. I believe this trend is temporary but should be one of many disruptive influences which forces healthcare systems in developed countries to finally innovate. Tej Deol, M.D.