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[…] my entire post over at the World Health Care […]

Whatever happened to health care organizations developing a strategic plan that allowed them to move in a systematic fashion to address issues? Willy nilly leaps into this and that without considering options and implications of all options has led to chaotic systems that are barely negotiable by the patients whom these systems reportedly serve.
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Like the “Hal 2001″ analogy. Hope we don’t have an Iraq-like government driven vendor feeding trough, where the needs of consumers (patients/caregivers) don’t (again) get trumped or, end up at the bottom of the totem-pole — very expensively, of course. Iraq and Katrina have demonstrated what can happen when the needs of consumers/tax payers are usurped by tech cos. and the conflicted interests with the medical/clinical establishment(s). Thankfully, as consumers (patients/caregivers) assume a peer role beyond paying ever increasing bills or leaving the system altogether due to lack of affordability — in their own healthcare matters — SOME breaks and thought will be added to the mix. It is badly needed. The status quo is a direct result of lack of accountability to the ultimate consumer/tax payers — who are being pressed from all directions to their detriment. — with no end in sight - and no real advocate. GoogleHealth, Yahoo!Health, RevolutionHealth, etc. are to be admired for providing a platform for self-education and utilities/tools to begin the process of consumer education/MANAGEMENT to correlate with the financial pressures and increasingly complex responsibilities consumers must assume.

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