Sawyer — новый робот-помощник от Rethink Robotics (+ видео)
上周，Rethink Robotics 首席执行官 Rodney Brooks 宣布开发出新的 Baxter 模型。但事实证明这并不完全正确。事实上，该公司还为人们制造了另一款机器人助手，与Baxter类似，但它更小、更快、更强、动作更准确，它的名字叫Sawyer。
Based on interviews with more than 90 executives, this research paper examines how organizations can step up their analytics game by rethinking their organizational culture. Readers will learn how leading companies have improved their decision making with analytics, as well as actions they can take
A reader’s response on Census survey changes
Responding to Aaron’s post about changes to the Census’ survey methodology that will make it difficult to measure the impact of the ACA, Genevieve Kenney wrote me to remind us that there are many other good survey sources: I know you are thinking about what might be lost/gained as the CPS [Current P
On The Record (with daily recap)
Kaiser: Drew Altman looks at what’s in store during 2012 Today in TIE: Don wonders who owns the MMSE and points out some good resources that can help you think about causation, while Aaron has two posts on paying for things that work: one focused on the macro level, and another on the doctor/patient
On The Record (with daily recap)
CBO: Some Context for Thinking About Deficit Reduction: Soc Sec and Health Care CBO: Some Context for Thinking About Deficit Reduction: Other Spending RWJF: Lessons Learned: A Community’s Approach to Reducing Readmissions RWJF: The Role of Exchanges in Quality Improvement Today in TIE: Reflex, Austi
On The Record (with daily recap)
CDC: Winnable battles, Tobacco Use (many links) Bloomberg law: New & improved SCOTUS blog OMB: Ltr from Jacob Lew to Harry Reid on FEMA/continuing budget resolution AEI: The benefits and limitations of Income Tax reform CBO: Some context for thinking about deficit reduction, federal revenues House B
I’m not the only one who thinks the doc fix ain’t deficit reducing material
仍然对我的断言，即修复SGR并不是真正减少赤字。 David Nanther, in a very amusing Politico piece on how the super committee might lower health care spending, agrees with me: OPTION: Fix the Medicare physician payment formula What it does: Rewrites the current Sustainable Growth Rate formula, which has an enormous […]The po
What’s the best model for a remade Medicare?
这是新的一天，所以我在埃兹拉·克莱因（Ezra Klein）的博客上有一篇新帖子，我和亚伦（Aaron）整个星期都在张贴尾巴。尽管您会首先在那里看到它，但就在这里。回应我有关共和党的Medicare代金券计划和雇主赞助的报道Igor Volsky的帖子（在刚刚重新设计的ThinkProgress […]帖子中，Remade Medicare的最佳模型是什么？
2011 Medicare Advantage premiums: methinks this isn’t the full story
来自罗伯特·皮尔（Robert Pear），今天的《纽约时报：奥巴马政府》（Obama Administration）周二宣布，个人为私人医疗保险优势计划支付的平均保费，该计划确保了大约四分之一的受益人，但明年保险公司也会略有下降，即使保险公司也提供了《新医疗保健法》所要求的额外福利。 […]关于Medicare的公告是[…] 2011 Post Medicare Advantage Prems：Methinks这不是首次出现在偶然经济学家上的完整故事。
You’d think we were all popping pills like crazy
But you’d be wrong: More than a quarter of Americans who take prescription drugs have skipped doses, split pills or cut other corners to save money in the last year, according to a new study by Consumer Reports… This telephone survey, of 1,154 adults who currently take at least one prescription drug
Administrative vs. Competitive Health Care Pricing
行政与竞争机制构成了医疗保健定价的基本二分法。对于前者来说，Think Medicare在很大程度上通过政治/行政程序设定了价格。对于后者，认为通过保险公司提供的谈判设定价格的私人非私人市场。在《美国托管护理杂志》（American Managed Care Journal）的最新论文中，萨比克（Sabik），[…]邮政行政和竞争性医疗保健定价首次出现在附带经济学家上。
Cost-containment shoudn't be wishful thinking
埃兹拉（Ezra）采访了著名的亲卫生经济学家乔恩·格鲁伯（Jon Gruber）。首先，我要说我对他们两个都有很大的尊重。严重地。 That said, I think Ezra pulls out a weak argument at the end: One of my frustrations with the cost-control discussion is that people set this up like a choice […]The post Cost-containment shoudn't be wishful thinking first appeared on
