I told you so....

Well it has been a while since my last post... Funny how your brain can go into processing mode while life challenges you to learn more and more...

At any rate, I find it interesting that the tested and true concept of supply and demand continues to play out in the healthcare market place.  If you recall one of my older posts discussing the repercussions of adding millions to the medicare population (demand) while at the same time not increasing the number of doctors (supply) the outcome is destined to be lower quality care...



I was surfing through my google reader content, which by the way has dramatically increased in the last 6 months without any alterations to the feeds I have my account linked to, and came across an article covering how psychiatrists have altered their practice behavior as a result of changes in reimbursement for the care they used to provide to their patients (see http://nyti.ms/hWf13V)...

If you reduce the money funding healthcare while at the same time you don't increase the efficiency of the system by an equivalent or greater amount..., the only logical outcome is lower quality.  Economies are closed systems and our healthcare system has grown to be the leading healthcare influence of the world.  If we don't deal with increasing the efficiency of healthcare operations, mainly hospitals in my opinion, we will cease to be a healthcare leader in the world.

I continue to be hopeful...  and diligent when it comes to the operating efficiencies of our customers.  We are a nation born out of conquest; a nation that not only survives challenges but advances as we conquer them.  I chose the United States as my country and feel confident the future will be brighter than what we are now striving to work through....