Consumer Technology

Insourcing and outsourcing at the speed of lightIn the home consumer electronics business, progress is moving at the speed of light. Take digital cameras for instance. In 2006, only 20 percent had resolutions of 7 megapixils or more. By 2007, 70 percent of the cameras performed at this level, and that occurred without price increases. During that […]

An Alternative Plan

Some closing thoughts about Families USA Health Action 2008 A wonderful meeting (Full disclosure: They brought me in to blog my impressions.), The Families USA conference that ended Saturday brought together some impressive Congressional politicians – Nancy Pelosi, Tom Daschle, Ken Salazar, Blanche Lincoln – and true health care experts – Don Berwick, Tony Fauci […]

Four Big Trends

Far-reaching changes are coming, in both policy and the marketplace Several events and trends emerged over the last year that will reverberate throughout the health care marketplace in 2008 and going forward. While none of these dominated the trade press like some other issues – electronic and personal health records, RHIOs, the evolving labor shortage, […]

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