Category: Miscellaneous

Do you need a gift for that special someone? Are you interested in being one of the first to own a rare, handcrafted necklace? If so, Lisa Jacobson (my girlfriend) has some amazing pieces you should check out. On her Elle Jae website (click here), you can view and purchase her latest cutting-edge designs. Take…

Robert Laszewski is the president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates.  According to their website, the company is: “A policy and market place consulting firm specializing in assisting its clients through the significant health policy and market change afoot.  Clients include health insurance companies, casualty insurance companies, HMOs, Blue Cross organizations, hospitals, and physician groups.”…

While I was in New York I saw the Bodies exhibition.  The exhibition gives a complete tour of the human anatomy using real human specimens.  While most information provided in the exhibit could be found in an anatomy textbook, it is very revealing to see how the body operates first-hand.  The exhibit not only looks…

Knowledge is power. Medical care is a product in which individuals offer patients compensate doctors according to their expertise in the health care field. One way to help sick individuals—especially in developing countries—is to increase their own knowledge of the illnesses which afflict them. One organization working to spread health care knowledge is Global-HELP. The…

Here are some inspirational quotations for some motivation at the beginning of your week. “The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.” —Lee Iacocca “Success comes to the person who does today what you were thinking about doing tomorrow.” —Unknown

Here’s an article from The Onion which will bring some levity to your Friday. “According to The Economist…“

Marshall Jevon’s ‘The Bayesian Heresy’ blog ranked Healthcare Economist as the #2 Specialized Economics blog of 2006. Check out Mr. Jevon’s other blog favorites of 2006 here.

I would like to thank all my loyal readers for a great year. In just over 11 months, the Healthcare Economist blog has greatly expanded and now attracts over 500 visits (and over 2000 hits) per day. People from all over the world read this blog. The national readership list includes the following countries: Albania,…

The Economist magazine has posted its Books of the year list for 2006.

A touching and compelling story about tuberculosis in the United States can be found in last Sunday’s Washington Post (“Quarantined“).  The mother of the author spent 114 days in the Glenn Dale Hospital, which during the 1950s functioned as a sanatorium for people with TB. The article states that 2 million people die from tuberculosis…