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My positions / questions
- If we don't define the problem correctly, we'll get the wrong answer
- example: CPOE—must be at least the med administration cycle
- example: eRx—definition should be prescriber-dispenser unit
- example: health information exchanges—not "stand-alone"
- Sustainability is the question, but it is the system—not any specific component, that is should be modeled
- Are hospitals sustainable?
- Is Medicare sustainable?
- Are health plans (and medical inflation) sustainable?
- the whole can be greater than its parts
- Are established intermediaries really sustainable?
- or did they simply get there first?
- are they merely holding on the the money and control?
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