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Biological Variation and Assay Performance Standards
I had occasion to read about the suggestion that some fraction (often 50%) of biological variation should play a role in setting assay performance standards. This makes no sense to me. Here’s why. The… more →
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Congressional Budget Office Healthcare Reports of Interest
Editors wrote 1 month ago: Ten [10] Aggregated CBO Reports By Staff Reporters Courtesy of Healthcare Town Hall: Healt … more →
Biological Variation and Assay Performance Standards
jkrouwer wrote 1 month ago: I had occasion to read about the suggestion that some fraction (often 50%) of biological variation s … more →
Going in the wrong direction
jkrouwer wrote 2 months ago: Here are some comments (some paraphrased) and suggestions made on a blog about adapting the Aviation … more →
Measuring things, again
jkrouwer wrote 3 months ago: DB responded to my entry about “Just because it’s not easy to measure …”, which gave me mixed feeli … more →
No free lunches no magic bullets
jkrouwer wrote 4 months ago: At the recent AACC meeting, I went to a CLSI (Clinical And Laboratory Standards Institute) meeting a … more →
Reading the New York Times can be dangerous to your health
jkrouwer wrote 4 months ago: David Leonhardt has a July 7th, 2009 front page article in the New York Times: “In Health Reform, a … more →
What patients want
jkrouwer wrote 5 months ago: DB asked in his blog “When you consider physician quality, what attributes do you consider?” My resp … more →
Pareto charts and running out of money
jkrouwer wrote 6 months ago: In the last blog entry, I said that ranking is not important* within a severity class. For example, … more →
EP18P3 – New Version of laboratory risk management guideline
jkrouwer wrote 6 months ago: EP18 is the CLSI document about risk management. As it is being released there have been some commen … more →
On HIT Cost Savings
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Editors wrote 6 months ago: Real or Imagined Solutions According to David M. Cutler, of the Center for American Progress Fund [C … more →
Response to Dr. Rich about Comparative Effective Research (CER)
jkrouwer wrote 6 months ago: I am happy to respond to Dr. Rich’s blog entry which refers to me. I enjoy reading Dr. Rich’s blog, … more →
About Medlytix.com
Editors wrote 7 months ago: On Patient Payment Behavior Scoring Staff Reporters Medlytix is a healthcare consulting and technolo … more →
Our Valued ME-P Sponsors and Vendors
Editors wrote 8 months ago: Dear ME-P Advocates and Colleagues Many thanks for reaching out to us. Ann Miller; RN, MHA Advertise … more →
The average and the individual – PSA screening and lab statistics
jkrouwer wrote 8 months ago: PSA has been in the news lately as two studies have been completed about the benefits (or lack there … more →
Comparative Effectiveness Research may be coming to a lab near you
jkrouwer wrote 8 months ago: Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to the tune of 1.1 billion dollars is part of the economi … more →
Attention Tipsters and Insiders
Editors wrote 8 months ago: Send in your Submissions By Ann Miller; RN, MHA Executive Director If you have a tip – or insi … more →
Healthcare Economics Stimulus
Editors wrote 10 months ago: The $100-B Question Staff Reporters Reporting in a January 6, 2009 article in Politico, Chris Frates … more →
Healthcare Business Information Review
Editors wrote 1 year ago: Breaking News – “U Can Use” Staff Reporters Mental Health Policy: The Senate adopt … more →
US Election, Canadian Election = Healthcare Change?
jmarcellus wrote 1 year ago: Big day. The election of the next president. And much has been discussed about healthcare, the nee … more →
