Surgicenter Blog

Lack of Standardization Makes Healthcare’s Supply Chain Immature and Expensive, Survey Indicates

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:03:34 PDT

A survey conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas reveals that the American healthcare supply chain is an immature and expensive system with significant barriers to efficiency. Specifically, stakeholders – manufacturers, distributors, group purchasing organizations and providers such as hospitals, surgical centers and long-term care facilities – lack accurate information because they have not implemented universal standards for data, ...

Survey Points to Some Resistance to Healthcare Reform Among Physicians

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:22:18 PDT

Results of a Mayo Clinic survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that while physicians are open to being involved in healthcare reform discussions, some opposition may exist.The results appear in the Sept. 14, 2009, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine and are the result of a national survey of nearly 1,000 U.S. physicians conducted ...

New Poll Says Physicians Support Public Option in Healthcare Reform

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:31:17 PDT

NPR is reporting today on a new poll indicating that physicians are among the biggest supporters of the public option of healthcare reform because they have had mostly positive experiences with the Medicare program. A survey of 2,000-plus doctors conducted by Drs. Salomeh Keyhani and Alex Federman of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York shows that almost three-quarters ...