The Healthcare Entrepreneur Blog » cognitive medicine http://blog.vantageclinicalsolutions.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Specialization in health care means more cost to the system http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2009/06/16/specialization-in-health-care-means-more-cost-to-the-system/ http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2009/06/16/specialization-in-health-care-means-more-cost-to-the-system/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:58:00 +0000 Tannus Quatre PT, MBA http://www.vantageclinicalsolutions.com/blog/2009/06/16/specialization-in-health-care-means-more-cost-to-the-system/ It’s the unfortunate reality that while increased specialization of labor in health care can result in better care, it most certainly results in more expensive care.  This is going to be an issue until we find a way to pay more for “brain time” or “cognitive medicine.”

From, the NY Times: Let Doctors Bid for Medicare Business

Researchers have observed that having one additional specialist (per 100,000 people) in
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