July 2013 | Issue No. 3 |
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Featured ArticlesWharton Healthcare Management Alumni Association Chooses First-Year MBA for Its Kissick/Alumni $15,000 ScholarshipDrugs for Rare Diseases: Ravicti for Urea Cycle Disorders as a Study Case.I’m Not Sick; Does That Mean I’m Healthy?mHealth Technology: Design and Development of Mobile Integrated TherapiesPart 1: From Patient to Partner - Engaging Patients in the Paradigm Shift to Population Health ManagementAn Eye-Catching Vision: Patients and the Cost of Advanced TechnologyHindsight Is 20/20: Need Stronger Specs and You’re Only 50? Could Be Cataracts.Six Steps for Surviving the Perfect Storm in Healthcare.Part 1 - White-Bagging: White Knight or Villain?Wharton Around the Globe: Healthy Living - Introducing Prevention into Health PolicyIn Upcoming IssuesMaking It Happen: An Interview with UCSF’s Stephanie Marrus, Director of the Entrepreneurship CenterFrom Patient to Partner – Part 2
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Editor's Letter
I’ll be brief because this quarter’s edition is chock full of content which spans the spectrum of problems and opportunities in the healthcare arena, both in the U.S. and around the globe. Without planning a theme-based issue, it seems a pattern has developed nonetheless. Our contributors advance our knowledge and provide solutions in a recurring refrain around:
We also gain insights from outgoing WHCMAA president, Jay Mohr WG’91, in the Philosopher’s Corner and learn about the Board’s goals from incoming WHCMAA president, Jeff Voigt WG’85. The President's Desk
Open WideColumn editor Harris Contos, DMD, WG’80 asks, “Has dentistry failed the American people?” The Philosopher's CornerThis eclectic standing column features insightful musings, words of wisdom, life lessons, and stepping stones to business success. Wharton Healthcare Management Alumni Association Chooses First-Year MBA for Its Kissick/Alumni $15,000 ScholarshipDr. William Lee Kissick, age 81, died peacefully in Denver on June 30. He was one of two physicians who drafted the Medicare Act and the George Seckel Pepper Professor of Medicine Drugs For Rare Diseases: Ravicti for Urea Cycle Disorders as a Case StudyHyperion Therapeutics, Inc. is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing science and developing treatments for orphan and liver diseases. RAVICTI (TM) is the I’m Not Sick; Does That Mean I’m Healthy?Tracy Thompson and New York Times best-selling author Dallas Hartwig (It Starts with Food) outline a proactive model of care in which physicians and “health mentors” forge an alliance to Contributors: Dallas Hartwig and Tracy Thompson mHealth Technology: Design and Development of Mobile Integrated TherapiesIn this overview discussion of mHealth technology, learn about the promise mobile integrated therapies
hold for patient self-management and support to physicians beyond the four walls of healthcare. Read more. Part 1: From Patient to Partner - Engaging Patients in the Paradigm Shift to Population Health Management This is the first in a series of three articles about engaging patients in population health management, exploring the ways in which providers can foster collaboration with patients in An Eye-Catching Vision: Patients and the Cost of Advanced TechnologyThe Executive Medical Director of LasikPlus Laser Vision Centers and Visium Eye Institute discusses challenges and potential access issues relative to new technology in cataract surgery in the face of falling Medicare reimbursement. Read more. Contributor: Sanjay “Sonny” D. Goel, MD Hindsight Is 20/20: Need Stronger Specs and You’re Only 50? Could Be Cataracts.A teaching moment for patients about the necessity of self-advocacy and for physicians regarding the need for a whole-person perspective is shared in this story of a lesson learned the hard way Contributor: Faye Rivkin Six Steps for Surviving the Perfect Storm in HealthcareLearn about 6 elements grounded in positive psychology which studies show are key for transforming conflict into collaboration and for building high-functioning hospitals. Contributor: Tom Muha, Ph.D Part 1 - White-Bagging: White Knight or Villain?Discover how things aren’t always what they initially seem to be in this discussion of some of the potential unintended consequences of “white-bagging” in the world of specialty pharmacy. Contributor: Abigail Jenkins Wharton Around the Globe: Healthy Living - Introducing Prevention into Health PolicyIn Part 2 of this series from Gary Phillips, C'87, WG'91, M'92, RES'97, (who was recently |