Long Tail (lông tāl)
New business phenomenon in which low distribution and storage cost enable significant profits to be realized by selling small volumes of niche items instead of large numbers of popular items.
The potential for online retailers to make more money than their bricks and mortar counterparts because there is virtually unlimited “shelf [...]
Provider (prə-vī’dər) n.
1. One who supplies a means of subsistence.
2. One that makes something, such as a service, available.
This is part 2 of a 4 part interview series (see previous here) in anticipation of the upcoming Health 2.0 Conference. This second interview is with David S. Sobel, MD, MPH physician extraordinaire from Kaiser
Bio:
David S. [...]
Medical Network (mĕd’ĭ-kəl nĕt’wûrk‘ 
1. A group of health care providers who have organized themselves to provide care
2. Provider organizations who voluntarily group together and are utilized by insurance companies to seek discounted pricing in exchange for additional volume of patients for the provider.
I am pleased to comment on the “grand opening” of [...]
Overtreated (ō’vər trēt ĭd) n.
The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something.
Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy
The substance or remedy so applied.
Over the holidays, I was able to read a raft of some of [...]
Dyscoordinated (dĭs-kō-ôr‘dn-āt‘ĭd) n.
To purposefully prevent harmoniously working together
To purposefully prevent pleasing combinations; or matches of form and function
To purposefully prevent harmony of common actions or efforts
In addition to doing a little Health 2.0 Experiment in my last post, I have to followup with the actual delivery and payment of the service as well. I [...]
Reality Check (rē-ăl’ĭ-tē chĕk) n.
1. An assessment to determine if one’s circumstances or expectations conform to reality.
2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software.
3. Conversationally, saying “sanity check” means you are requesting a check of your assumptions.
My wife recently notified me that one of my sons was going to need [...]
Hasta La Vista (äs′tä lä vēs′tä) n.
1. Spanish for “See you later” or “So Long”
2. Healthcare for the provision of “Employer Based Insurance”
I can distinctly recall the moment I first heard these now famous words in the 1991 Summer Blockbuster, Terminator II. John Conner was trying to teach the outdated Terminator how to get hip [...]
Confusion (kən-fyū‘zhən) n.
Impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person;
The act of confusing or the state of being confused; an instance of being confused
A disturbed mental state.
There have been several recent articles over the past week regarding Pay for Performance (P4P). I have previously been critical of the current incantation of P4P as it [...]
Quality (kwŏl’ĭ-tē) n.
1. An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property 2. Essential character; nature 3. Degree or grade of excellence
I recently had the privilege to be in San Angelo, Texas. While there, I had the occasion to eat at a famous local eatery called Mr. T’s. The restaurant has been in continuous operation since the [...]
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