Category: direct secure message (DSM)

Right Place, Right Time, Right Patient. Right Provider?

Holly Hosford-Dunn 1 Comment Accountable Care Organization (ACO) / Affordable Care Act / Audiology / Classical Economics / Demand / Direct Project / direct secure message (DSM) / Economics / Electronic Medical Record / EMR / FDA / Government Regulation / Health Information Exchange / Health insurance / Hearing healthcare / market growth / Regulated hearing healthcare / Retail / Selling a Practice / Social Policy / Tom J Northey / Utility

Tom J. Northey gives us the second half of his ACO  and Audiology post today.  In his current forecast of what’s ahead for Audiologists in the changing healthcare market place, he’s introduced us to the ACO (accountable care organization) model, electronic medical records (EMR), and health information exchanges (HIE).   It’s time to take those acronyms…

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http://archive.freep.com/article/20140107/BUSINESS06/301070113/aco-ace-michigan-name-change

Does ACO Spell Audiology?

Holly Hosford-Dunn 2 Comments Accountable Care Organization (ACO) / Affordable Care Act / Anti Trust Legislation / Audiology / Competitive Market / Demand / Direct Project / direct secure message (DSM) / Economic Cost / Economic Sectors / Economics / Electronic Medical Record / EMR / Essential Health Benefit (EHB) / Government Regulation / Health Information Exchange / Health insurance / Hearing healthcare / market growth / NAICS / Opportunity Cost / Politics of Healthcare / Regulated hearing healthcare / Retail / Sector 44-Retail Trade / Social Policy / State Benchmark Health Plan / Supply Side / Supply Side Shocks / Tom J Northey

Tom J. Northey is this week’s guest contributor.  In July, Hearing Economics did a multi-part series going back in time to 2000, when Mr. Northey wrote a seminal article forecasting our profession’s future choices and coining that popular phrase “Audiology Economics.” Lucky for Hearing Economics, the series caught Mr. Northey’s attention.  Though he left the field of…

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