Should robots pay taxes?
Andrew Yang is a democrat contender for president of the United States. He has expressed concern about a ‘jobless future’ as Martin Ford puts it… Read More »Should robots pay taxes?
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Pain
Pain is, well, a pain. It is the one thing we all have direct experience of, and can communicate to others, but which defies direct… Read More »Pain
Positioning drugs in markets: how payers determine value
The relevance of value in establishing the positioning of medicines is the new normal for pharmaceutical marketing. Pharmaceutical companies have customers who are highly constrained… Read More »Positioning drugs in markets: how payers determine value
A model for mapping machine learning onto human decision making
The AI agenda is for me all about augmenting human reasoning; what I call cognology (cognitive focus) to distinguish from technology (physical focus). This is… Read More »A model for mapping machine learning onto human decision making
Mixed economy of healthcare is more intelligent than a supertanker
From the UK Guardian: private healthcare providers. The research on comparative performance of for profit and not for profit healthcare providers is well developed, so it… Read More »Mixed economy of healthcare is more intelligent than a supertanker
UK and the EU: Brexit as failed ideology
Dr Tim Oliver posted on the LSE Blog a thoughtful item on the various ways to understand the negotiation structure of Brexit [link to item]… Read More »UK and the EU: Brexit as failed ideology
Intelligent medicines optimisation
A central feature of any high performing healthcare system or organisation includes best practice in medicines use and management. As all aspects of healthcare are… Read More »Intelligent medicines optimisation
Smart anti-counterfeiting: it is all in the system’s design
How can I be sure the medicine I take is genuine? Counterfeit medicines are a global problem, with trade in the billions of dollars. The… Read More »Smart anti-counterfeiting: it is all in the system’s design
Smarter and more Intelligent Healthcare in 2035
The King’s Fund, a UK health charity ran a scenario essay writing competition, and here is the link and of course congratulations to the winner:… Read More »Smarter and more Intelligent Healthcare in 2035
Small might be smarter, think hive mind for innovation
Healthcare systems are often seen as requiring an economy of scale. This in part is a function of how prevalent diseases are, such that in… Read More »Small might be smarter, think hive mind for innovation