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CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... costs, including the U.S. as it debates major health-care overhaul. ~From the article "The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery In India, a Factory Model for Hospitals Is Cutting Costs and Yielding Profits."
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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Since this is going to be a healthcare-themed kind of week, this is an interesting look at an Indian surgeon and entrepreneur who's making heart surgery affordable for even India's poorest - and whose facilities will be coming to us via a short plane ride. This very well may be the U.S. health care model of the future: BANGALORE -- Hair tucked into a surgical cap, eyes hidden behind thick-framed magnifying...
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JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Charles Goodyear are legends in the world of business. Edison invented the light bulb, but it took him through 9998 tries to get it right. The light bulb Thomas Edison invented can be on its way out. The boost in demand for lighter, thinner, practical and low power consuming .
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Fund my Mutual Fund (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A quite fascinating read in the Wall Street Journal, especially in light of the health care debate raging in the country. On a positive note - it looks like cheaper health care is coming soon to Americans..... in the Cayman Islands. As the world flattens and borders become more and more meaningless, there are many costs to those who live in high cost parts of the world - but it appears there can be...
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Growth Matters (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
You don't have to be a healthcare policy wonk to appreciate the achievements made at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bangalore, India. It's a hospital that has a higher success rate, performing far greater volumes at a cost that's a 10th of what a typical American hospital might charge for open heart surgery. As founder Dr. Devi Shetty notes, "What health care needs is process innovation,...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In India, Devi Shetty's heart hospital offers cutting-edge medical care at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world.
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WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In India, Devi Shetty's heart hospital offers cutting-edge medical care at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world.
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PopEater Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Kane/WireImage.comMusicians Adam Lambert (L) and Kris Allen pose with the keys to their new 2010 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Premium and 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid at the American Idol Ford Giveaway at Galpin Ford on July 17, 2009 in North Hills, California. Adam Lambert And Kris Allen American Idol Ford Giveaway Galpin Ford North Hills, CA United States July...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the two teens convicted of killing a student outside of Detroit's Henry Ford High last fall was sentenced today to 25 to 40 years in prison, according to the state Attorney General's Office.
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Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history that we make today." That's Henry Ford as quoted in an interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1916. And, of course, the portion of that quote which has gone down in...uh, history is the first line. But it is...
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The Copywriting Maven (Free subscription) | yesterday
AM Thought: "Whether you think you can or you think you can't–you are right." – Henry Ford # Overused, Hackneyed Phrases. "And the Winner: ‘No Problem’ – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com" ( http://bit.ly/6QWRxq ) # "How Bounce Rate Can Help You Pinpoint Site Problems – by Robbin Steif, CEO" ( http://bit.ly/7CLbDL )...
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Alone on a Limb (Free subscription) | yesterday
... know, but basic.) For sex. ( Where did the Lord come up with that idea? !) For Thomas Edison (and Henry Ford, Steve Wozniak, and all those other guys) who came up with ways to make me more enlightened (after a fashion) than the great Kings, Philosophers, Heroes, and Conquerors of the past. For the wonderful interaction of a mixture of gases with the flora and fauna and soil and copious...
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Click Broker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Published by clickbroker.blogspot.com . While Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and WellPoint (WLP) are too timid to ask, The Wall Street Journal’s “The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery” , subtitled “In India, a Factory Model for Hospitals Is Cutting Costs and Yielding Profits” reports that foreign entrepreneurs have found success. The American...
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NR Engage (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
1. Will you NEVER be able to do it? 2. Not tackling the difficult and dangerous things is sometimes a sensible approach. 3. What is much more important than worrying about whether you can or can't do it? 4. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right! (Henry Ford) 5. A lot of people through time must have found themselves feeling that they can't do it. 6. Which...
