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Jay Parkinson
Personal blog · blog.jayparkinsonmd.comhealthbusiness
Jay Parkinson's personal blog at blog.jayparkinsonmd.com covers health and business. Since 2009, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog by Jay Parkinson, an M.D. behind the startup Sherpaa, for his commentary on a medical study, medical tourism, and clinics that operate outside insurance. Commenters also cite it on the future of medicine.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Writings about healthcare, digital health, and service design.
What Hacker News says?
This is the best, most reasonable thinking I've read on this study (From Jay Parkinson, the M.D. behind the startup sherpaa.com) http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/post/24488678085/when-i-read-...
Comment linking /post/24488678085/when-i-read-that-something-is-good-or-bad-for-you
on “Salt, We Misjudged You”Submitted What happens to doctors who think outside the box?) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionInterestingly I posted this on HN the other day. No love though :) But very relevant. http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/post/134547527433/why-theres-...
Comment linking /post/134547527433/why-theres-no-uber-for-healthcare-back-in?platform=hootsuite
on “My adventures in medical tourism”Submitted Electronic Medical Records still look and function like 20 years ago as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMSAs were expanded into HSAs in 2003. As of now there are some 8 million enrollees. IMO the most interesting effect of the spread of HSAs is the emergence of clinics which forego the overhead of the insurance system altogether[1], dealing with patients directly in a more value-conscious way. These clinics tend to be both more available (longer appointments, weekend appointments) and more flexible (phone, chat, email…
Comment linking /post/70104332/high-deductible-health-insurance-saves-you-54-395-60
on “Milton Friedman: How to Cure Health Care (2001)”Submitted Why there’s no Uber for Healthcare as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://www.zocdoc.com/ is doing some disruptive work in the area, but the high amount of regulation is really a huge limiting factor in the industry. It's a field where people are inherently afraid of change due to the lives at stake. I think it really takes some doctors who aren't afraid to step out of the system and do awesome things. One of the few I've found is Jay Parkinson ( http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/ ).…
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on “Ask HN: What will medicine look like in 10 years?”Submitted Why there’s no Uber for Healthcare as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Employers are the ones who can change health care as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Doctor: Today I Was A Patient as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Chapter One: Sherpaa Tales as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making Healthcare more Efficient Simply Leads to Lower Revenues as a story · 1 points
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