Healthcare Early Adopters - Dr. Krongrad

Dr. Krongrad was involved in one of the first cases I learned about when I joined MedExtra. He is a pioneer in his field in North America. I have known for a long time that the option for many men to have Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy, exists. Nontheless I am astounded to learn the potential impact only in the state of Florida of this proceduce can have on the population.

From a Miami Herald Article article I learned that a significant number of the 3500 men who undergo radical prostatectomies annually, the procedure that Dr. Krongrad has brought to America could save

• 7000 hospital days


• 7000 shots of morphine


• 7000 units of blood

WOW.

It has been written in this space before that the delay from early adoption to widespread acceptance of medical practices is greatly regretable.

Dr. Brock, MedExtra's CEO is fond of saying "Everyone likes innovation, but nobody wants change". For every innovator like Dr. Krongrad, there are many people who promote the status quo.

Too bad that revolutionary advancement in medicine don't gain popularity as quickly as Youtube!

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Healthcare Productivity Management

Managing healthcare issues that most impact productivity.

HPM manages the apparent causes and, more importantly, brings to the foreground and addresses the invisible causes of presenteeism - before they escalate into absenteeism, disability claims and health plan overuse.

Healthcare Productivity Management;

* Controls corporate healthcare costs
* Returns on investment in group plan spending
* Manages and reduces presenteeism
* Offsets the impact of cost shifting benefits by providing substantial perceived value to employees

When MedExtra started speaking of 'presenteeism' over a year ago, people were unfamiliar with the term. Today - 'presenteeims' is top of mind for HR, finance and benefits professionals. More importantly how to deal with presenteeism is of concern. Healthcare Productivity Management fits that bill.

What is it?

simple: Instead of losing employee productivity and incurring increased health plan costs when a medical problem escalates out of control, make sure that it is dealt with early on, before their problem becomes your problem.

A study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine show that even modest investment in HPM can generate ROI of over $2500.

Read more here.

Speaking Engagement

Dr. Brock and Evan Savelson have been invited to speak by Copoloff Insurance Agencies Inc. at their annual retreat - Crossroads on November 2nd and 3rd. Thanks for having us!

In addition to meeting many interesting people - we will be talking on The Hidden Cost of Corporate Healthcare. We what drives plan renewal increases and what can be done to lower these costs.

Let us know if we will see you there!

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Google just celbrated it's birthday (happy birthday).

We often hear comparisons of different ideas or ventures to Google. - With Googles achievements - that is certainly a LONG yardstick to measure by!

The Boston Globe reports about a New Web tool may speed drug discovery The project by The Broad Institute, of MIT cross references drug molecules against disease characteristics.

The reason I find this noteworthy is that for all of the myriad comparissons to Google, this actually bears a resemblance to the search engine giant - because it is actually a search tool.

Somehow though, I don't expect the Connectivity Map to gain the same momentum, or market capitalization as Google.

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