In January, Microsoft employees also will be issued healthcare smart cards, he added.

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Kevin Drum has a very smart post up on the increasing burden of healthcare spending in the U.S. and across the developed world.

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Commerce, education, transportation, healthcare, waste, and security all demand smart policy, innovation, and managerial excellence especially during a time of greater financial austerity when more must be done with less.

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Mobile devices smart phones and tablets are growing exponentially in use amongst healthcare providers.

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Here is a suggestion for a smart minimum wage law (perhaps proposed in return for relaxing federal healthcare taxes and mandates for small business?): A minimum wage rise that is triggered by stipulated economic conditions, much like the Fed says it will let interest rates seek market levels only when unemployment drops to 6.5%.

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Hospitals are almost always the most expensive place to deliver care so smart health systems are developing new models with a fresh start what I call the Xboxification of Healthcare.

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