by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Mar 1, 2025 | Articles
As noted often, the goal of OMRUM is to reduce the cost of healthcare while maintaining or (better yet) improving quality. However, any time one hears about reducing costs while improving quality, human experience urges caution if not overt doubt. After all, if...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Feb 15, 2025 | Articles
In order to develop properly the idea of either outpatient or inpatient recidivism, some background is necessary. In this case, it involves who is responsible for the patient and who is responsible for patient care transitions. 1 of the most important concepts in a...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Feb 1, 2025 | Articles
In finance, one hears the term “return on investment” frequently. A more colloquial expression might be “bang for the buck”. Another angle in the same discussion, especially when discussing the healthcare system, would be for a patient to reduce negative behavior and...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jan 15, 2025 | Articles
As reviewed in the previous piece (itself a summary of previous articles), the medical system in the United States has fallen far behind its first world neighbors in cost, coverage, and quality. Few of us are surprised by this information. In this article, I would...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Jan 1, 2025 | Articles
We now begin the magazine’s second calendar year. We shall summarize what was reviewed in the early part of the magazine. The US spends $4.5 trillion/year on healthcare or $13,493/person(2022) each year, the highest cost per capita of any developed country in the...
by Dr. Philip J. O’Donnell | Dec 15, 2024 | Articles
The principal goal of this magazine is to promote cost reduction while maintaining or more ideally improving the quality of medical care. The discussion in the first year of OMRUM’s existence has largely focused on the “big strokes” of difficulties with medical care...
