U.S. Health Spending in 2015
In the January 2017 issue of Health Affairs, Martin, et al. published the latest National Health Expenditure Account estimates in their article National Health Spending: Faster Growth in 2015 as Coverage Expands and Utilization Increases.
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, the National Health Expenditure Accounts “…are the official estimates of total health care spending in the United States. Dating back to 1960, the NHEA measures annual U.S. expenditures for health care goods and services, public health activities, government administration, the net cost of health insurance, and investment related to health care.” Additional definitions, along with the methodology behind calculating these estimates can be found here.
Some of the highlights include:
- Total health expenditure: $3.2 trillion
- Health consumption: $3.1 trillion
- Investment: $157.7 billion
- Per person expenditure: $9,990
- Percent of GDP: 17.8%
- Annual growth from 2014: 5.8
- Private health insurance: 7.2% growth from 2014
- Medicare: 4.5% growth from 2014
- Medicaid: 9.7% growth from 2014
References
Martin, A.B., Hartman, M., Washington, B., Catlin, A., and the National Health Expenditure Accounts Team (2017). National health spending: Faster growth in 2015 as coverage expands and utilization increases. Health Affairs, 36, 166-176.
2017 Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care Symposium
Two weeks from today marks the start of the 2017 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (@HFES) event will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and runs from March 5th – 8th.
I’ll be presenting on two different topics:
- Best Practices of Safety Information Presentation in IFUs [Lecture]
- Strategies for Successful Human Factors Collaboration with Medical Device Development Teams [Poster]
Moreover, I’ll also be the cochair the Ethical Challenges with Usability Testing panel and lecture session for the Medical and Drug-Delivery Devices Track.
If you’re interested in learning more about the topics that will be covered, the full program is now available for download.
I’m looking forward to meeting, reconnecting, and learning from practitioners, industry representatives, researchers, students, and the human factors staff at the FDA.
Top 10 Innovation Management Universities
Yang and Tao (2012), extending the work of Thieme (2007), sought to identify the top innovation management universities to provide “…important information for prospective faculty recruits, doctoral students, companies seeking consulting help, potential donors, and other stakeholders” (p. 319) .
The authors collected and analyzed 1229 innovation management articles from ten peer-reviewed research journals between 1991 and 2010. According to their analysis, the Top 10 innovation management universities are:
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- INSEAD
- Harvard University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Northeastern University
- Texas A&M University
- Stanford University
- Delft University of Technology
While I recognize all the universities, I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t have thought to include the University of Missouri-Kansas City, let alone rank it #1.
References
Thieme, J. (2007). Perspective: The world’s top innovation management scholars and their social capital. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 24, 214-229.
Yang, P., and Tao, L. (2012). Perspective: Ranking of the world’s top innovation management scholars and universities. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 29, 319-331.
Leadership Quotes #19
“The way leadership gurus try to demonstrate their legitimacy is not through their scientific knowledge or accomplishments but rather by achieving public notoriety – be it the requisite TED talks, blog posts, Twitter followers, or books filled with leadership advice that might or might not be valid and useful.” (p. x)
Reference
Pfeffer, J. (2015). Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time. New York: Harper Business.
Top 10 Innovation Management Scholars
Yang and Tao (2012), extending the work of Thieme (2007), sought to identify the top innovation management scholars by calculating their research productivity ranking. The authors collected and analyzed 1229 innovation management articles from ten peer-reviewed research journals between 1991 and 2010. According to their analysis, the top 10 innovation management scholars are:
- Michael Song
- Roger J. Calantone
- Erik Jan Hultink
- Mark E. Parry
- Kwaku Atuahene-Gima
- C. Anthony Di Benedetto
- Abbie Griffin
- William E. Souder
- Barry L. Bayus
- Christoph H. Loch
I’m curious how many of these names are recognized by innovation consultants or innovators working within organizations? My guess is the number is pretty low. If that’s the case, then it begs the question if these scholars are having a meaningful impact on innovation activities occurring in the business world?
References
Thieme, J. (2007). Perspective: The world’s top innovation management scholars and their social capital. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 24, 214-229.
Yang, P., and Tao, L. (2012). Perspective: Ranking of the world’s top innovation management scholars and universities. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 29, 319-331.