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Telehealth is the offering of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication infrastructure. It allows sharing of electronic data (e.g. test results, clinical notes), long-distance patient and clinician contact, care and care direction, advice, reminders, education, intervention, monitoring, and remote admissions. Telemedicine is sometimes used as a synonym, or is used in a more …

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While Digital Transformation of supply chains had already emerged since 2010, Covid-19 has kicked it into top gear. The pandemic brutally exposed the shortcomings of a near-complete dependence of single-sourced supply chains for raw materials and finished goods. Organization supply chains were ill-prepared and faced total stoppage of raw material and finished goods supply due …

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Covid-19 has impacted US Healthcare in significantly deleterious ways. It has undermined health insurance coverage for millions of Americans who are without work, crippled many physician and hospitals with deep financial losses due to sudden massive decrease in demand more so in financially unattractive markets and poor and rural communities, impacted health adversely for minorities, …

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In earlier posts, I outlined the background leading to the current Chinese monopoly in the Rare Earth Element (REE) market and why prevailing beliefs in the U.S. that private investment and opening of new domestic mines, low REE defense use, and individual metal, technology, or finished goods development cannot solve the problem. Very recent reports …

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In an earlier post, I outlined the background leading to the current Chinese monopoly in the Rare Earth Element (REE) market and why the prevailing belief in the U.S. that private investment and opening of new domestic mines with will not solve the nation’s resource problem. In this article, I further expand on untenable beliefs …

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In a previous post, I had summarized the background leading to a Chinese monopoly in the Rare Earth Element (REE). There are prevailing positions that promote the current status quo; however, current market structures, beliefs, and strategies based on lowest cost producer sourcing cannot overcome Chinese REE dominance because of their national strategy, vertical integration, …

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US dependence on Rare Earth metals: Why current market structures and strategies cannot prevent but continue to promote Chinese monopoly – Part 1. What is the issue? The Covid19 global pandemic has cruelly exposed the utter dependence of the US and the world on China’s mass manufacturing capability and supply of critical equipment and materials. …

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I discussed in Part 1 of this white paper, how the US lost the Rare Earth Element (REE) mining leadership and ceded sourcing to China. China has now built a formidable, vertically integrated, REE strategic sourcing capability and Covid-19 has exposed the extent of US dependence on China for most materials and supplies. In this …

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What does Healthcare Transformation post Covid-19 look like and what opportunities may arise? This article presents some possibilities. New business models: New business models will likely develop or enhance existing care models. Some models are:  virtual care (telehealth, text-based), risk-based reimbursements, medical cost sharing, direct-to-consumer, and direct-to-employer. Value based performance: Comprehensive function and organization value …

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Building Supply Chain Resilience with 3Cs: The Covid-19 crisis has exposed organizational and societal lack of resilience. Earlier, I had discussed a framework for creating organizational resilience. Resilience is defined as the ability to withstand and recover quickly from adverse or very adverse conditions. I have classified resilience as internal and external resilience. One aspect …

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