Epic Systems is the overwhelming leader in hospital information software. Despite being, by far, the most expensive vendor. The FTC should look into how Epic maintains its dominant market position. Ironically, Epic’s rise to dominance was accelerated by the HITECH Act of 2009, that paid hospitals to install, replace, or upgrade their systems.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Adams and Eves
The root cause of the DEI debacle is batshit crazy white women who don’t know how anything works outside the female experience.
– Scott Adams
It’s been a year since Andrews McMeel cancelled Dilbert, a decision that Scott Adams blames on the DEI movement. Freed from the shackles of syndicate oppression, Adams is an unapologetic right-wing extremist. He says Democrats are playing the victim card, while claiming to be a DEI victim himself.
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/03/30/scott-adams-reality/
Pondering Numbers
1. As a young comic book kid, I looked forward to seeing the circulation figures in the October issues. Total Paid Circulation was the number that mattered. The New Yorker is the last magazine I subscribe to by mail, and the total paid distribution of the print edition is down to only about 650,000 copies.
2. I have a digital-only subscription to The New York Times. It recently had a feature on physical fitness, and I did a double-take on the percentiles by age and time to run one mile. When I was 17-21 years old I could run a mile in 6:15. I was never good enough a runner to qualify being on a track team. It’s laughable that I was in the top 1% of males. How many people run at all after high school, anyway?
3. You know how I go on about the dominance of Epic Systems in the electronic medical records market? Here’s a chart showing how Epic has performed since I retired, relative to the other two prime vendors.
Feeling Loanly?
I put myself through college, which was something a person could do while attending a small state school fifty years ago. Today, attending that same state college costs $20,000/year. No student could possibly earn enough to put a dent in that cost.
John Oliver once again connects the relevant dots and provides a clear explanation of a topic. This time it’s student loans.
Price Pain Point
The Craftiness of the Deal
What are the odds that Musk will float Trump for the $464 million he needs to post bond? I’m guessing they’re better than 50/50. It must be galling to Donald, being in such a weak position that he will likely have to accept non-negotiable terms on a deal.