Options available: 1/ hire more low-skilled labor, 2/ develop AI secretaries, 3/ adapt the system to high-wage context, 4/ give up the new system, 5/ accept lower productivity.
Instructive thread on why a EHR system developed in a setting with high wage dispersion (US) reduces productivity when applied in a setting with compressed wages (SWE). ->
🧵1/9 In Turkey, we work similar to #Millennium 's system. Nurses write in every bit of iv line and syringe used, and we have to prescribe adrenaline and ET-tube on stable patients in the ward to fill in the CPR cart, otherwise it's empty when we need it.
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In SWE, med secretaries (low-wage) are scarce due to relatively high wages. Doctors (high-wage) therefore input data themselves. When adopting a EHR developed in the US, the result is dramatically reduced productivity. ->
Come to Uppsala and work as a post doctoral researcher at the Centre for Health Economic Research (https://t.co/CCadc8DpH4) at @UU_University
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Live in a lovely university town close to #Stockholm#EconTwitter@EuHEA@ashecon
Idag när Vetenskapsrådet meddelat vem som får projektanslag i humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, kan det vara värt att påminna om att ifall man får en femma i betyg så är sannolikheten att få beviljad ansökan mycket högre om man är sociolog eller statsvetare än om man är ekonom.
Treat one, treat everyone? Our #euhea online seminar series continues tomorrow at 1:30 pm (CET). Don’t miss it out! Register here 👉 https://t.co/bpjH8a1JK1
Presentation by Edward Webb @LeedsMedHealth
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Kick-off of for our #HCHE Research Seminar series on 21 Oct 2024 in Hamburg: Lina Maria Ellegård (@LEllegard) from @lunduniversity speaks about "Patient choice and socioeconomic disparities in the quality of healthcare". The full program can be found here: https://t.co/CHCRuVWls1
Join in tomorrow’s online seminar at 1:30 pm (CET) ‼️ @AlexandraLugova@LaboIREGE will demonstrate the role of working conditions on older workers’ retirement age and mental health.
Info and registration here 👉 https://t.co/bpjH8a2hzz
@LEllegard
Are you interested in the #economics of preventing future #HealthInequalities? We have a #PhD opportunity working with @DennisJPetrie & Gawain Heckley. Scholarship covering tuition & stipend up to $50K pa. Apply by 23 Sept (AU/NZ students): https://t.co/oc8iz3vuYp
I am co-organizing a workshop entitled "Health Innovations, Vaccines, Individual Behaviors, and Inequalities in Health and Care" in Copenhagen on October 30, 2024! Travel expenses for presenters will be covered. Submit your papers by October 1!
Artikkel om kontinuitet i allmennlegetjenesten i Norge: https://t.co/fBeTsf439s
Vi beskriver utviklingen i to ulike kontinuitetsindekser, SLICC (andel konsultasjoner levert av fastlegen) og UPC (andel konsultasjoner levert av den mest brukte legen).