like never before to deliver better care
for the population as a whole, as well as
individual patients.
Rajib Ghosh (rghosh@hotmail.com) is an independent
consultant and business advisor with 20 years of
technology experience in various industry verticals
where he had senior level management roles in
software engineering, program management, product
management and business and strategy development.
Ghosh spent a decade in the U.S. healthcare industry
as part of a global ecosystem of medical device
manufacturers, medical software companies and
telehealth and telemedicine solution providers. He’s
held senior positions at Hill-Rom, Solta Medical and
Bosch Healthcare. His recent work interest includes
public health and the field of IT-enabled sustainable
healthcare delivery in the United States as well as
emerging nations. Follow Ghosh on twitter @ghosh_r.
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1. AHA Research Report, “Aggregate Total Hospital
Margins, Operating Margins, and Patient Margins,
1991-2011”; http://www.aha.org/research/reports/tw/
chartbook/ch4.shtml
2. L.A. Green, et al., 2001, “The Ecology of Medical
Care Revisited,” New England Journal of Medicine,
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pdf/10.1056/NEJM200106283442611
3. Mark Hagland, “Slicing and Dicing the
Populations Within Population Health: One Industry
Expert’s View”; www.healthcare-informatics.com/
article/slicing-and-dicing-populations-withinpopulation-health-one-industry-expert-s-view
4. NEHI, “Improving Patient Medication Adherence:
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