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Health Futures was founded in 1982 by Jeff Goldsmith. Jeff Goldsmith is one of the nation's foremost health industry analysts, specializing in corporate strategy, trend analysis, health policy and emerging technologies. He has worked across the health system- hospitals, health plans, physician groups, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health manufacturing and distribution sectors- advising senior management and Boards. Health Futures also helps guide venture and private equity investment in emerging technologies. Jeff Goldsmith writes and lectures actively on health policy, financing and technology, both in the United States and overseas. You can find an active archive of his writings and lecture topics in this site.


Bruce Hillman and Jeff Goldsmith’s book on imaging and radiology, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: How Medical Imaging is Reshaping Health Care (Oxford U Press, 2011) has gotten rave reviews. Cheryl Proval, Editor of the Radiology Business Journal said of the book: . . .an engaging, thoughtful and compelling book that is equal parts science, history and health policy analysis; it is a must-read book for anyone who practices, uses, or pays for medical imaging”. Buy on Amazon and see for yourself.



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Republican Nomination Trainwreck

These  people were Iowa Republicans watching their potential Presidential nominees, prior to an inconclusive caucus vote early this month.  In the Wall Street Journal this morning, Bret Stephens argues convincingly that Republicans are  squandering a golden opportunity to send a vulnerable Barack Obama home to Chicago: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577178594236642420.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories


Date: 01.24.12   Time: 03:58 PM

Italian Captain Claims He “Tripped and Fell into the Lifeboat”

In a classic blame-avoidance strategy, the Captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship claimed that he wasn’t actually abandoning the ship he steered onto a Tuscan reef, but rather “tripped and fell into the lifeboat”.  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/world/europe/costa-concordia-italy-cruise-ship-rescue-suspended.html?_r=1&ref=global-home&gwh=C9D6ED1424F04BF8E70D99E82CE3D612

Sort of makes you think that Silvio Berlusconi might have an encore career opportunity in cruise ship navigation.  After all, he successfully navigated a country onto the rocks. And think of the trysting possibilities for all those empty staterooms … 


Date: 01.18.12   Time: 04:27 PM

North Korean Leadership Photo!

This is a test.  Who’s in charge in this photo of the new North Korean “leader” Kim Jong Un?  Looks like a hostage situation to me…

Kevin Pearce Returns!

Talented snowboard aerialist Kevin Pearce made a remarkable recovery from a near-lethal head injury.  See video of this beloved boarder:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45892841#45892756

Congress Extends Winless Streak!

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in Washington, Congress deadlocks over how FAR to kick the can down the road…

US Skiers Destroy Competition!

No she isn’t falling- she’s going 80 miles an hour and killing the rest of her World Cup competitors!  Lindsey Vonn is simply crushing her opponents, winning four straight World Cup gold medals- some races by 40-50 meters.  So are the rest of her teammates, both men and women.  It’s a great sports story most Americans will never hear: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204770404577082591817947110.html?grcc=970366a9b0cb9e683e53b75a94c13dfaZ3&mod=WSJ_hps_sections_sports

Eleven years ago, I spent a week at Portillo, Chile in August, watching the US and Austrian mens downhill teams training.  The Austrians were so arrogant. (Hermann Meier, their bull-like superstar, pretended to be someone else when I asked him to autograph my helmet).  The young American team I rode up on chairlifts and lifted weights with complained that downhill skiing was no longer cool anymore (all their friends snowboarded) and it was like no-one seemed to care about what they were doing. And they were getting smoked in their training runs by their Austrian “older brothers”. 

Eight years later, it’s the Austrians who are praising (and losing to) them.  One of them said, “We see them as super-cool because they are having so much fun.  With the Americans, it comes from the heart”.  Too bad we’re distracted by all the televised spectacles and superstar egos. Our skiers are amazing…

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