Dear reader:
In the spirit of being a health policy bible, we have reached the Talmud decision to change the style guide from “healthcare” to “healthcare”. This reverse solomonic decision not to divide the baby arises from extensive analysis and review by the Ad Hoc ADHOHC (Analysis for Healthcare or Healthcare Decisions) Committee, called the Ad Hoc Ad Hoc Committee-or we When in a hurry, the AH-squared Commission (not to be confused with A-squared, the nickname for a city with a reputed public university).
The full report of the committee is here, but I would like to provide the reader with a simplified version of the analysis.
Finance
As with all important decisions in healthcare, our main motivation was economic. As a journal, we pay authors in words. Given the frequent use of this term on our pages, we calculated that integrating healthcare into healthcare could save $ 3.46. The total savings for the entire health sector are conservatively calculated at $ 89.23, as other journals expect to follow suit. Based on a recently published treatise on national health care costs in 2020, this represents 0.0000000021637 percent of US annual health care costs. We are excited to play our role in bending the health care curve.Indeed, we have our news Health Affairs Council on spending and value to incorporate into the final report.
Follow the leader
Sometimes it’s best to lead, sometimes it’s best to follow the leader. Regarding editorial opinions, especially regarding health policy The Wall Street Journal It’s always right. Therefore, we are pleased to honor their leadership by following their policy of turning healthcare into healthcare, as we have consistently shown leadership in supporting policies that turn healthcare into profit. ..
Better acronym
Given that healthcare is FFWA (a field full of acronyms), there are many benefits to changing from healthcare to healthcare. Not only are short acronyms better, but acronyms that include the character set “HC” are particularly difficult to pronounce and difficult to make clever titles. Why do you think they changed the name of HCFA? Or think about the fate of the Affordable Care Act. Instead of calling it ACA, which is the sound you hear when you catch a cold, you can call it AHA.
Of course, you could adopt a CMS approach that eliminates one M (which one to guess) for simplicity and ease of pronunciation (try to say CMMI 10 times faster!), But more. An elegant solution.
Change for change
We recognize that such changes are controversial.My 2021 Health Policy Valentine Tweet Protecting the dignity of healthcare has received 376 likes, a personal record. I think I have to eat my words, in this case the words.
But times change and we must change with them. We will stop fighting the power of integration in healthcare and move on to integrate healthcare into healthcare.
Not very honest, but
Alan Weil
Editor-in-chief
Health Affairs
