NASA announced late last week that SpaceX, the private company that became the first non-governmental entity to fly to the International Space Station, will launch the first of its 12 planned resupply missions in October. The announcement means NASA is comfortable with SpaceX using its Dragon vehicle for unmanned missions to the station. The agency said SpaceX’s progress represents “progress toward a launch of astronauts from U.S Continue reading
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U.S. Faces Obstacles to Improving Health Care Value
BOSTON, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. faces major obstacles in taking advantage of “value-based health care”one of the most promising developments in health care, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120606/NY19587 ) BCG assessed the progress of 12 developed-world countries in adopting value-based health care, an approach to better controlling health care costs by improving health outcomes at the same or lower cost Continue reading