H. Jack West, MD

Author: H. Jack West, MD

  • The Trajectory of Cancer Care Economics: What’s the Opposite of Moore’s Law? (West’s Law)

    Many people know Moore’s Law, that the number of transisitors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years, or the concept that the cost of computer technology decreases steadily as the capabilities increase.  For the technology world, the economic model is planned obsolescence: I’m lucky if I can go two years…

  • Telemedicine’s Tipping Point

    Though telemedicine hasn’t really become mainstream yet, I think we’re on the cusp of this approach reaching a tipping point. Though the grumbling has been that there has been smoldering interest in telemedicine for a long time, it continues to fly under the radar, with its devoted following, but only the leading edge. That said,…