Kim Bellard

Cincinnati

Contributor at The Health Care Blog (THCB)

Writer focusing on healthcare, innovation, technology, public policy. Former Tincture editor, contributor to Medium and The Health Care Blog.

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Articles

How Novel: Novelty Indicators

1 week ago | kimbellard.medium.com | Kim Bellard

Humans crave novelty. Our visual cortex is stimulated by changes in our visual field. Even infants show more interest in new sights and sounds. Curiosity doesn’t entirely distinguish homo sapiens from other species, but we certainly would win the prize for maximizing its value. Science, art, and music wouldn’t exist without our drive for novelty.
The Future Is Here - and We’re Not Ready

3 weeks ago | kimbellard.medium.com | Kim Bellard

The war in Ukraine started out pretty much like you’d expect a 20th century war might: aerial and artillery bombardment, followed by massed troops behind tanks and armed vehicles. It devolved into an early 20th century war, complete with trenches and suicidal frontal attacks. Somewhere along the line, though, it turned into an actual 21st century war, with cyberattacks and, most of all, drones dictating the battles.
Waste, Fraud and Abuse - Oh, My!

3 weeks ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Kim Bellard

By KIM BELLARDSo the House has passed their “big, beautiful bill,” by the narrowest of margins. Crucial to the bill are large savings from Medicaid, which in past years Republicans would have taken some glee from but now they are careful to explain away as just cutting “waste, fraud and abuse,” having finally realized that many MAGA voters depend on Medicaid.
Waste, Fraud and Abuse - Oh, My!

3 weeks ago | kimbellard.medium.com | Kim Bellard

So the House has passed their “big, beautiful bill,” by the narrowest of margins. Crucial to the bill are large savings from Medicaid, which in past years Republicans would have taken some glee from but now they are careful to explain away as just cutting “waste, fraud and abuse,” having finally realized that many MAGA voters depend on Medicaid.
I’m Sensing Some Future

3 weeks ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Kim Bellard

By KIM BELLARDOne of my frequent laments is that here we are, a quarter of the way into the 21st century, yet too much of our health care system still looks like the 20th century, and not enough like the 22nd century. It’s too slow, too reactive, too imprecise, and uses too much brute force. I want a health care system that seems more futuristic, that does things more elegantly.
I’m Sensing Some Future

1 month ago | kimbellard.medium.com | Kim Bellard

One of my frequent laments is that here we are, a quarter of the way into the 21st century, yet too much of our health care system still looks like the 20th century, and not enough like the 22nd century. It’s too slow, too reactive, too imprecise, and uses too much brute force. I want a health care system that seems more futuristic, that does things more elegantly.
Innovation Must Be Cultivated

1 month ago | kimbellard.medium.com | Kim Bellard

I’ve been thinking a lot about how the current Administration is waging war on U.S. science/scientists, and how other countries are hoping to benefit from a U.S. brain drain. But two articles in today’s Wall Street Journal reminded me that attracting talent is only part of what must happen for science, technology, and innovation to flourish. Getting the talent is, in some ways, the easy part; getting the most out of that talent is the tricky part.
And Now for Some Fun Future

1 month ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Kim Bellard

By KIM BELLARDI feel like I’ve been writing a lot about futures I was pretty worried about, so I’m pleased to have a couple developments to talk about that help remind me that technology is cool and that healthcare can surely use more of it. First up is a new AI algorithm called FaceAge, as published last week in The Lancet Digital Health by researchers at Mass General Brigham. What it does is to use photographs to determine biological age – as opposed to chronological age.
And Now for Some Fun Future

1 month ago | kimbellard.medium.com | Kim Bellard

I feel like I’ve been writing a lot about futures I was pretty worried about, so I’m pleased to have a couple developments to talk about that help remind me that technology is cool and that healthcare can surely use more of it. First up is a new AI algorithm called FaceAge, as published last week in The Lancet Digital Health by researchers at Mass General Brigham. What it does is to use photographs to determine biological age — as opposed to chronological age.
Welcome to the (U.S. Science) Apocalypse

1 month ago | thehealthcareblog.com | Kim Bellard

Health PolicyBy KIM BELLARDI’m starting to feel like I’m beating a dead horse, having already written a couple times recently about the Trump Administration’s attacks on science, but the hits just keep on coming. Last Friday, for example, not only did the Administration’s proposed 2026 budget slash National Science Foundation (NSF) funding by over 50%, but Nature reported that the NSF was ceasing not only making new grants but also paying out on existing grants.