January 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Report: The Past and Future of Health 2.0

By Matthew Holt Health 2.0 Advisors is the research and consulting arm of the Health 2.0 family and it will be offering a series of reports, a database of all Health 2.0 organizations, and others consulting services including one day... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 10:17 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

The Health 2.0 Show, January 2010

By Matthew Holt Earlier this week we had the very first of our new webinar series called The Health 2.0 Show, with Indu & Matthew. The main parts of the Show featured a quick talk about the new report from... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 23 2010 10:12 AM by The Health Care Blog

"Comparative effectiveness research" and Kindred Delusions

By Nortin Hadler, MD Last summer President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Tucked into the legislation was $1.1 billion to support comparative effectiveness research (CER). The legislation charged the Institute of Medicine...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 11:31 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Cost of Mammography Screening for Women Under 50

By MERRILL GOOZNER The tempest that greeted the United States Preventive Services Task Force guidelines on mammography screening for women in their 40s prompted the Senate to insert a mandate in its health care reform bill that every insurer cover......

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 8:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

PharmaSecure, using SMS to detect counterfeit drugs

By Matthew Holt In developing countries, (and here too) counterfeit drugs are a mega-big problem. Essentially fraudulently labeled drugs in the supply chain are often not what they say they are, with potentially devastating consequences. But there’s no...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 1:24 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Update: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel needed to help in Haiti

By PARTNERS IN HEALTH We are deeply grateful for the multitude of people who have contacted us wanting to provide medical assistance. At this time, while we wish we could use all of the support so generously offered, we are... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 9:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

An Unhealthy Debate Around Wellness

By JAAN SIDOROV There’s an adage that, except for their tax revenue, American business is something the left loves to hate. And who can blame them, what with executive compensation, minimum wage and overseas job outsourcing powering the left wing’s.....

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 6:53 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Wellness

The State of the Union--And the Economy: Why We Need Health Care Reform Now

By Maggie Mahar According to the headlines, 10 percent of Americans are unemployed. The truth is that closer to 17 percent of the population cannot find full-time work; this number includes workers who have become discouraged and have given up... Read...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 2:50 PM by The Health Care Blog

Regional Variation Revisited: Price Differences Not A Significant Factor

By MERRILL GOOZNER Dartmouth scholars have revisited their analysis of regional variation in health care spending and found contrary to the assertions of some critics that cost-of-living differentials do not account for much of the difference. However...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 6:34 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Health 2.0 Show, today, 11am PST; special guest Thomas Goetz

By Matthew Holt Today is the day that Indu Subaiya and I kick off our new series of Health 2.0 webinars. We've cutely called it the Health 2.0 Show, with Indu & Matthew. Almost a riff on the Tonight Show... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 1:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

Obama & Co. Forget “Where’s Mine?” and “The Chicago Way”

By Michael L. Millenson The late great newspaper columnist Mike Royko suggested that Chicago’s motto be changed from "Urbs in Horto" ("City in a Garden") to "Ubi Est Mea" ("Where's Mine?"). Unfortunately, Barack...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 6:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Beyond Massachusetts

By MERRILL GOOZNER One in six Americans at some point during this year will go without health insurance. Most of them at any given point in time do not need it. One in ten working Americans are without gainful employment... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2010 3:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Reform, Merrill Goozner, Massachusetts

My personal start of year letter...

By Matthew Holt ….is up over on my barely used personal blog. It's a record of an email I send out about charities and causes I support (with a little bit of news about me and mine). If you're interested... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 9:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

An Open Letter to Speaker Pelosi from C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb

Dear Speaker Pelosi: As your respective chambers work to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate health care bills, C-SPAN requests that you open all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings, to electronic media...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 9:12 AM by The Health Care Blog

And in breaking news...

By Matthew Holt Academics get government grants! Who knew? Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 09 2010 11:31 AM by The Health Care Blog