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Who does PhRMA need next? Robin Strongin thinks she knows
By Matthew Holt I met Billy Tauzin last summer in Aspen and you couldn’t help but love the guy. He had that amazing Louisiana charm, and was helping PhRMA walk a tightrope between being the bad guys, and giving away... Read More...
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Sat, Feb 13 2010 8:45 PM
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A new campaign against childhood obesity
By Matthew Holt There are intractable long-term problems and then there's America's waistlines. And in particular there's the issue of childhood obesity. I shudder to think what we can do about it, and recently interviewed Alan Greene on the...
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 1:43 AM
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Acquisitions Creating White Hot Market for Healthcare IT
By JOHN MOORE Since the beginning of 2010 there has been a series of acquisitions in healthcare IT (HIT) market, which recently culminated in one of the largest, IBM’s acquisition of Initiate. Triggering this activity is the massive amount of... Read...
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 1:42 AM
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We Need a Doctor In the House -- And the Senate
By C.L. GRAY, MD Historically, practicing physicians have shunned politics. If our democracy is to survive, these times demand thoughtful solutions and difficult decisions. Few individuals are better suited to the task than the Hippocratic physician....
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 1:42 AM
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Todd Park--<i>Data Liberacion!</i>
By Matthew Holt Todd Park is CTO of HHS. What does that mean? And what is he doing? He gave a talk last week about it that I posted on, but here's Todd in his own words Read More...
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 1:31 AM
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Wellpoint and Their “39%” Rate Increase
By BOB LASZEWSKI Wellpoint is getting killed in the press over a “39%” rate increase for their individual health insurance block in California. HHS Secretary Sebelius has pointed to the Wellpoint individual rate increases demanding an explanation. The...
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Thu, Feb 11 2010 7:53 AM
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Hands on social media workshop in Berkeley
By Matthew Holt Speranza Avram from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Center for Health Leadership writes to say that they’re hosting a two-day conference on April 15-16 called 21st Century Tools for Health Leaders: Using New Media and... Read More...
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Wed, Feb 10 2010 6:05 PM
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Apparently the public perceives a problem
By Matthew Holt I think health care reform is dead. And the proposed reform was relatively inconsequential anyway, as it would have left in place Medicare as is, Medicaid as is but bigger, employment-based health insurance, and fee-for-service medicine...
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Wed, Feb 10 2010 12:01 AM
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Massachusetts’ Problem and Maryland’s Solution
By MAGGIE MAHAR While health care reformers argue about what it would take to “break the curve” of health care inflation, the state of Maryland has done it, at least when it comes to hospital spending. In 1977, Maryland decided... Read More...
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Tue, Feb 09 2010 9:05 PM
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President Obama on Bipartisanship
By MERRILL GOOZNER As in, he spent a large part of his briefing in the White House press room talking about the fate of the health care reform bill. Here's what he had to say about the summit with Republican... Read More...
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Tue, Feb 09 2010 8:05 PM
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Rating or Narrating, that is the question.
By Denise Silber This April 6–7, the Health 2.0 Europe conference will feature the many ways in which Web 2.0 tools are providing innovative solutions to, amongst others, our fundamental need for self-expression, known more recently as “user-generated...
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Tue, Feb 09 2010 4:43 PM
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Why Is the Boston Globe Picking On Charlie Baker Again?
By By DAVID E. WILLIAMS When Charlie Baker began his run for Governor of Massachusetts, the Boston Globe critiqued his record and found it wanting (State aided Baker’s business triumph), a piece that struck me as weakly argued and unfair... Read More...
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Tue, Feb 09 2010 5:09 AM
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Tough day for Wellpoint
By Matthew Holt Following my cynicism about the Braly WSJ interview, not only have they been called out by the Secretary of HHS, but now they’re really in trouble. The Mommybloggers are after them… Read More...
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Mon, Feb 08 2010 11:03 PM
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DNADirect bought by Medco: Consumer genomic counselling goes mainstream?
By Matthew Holt Ryan Phelan started DNADirect to expand the power of genetic testing to everyone, using the Web. She’s been ploughing a tough furrow but been making some real progress in the last few years, including getting an investment... Read More...
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Mon, Feb 08 2010 2:25 PM
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Gawande's "Checklist Manifesto"
By BOB WACHTER Every now and then, I read and enjoy a book, but only later fully appreciate it as its lessons and insights slowly become apparent. Judging by the number of times I’ve said, “That reminds me of Gawande’s... Read More...
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Mon, Feb 08 2010 11:35 AM
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Atul Gawande
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