March 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Policy for Equal Access Care: You Make It Possible

At New York-Presbyterian Hospital, we’re building technology and influencing policy that will shape the future of health care delivery. Visionary executive leaders are driving momentum in the movement toward a connected health information technology environment...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Bush & Palestrant--Live from HIMSS

By Matthew Holt After days of technical gremlins holding me back, I'm getting my HIMSS interviews up online. I’ll start with one from two of my favorites. This is Daniel Palestrant of Sermo and Jonathan Bush of athenahealth, who are... Read More....

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 6:17 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Matthew Holt

Last Helicopter Out of Saigon

By JEFF GOLDSMITH In popular psychiatry, a classic passive aggressive gambit is “malicious compliance”- intentionally inflicting harm on someone by strictly following a directive, even though the person knows that they are damaging someone by doing so...

Published Sun, Mar 07 2010 5:29 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Europe--Webinar on Wednesday

This Wednesday, March 10th at 4:30 CET / 7:30AM PST our FREE hour long webinar series will be highlighting the upcoming Health 2.0 Europe conference with our Parisian partner, Denise Silber of Basil Strategies. Joining in the discussion and presenting...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 5:47 PM by The Health Care Blog

What Good are Health Insurers?

By BILL KRAMER As the health reform effort moves into the final stages, everyone seems to be taking a whack at health insurers. Some of the insurers’ wounds are self-inflicted, such as WellPoint’s announcement of 39% premium increase for individual.....

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 2:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Some Thoughts On the Word “Filibuster”

By MAGGIE MAHAR As I noted in another post, the media seems to be turning “reconciliation” into an ugly word. But “filibuster” is the word with a more unsavory history. (Thanks to HeathBeat reader Barry Carroll who sent me a... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Congress, History

Price controls do not work

By PAUL LEVY If there is anything about economics that has been proven over and over, it is that price controls do not work. The unintended consequences are usually worse than the problem that led to the solution in the... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 7:41 AM by The Health Care Blog

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?

By Matthew Holt Sometime pretty soon Nancy Pelosi’s team will have figured out if they have the votes and will be moving what’s basically the Senate bill onto the House floor. Those of you who remember late 2003 may remember... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 1:22 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy

The Vote is 6pm EST

By Matthew Holt Just a quick note that the vote on the Health care reform bill is at 6pm EST tonight. It looks like the Stupak 6 (the anti-abortion Dems) have been persuaded that a Yes vote will be OK... Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 21 2010 9:13 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Policy

The big question for what's next

By Matthew Holt It’s the morning after the big night. Soon all melodrama of the past 14 months will be forgotten, particularly the last 6 weeks (for which the current narrative is that Nancy Pelosi brought health care reform back... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 10:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy

It's history

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Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 10:43 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy

Octopus and other Fishes

By Matthew Holt One of the most fun times at HIMSS last week was the MEDecision party at the Georgia aquarium. I took a few videos of the Fish and the humans—so something a little different for you all The... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 12:28 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

Program Director Healthcare IT

Since its inception, the New England Healthcare Institute has been committed to the identification, assessment and promotion of valuable health care technologies with the potential to improve the quality of care while reducing cost. The Fast Assessment...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 10:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Epocrates--reference present and EMR future

By Matthew Holt I met with Bob Quinn the CTO and Geoff Rutledge, the CMO, of Epocrates at HIMSS last week. The company has a big footprint in mobile (and web) reference content for physicians. The big news is that... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 1:03 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt

In ONC I Trust ...

By JOHN HALAMKA It's my nature to question authority. Whether it's religion, politics, or even my local administrative leadership, authority figures must earn my trust. Earning that trust is not easy. As folks who work closest with me know, I...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 8:21 AM by The Health Care Blog

March 2010 - The Health Care Blog

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Policy for Equal Access Care: You Make It Possible

Bush & Palestrant--Live from HIMSS

Last Helicopter Out of Saigon

Health 2.0 Europe--Webinar on Wednesday

What Good are Health Insurers?

Some Thoughts On the Word “Filibuster”

Price controls do not work

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?

The Vote is 6pm EST

The big question for what's next

It's history

Octopus and other Fishes

Program Director Healthcare IT

Epocrates--reference present and EMR future

In ONC I Trust ...