March 2010 - The Health Care Blog

A Tribute to Austin Ross

By GARY S. KAPLAN, MD, Chairman and CEO Virginia Mason Medical Center The selection of Austin Ross for the Modern Healthcare Hall of Fame is fitting. His ideas on leading and managing in health care – which he’s written about... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 5:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

What you don’t know about the Netherlands is your loss!

By Denise Silber Denise Silber, founder of Basil Strategies (Health 2.0’s Partner in Europe) interviewed Chris Flim, Health 2.0 Europe Ambassador to the Netherlands, in Barcelona during eHealthWeek where Denise presented in the Health 2.0 session organized...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 1:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

Apple Targets Healthcare Enterprise

By JOHN MOORE While the Apple iPhone was first targeted at the general consumer, Apple has been taking the necessary steps to bring this device into the enterprise, directly competing with RIM’s Blackberry. Unseating the Blackberry in many sectors, such...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 11:48 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

Innovation: Fresh Thinking for the Ideas Economy

Intrepid THCB intern Tiffany Huang will be live-blogging The Economist's Innovation conference at Berkeley today and tomorrow. Of particular interest to THCB readers might be tomorrow's panel on "The End of Health Care As We Know It"...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 10:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 in Hungary? Yes, We Can!

By Matthew Holt Gábor Gyarmati has been running health care web sites in Hungary for longer than you might imagine. I suspect that many of you reading this don’t know much about Hungary and those of you who went to... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 8:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

The Reinvention of Social Progress

By MERRILL GOOZNER I watched C-Span through the entire voting process on Sunday night. Socialism? Tyranny? The Republican hyperbole was unhinged from reality. Democratic claims that the health care reform marked a major milestone in domestic policy were...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 5:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

What’s Next With Health Care (And Why This Process Was Madness)

By MARIAN WANG Sometimes things are a little clearer in retrospect. Now that health care reform has passed in the House, it seems there are two main questions in people’s minds: What’s next? Why, procedurally, was the legislative process so... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 2:41 PM by The Health Care Blog

Rearranging Chairs

By ROB LAMBERTS I have been asked by patients, readers, family members, and by fellow bloggers what I think about the bill passed by the House of Regurgitants Representatives yesterday. I resent this. I have tried hard to remain neutral... Read More....

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 2:03 PM by The Health Care Blog

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

"I Am Not Bound To Win. But I Am Bound To Be True."

By MAGGIE MAHAR So many said it would never happen. But now, on Sunday, March 21, 2010, it appears that reformers have the votes. Rep. Bart Stupak, the leader of the anti-abortion hold-outs, has announced that he will vote "yes."... Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 21 2010 6:28 PM by The Health Care Blog

Healthcare 2015

By MICHAEL TURPIN "This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people’s lives instead of your life, you’re going to be okay." -- Paul... Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 21 2010 2:14 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Tale of the Fancy Sea Creatures and the Pipes

By ROB LAMBERTS Once upon a time there was a land on the ocean. The people lived off of the food from the ocean and were very happy. But as they grew bigger, they had a problem: they made a... Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 21 2010 12:37 PM by The Health Care Blog

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

A Culture of Fear and Intimidation: Reforming Medical Education

By MAGGIE MAHAR Even as we set out to reform U.S. health care, we continue to train medical students as if they were going to work in the old, broken system. Today, everything about medical education needs to be re-thought,... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 20 2010 3:21 PM by The Health Care Blog