March 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Stressed Out System

By ROB LAMBERTS I saw a patient today and looked back at a previous note, which said the following: “stressed out due to insurance.” It didn’t surprise me, and I didn’t find it funny; I see a lot of this.... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 4:27 AM by The Health Care Blog

Glen Tullman, Allscripts

By Matthew Holt Allscirpts' CEO Glen Tullman has had a good year. Allscripts' stock is up four-fold, sales are going well and some people think that ARRA/HITECH's fillup to the healthcare IT industry is mostly his doing--he was an early.....

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 1:19 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt

It's Not About Meaningful Use ...

By JOHN MOORE With the impending comment deadline for Meaningful Use (MU) fast approaching, many organizations, from CHIME to AHA to AAFP and others are asking for some form of relaxation of MU criteria in the final version. Now it... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 5:33 AM by The Health Care Blog

Aneesh Chopra on txting in Haiti

By Matthew Holt Here's a quick video I took at the end of Aneesh Chopra's (the Federal CTO) talk at HIMSS. It’s a remarkable story of the role of SMS, tools and crowdsourcing in aiding in a disaster zone. A... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 9:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Microsoft at HIMSS

By Matthew Holt I'm still catching up with my HIMSS interviews. This is Chris Sullivan and Mike Raymer from Microsoft who are talking about the evolution of the Amalga product—the business intelligence engine—and the current state of HealthVault....

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 1:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt, Consumers

Database of Bad Doctors Blocks Public From Seeing Names

By Jim Morris, Staff Writer, The Center For Public Integrity In the mid-1980s, incompetent and negligent doctors were moving freely between states, with state licensing boards and hospitals largely oblivious to lawsuits or disciplinary actions in other...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 6:49 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

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

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Glen Tullman, Allscripts

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Microsoft at HIMSS

Database of Bad Doctors Blocks Public From Seeing Names

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Price controls do not work

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?

The Vote is 6pm EST

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It's history

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