March 2010 - The Health Care Blog

The 2010 DiabetesMine Challenge

By Amy Tenderich We have just opened the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. This year, we’ll be selecting THREE Grand Prize winners to EACH receive $7,000 in cash and a support package to help winners realize and commercialize their design ideas.......

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 1:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Consumers

Reform: Round 2

By JOE FLOWER It’s coming back! The health care reform debate is only through the first round. In a few years, as early as 2013 or 2014, we are likely to see another round, with at least as much whacked-out... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 10:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Antitrust Warfare

By Daniel Palestrant, MD Not since the days of monopoly busting and Standard Oil has anti-trust been such a contentious topic in American politics. Today, Teddy Roosevelt has been replaced by Nancy Pelosi and the oil barons have been replaced... Read...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 1:44 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians

The Numbers Tell The Story

By DANIEL PALESTRANT Yesterday, athenahealth and Sermo released our Physician Sentiment Index℠ (PSI). With over 1,000 physicians polled, the national survey is thought to be the largest of its kind. While many of the findings will come as no surprise...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 7:27 AM by The Health Care Blog

THCB status update

Uh oh. If you're having trouble posting to THCB you're not alone. Over the last 24 hours, we've received numerous emails from users letting us know that they're having problems leaving comments in response to posts on the site. (Several...

Published Sat, Mar 27 2010 11:57 AM by The Health Care Blog

Who Is Don Berwick and What Will He Mean for Reform?

By MAGGIE MAHAR The rumors that I wrote about Friday are, in fact, true. President Obama will name Dr. Donald Berwick, president of the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI), to run Medicare and Medicaid. Berwick, who is a professor... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 8:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

George Clooney Was Onto Something

By JESSIE GRUMAN In the Oscar-nominated movie “Up in the Air,” Ryan Bingham (aka George Clooney), travels around the country firing employees for company bosses who don’t have the stomach to do it themselves -– the ones who prefer to... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 5:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Paradox of Technology in Healthcare

By THOMAS GOETZ Thomas Goetz is the author of "The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Age of Personalized Medicine." The executive editor at Wired Magazine, you can follow him on Twitter twitter.com/tgoetz. One of the.....

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 9:12 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

"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

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

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

After the Failure of Reform

By BRIAN KLEPPER AND DAVID C. KIBBE The stalemate in the bi-partisan health care summit was cast the moment it was announced. Republicans demanded that the reform process start anew, and Mr. Obama insisted on the Senate bill as the... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 7:56 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Brian Klepper, David Kibbe, Reform, Policy/Politics

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