April 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Doing it on the radio? Yes we can!

By Matthew Holt Last week Indu and I were on the Patient Power show run by Andrew Schorr and Peter Frishauf (who is an old friend and founded Medscape). It's a show aimed at consumers and we're very interested in... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 10:52 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Lisa Girion is a hero

By Matthew Holt One reporter changed the behavior of every health plan in California all by herself. Even before Tuesday's announcements, however, health insurers in California had all but stopped the number of policy cancellations, state records...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 1:47 PM by The Health Care Blog

To Know and Be Known

By ROB LAMBERTS I was happy when I looked at today’s schedule. Two husband and wife pairs were on my schedule, both of whom have been seeing me for over ten years. Their visits are comfortable for me; we talk... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2010 6:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Power of Negotiated Prices

By MERRILL GOOZNER A lot of health care is wasted because it's not very effective. David Leonhardt of the New York Times returned to that theme in a useful article in today's paper. But when will economics writers with broad... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 08 2010 10:41 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Europe Opening Video

Health 2.0 Europe Intro from Health 2.0 on Vimeo. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 09 2010 3:40 AM by The Health Care Blog

Get Privacy Right, So We Can Move On Already

By Lygeia Ricciardi A national survey released today by the California HealthCare Foundation shows that 66% of Americans believe we should address privacy worries, but not let them stop us from learning how technology can improve our health care. Amen...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 3:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Important: Input on consumer 'Meaningful Use' requested and required, Apr 20

By Matthew Holt Josh Seidman, now running the meaningful use program at ONC, but formerly of the Center for Ix Therapy writes with an important request: The Meaningful Use Workgroup of the Health IT Policy/federal advisory committee that advises ONC)...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 6:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Consumers, e-patients

Don Berwick: An Activist Takes the Reins at CMS

By BOB WACHTER While the health reform bill will have many effects, one of its most profound will be to unshackle the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Under the legislation, CMS is now far freer to undertake a... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 7:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Are We Adequately Securing Personal Health Information?

By Brian Klepper and David Kibbe In a discussion about electronic health records (EHRs) a couple weeks ago, one of the Human Resource team members at a prospective client said, "I don't believe it's possible to secure electronic health data...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2010 6:51 PM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Europe, a fabulous end to Day 1

By Matthew Holt (posted early Weds 7th April, Paris time!) We had quite the fabulous time at Health 2.0 Europe Day 1. Other than my personal fouling up of the final presentation about Health 2.0 in Haiti, things went very... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 8:05 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Myths and Facts About Health Reform Part II

By MAGGIE MAHAR Lobbyists representing the many who profit from our $2.6 trillion health care industry spent millions in the war over healthcare reform. Yet National Journal Contributing Editor Eliza Newlin Carney suggests that “it's unclear whether...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 8:24 PM by The Health Care Blog

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