June 2010 - The Health Care Blog - The Network of Care

Commentology: Times Reporters Respond

New York Times health policy reporter Gardiner Harris responded to THCB founder and publisher Matthew Holt's comments on the the recent series of reports he has authored with business writer Reed Abelson questioning the science behind the Dartmouth...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 10:24 AM by The Health Care Blog

Click4Care Talks Tools

By Matthew Holt At the AHIP Conference, Click4Care gave a presentation titled "Confronting the Quality of Care Crisis: Next Generation Care Management Technology." I was able to have a conversation with CEO Rob Gillette and Executive VP of Sales...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 1:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

AskDrRob (ADR): LOL, EHR, Oprah

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD It’s been a very long time since I did an Ask Dr. Rob post. It’s also been a long time since I shot a spitball out of a straw and hit someone behind the ear during... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 4:13 PM by The Health Care Blog

Alere interviewed at AHIP

By Matthew Holt At the AHIP conference in Vegas earlier this month I sat down with the CEO of Alere, Tom Underwood, and long-time friend of The Health Care Blog, Gordon Norman (Alere's SVP of Innovation). I asked Tom about... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 12:32 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Conferences, Disease Management

A NY Times guest (inadvertently) spanks its professionals

By Matthew Holt A couple of weeks back two New York Times reporters (Abelson & Harris) decided to take on the orthodoxy of the Dartmouth school. Frankly their efforts reminded me of England’s performance in the world cup so far—abject... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 3:11 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy

Op-Ed: Health Care For Profit

By JOHN GOODMAN I’ve noticed at The Health Care Blog quite a few people are obsessed with the role of profit in the health care system. Many apparently believe that for-profit entities have no legitimate role in an ideal world... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 5:40 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Hospitals, Non-profits

AMA and Congress: Playing “Chicken” Again

By JANE M. ORIENT, MD Nine times in the past eight years, Congress has, at the last second, delayed the automatic cuts in doctors’ Medicare fees that it decreed some 13 years ago to prevent Medicare spending from outpacing other... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 5:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Commentology

Doing Their Homework: Times Reporters Respond in Dartmouth Atlas Spat

By MERRILL GOOZNER Over the weekend, the two New York Times reporters who challenged the core findings of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health stuck to their guns in a detailed response to the rejoinder to their critique. The Dartmouth Atlas,... Read More.....

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 4:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Nope. Won't Happen.

By MAGGIE MAHAR Summary: Opponents of reform will continue to pretend that at some point in the future, “Obama-care” will mean drastic across-the-board cuts in reimbursements to doctors who take Medicare patients, forcing many to abandon their patients...

Published Sun, Jun 20 2010 3:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Congress, Medicare, Physicians

Final EHR Certification Rule Announced By ONC

By DAVID HARLOW A surgeon can’t operate without the proper equipment. A clinician can’t achieve meaningful use of electronic health records without an EHR that is designed to improve patient care and practice efficiency. -- David Blumenthal This week...

Published Sat, Jun 19 2010 6:12 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: ONC, Certification

The Primary Care Workforce: Help is on the Way

By GLENN LAFFEL, MD, PhD The best electronic health record on the planet isn’t going to help anybody unless a physician uses it. The HITECH incentive scheme should enhance the woefully poor EHR uptake rates among US providers, as should... Read More....

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 9:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Patient Communities… at Walgreens?

By Susannah Fox In May, I spoke at the Chronic Care and Prevention Congress about my most recent report, “Chronic Disease and the Internet.” I talked about the social life of health information and the internet’s power to connect people... Read More....

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 8:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Patients, Susannah Fox

American Well & Friends

By Matthew Holt Last week at AHIP American Well put on a session with several of their clients talking about online care. I grabbed American Well CEO Roy Schoenberg and also his clients Mary-Ann Stump of BCBS Minnesota and Rob... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 2:52 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Care, Primarily

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD He came in for his regular blood pressure and cholesterol check. On the review of systems sheet he circled “depression.” “I see you circled depression,” I said after dealing with his routine problems. ”What’s up?” “I... Read More....

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 1:24 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, primary care, Rob Lamberts

Healthcare Reform, Payment Models & Acquisitions

By JOHN MOORE, CHILIMARK RESEARCH Earlier this week, GE announced the release of Centricity Advance, their solution for the ambulatory market. Centricity Advance is basically a build-out/rebranding of MedPlexus an SaaS EHR solution vendor that GE acquired...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 7:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

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