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

Op-Ed: Defending Regi

By JOHN GOODMAN Matt you can’t have it both ways. First you attack a well-known Harvard professor, Regina Herzlinger, for accepting an invitation to become a director at a company that only later was publicly accused of accounting problems. Then... Read...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 5:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Wrongologist

By PAUL LEVY Author Kathryn Schulz recently provided a newspaper exposition of some of the themes of her new book, Being Wrong, Adventures in the Margin of Error. As noted on her website, Kathryn has "a credible (if not necessarily... Read More....

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 9:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Monsters Inside of Me

By MICHAEL TURPIN Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?” Anonymous Growing up in the era of “Walk It Off” parenting, I was never allowed to get too in touch with my hypochondria.... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 6:56 AM by The Health Care Blog

Diabetes Mine Design Challenge winners

By Matthew Holt Our friend Amy Tenderich does a wonderful job every year with her ever-growing Diabetes Mine Design challenge. We’re late to the party (it was announced last week) but here are the winners! Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 6:34 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Consumers

Learn from Your Competitors' Mistakes

By MERRILL GOOZNER The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported last week on a Food and Drug Administration-supported effort to encourage companies to share data about their failed Alzheimer's Disease drugs. Comment: We need more of this...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 3:40 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: FDA, Pharma

What exactly is Healthymagination?

By Matthew Holt About a year ago GE started a campaign called Healthymagination. In the health care technology business GE had long been known for market leadership in big iron imaging like MRIs and CTs, as well as some diagnostics,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 1:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

WIHI On Imaging Practices

By PAUL LEVY Here's a notice about an upcoming WIHI program. The Image of Better (Radiation) Imaging Practices Thursday, June 17, 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time Guests: James R. Duncan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 2:20 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy

Health 2.0 DC Exhibit Hall Companies and Descriptions!

By Hillary McCowen The Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference in DC last Monday, June 7th was an exciting and successful event. Thank you to everyone who attended along with HHS and ONC, who helped us put on a great... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 12:19 PM by The Health Care Blog

EMR Ratings: How Relevant Is CCHIT Certification In the HITECH Era?

By CHRIS THORMAN For nearly four years, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has been the lone entity recognized by the federal government to certify electronic health record systems. Since being named a recognized certifying...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 4:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

AHRQ’s Outstanding Achievement in Healthcare Research Award

Calling all published and graduate student researchers who have used Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data! Nominations and applications accepted through July 16. To celebrate its 20th year of HCUP data, AHRQ will be honoring researchers...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 4:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Announcements

How Can We Encourage Medical Students to Choose Primary Care?

By ED PULLEN, MD A Radical Suggestion – Pay Specialists Less Since 1997 the number of US medical students choosing to go into primary care has decreased by more than 50%. It seems that sources as diverse as the Obama... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 4:01 PM by The Health Care Blog

Plug Into Meaningful Use, Don’t Try to Build It

By JONATHAN BUSH Earlier this month I read in The New York Times (okay, someone read it to me), that hospitals and docs are saying “meaningful use” is just too much, too fast. I have to say, I would sympathize... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 6:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Pitfalls of PPACA – Accountable Care Organizations

By ROGER COLLIER In addition to Medicare Advantage payment cuts and potential reductions in fee-for-service payment updates, PPACA includes various provisions intended to facilitate ongoing Medicare cost containment, notably creation of the Independent...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 3:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Social media interlude

By PAUL LEVY Two items about social media. 1) I often get the question in interviews, "How much time do you spend on your blog and other social media?" I often answer, "You wouldn't think of asking me how much... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 13 2010 12:41 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy

Commentology: A mother's plea for help

Desperate and stuck in the middle I am the mother of an 11-month-old baby girl, Cassidy, who has CCHS (Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome), a very rare genetic mutation. Our union health care company recently changed "paperwork" companies...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 7:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Commentology

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