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

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

Tomorrow's Webcast--The CHDI Forum

By Matthew Holt The Health 2.0 crew is heading to DC immediately after today's webinar. It’s still not too late to sign up for the 10am webinar. Then tomorrow, it’s the Community Health Data Initiative Forum Aman Bhandari who works... Read More.....

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 9:21 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0

The NY Times, dogs, sores & Dartmouth critics

By Matthew Holt Today’s NY Times has a confused, woffly attack on Dartmouth from Reed Abelson & Gardiner Harris. This is a dreadful article. Period. That the NY Times printed it is remarkable given the turnaround in thinking by David... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 12:32 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Congress, Health 2.0, Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy, Health Plans, Consumers

Would I Quit?

By ROB LAMBERTS I love being a doctor. I like my patients (most of them), and have had a pretty good career. One of the things I say to my older patients is that I want to keep them well... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 5:37 AM by The Health Care Blog

You Want To Have It Both Ways

By DANIEL PALESTRANT, MD Dear Mr. and Mrs. America, You live in one of the greatest countries on earth, one of the richest ones, yet arguably not one of the best for medicine. You may question why that is. I... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 2:25 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Axis of Evil

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD My recent post about Medicare allowing patients to use drug vouchers was met by a rousing reception. By crickets. It seems that some saw me as one who (gasp) trusted the pharmaceutical companies to do something... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 6:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

PITFALLS OF PPACA #3 – Insurance Exchange Issues

By ROGER COLLIER Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act incorporates numerous health care system fixes, including new regulations to protect consumers, new rules for insurers, expansions of existing programs, new payment incentives and...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 3:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Jamie Heywood and Health 2.0 Goes to Washington

By Indu Subaiya Health 2.0 Goes to Washington is right around the corner on June 7th!. Earlier this week I was able steal time away from demo rehearsals and event prep to catch up with Jamie Heywood, Chairman and Co-Founder... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 05 2010 1:53 PM by The Health Care Blog

Why do the uninsured want to stay uninsured? They won’t say

By HARRIS MEYER Two uninsured people who insist on their right to remain uninsured have joined 20 states and the National Federation of Independent Business in suing to overturn the new federal law requiring all Americans to obtain health insurance.....

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

Radio Stardom and the World Cup

By Matthew Holt I (and a few THCB friends like Brian Klepper, Maggie Mahar, Michael Millenson & Barbara Ficarra) have been doing quick spots on KOMO a talk radio station in Seattle. We’re on every Tuesday & Friday at about... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 10:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

The Road to Wellville: Pilots and Demos?

By ROGER COLLIER As might be expected of reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act places a lot of emphasis on innovation. Reasonably enough, most of the potential changes—at least in Medicare—are to be preceded by pilot or.....

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 7:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: PPACA

Heavy Words

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD The post that forever doomed the world to have my writing forced onto them was one called Shame, in which I describe my frustration with how society stigmatizes people who are obese. It was picked up... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 4:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Rob Lamberts, Obesity

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

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

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