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

Why a Patient 2.0 Panel at the Health 2.0 DC conference?

By GILLES FRYDMAN This is the first of two posts about the inspiring Patients 2.0 panel I helped organized at Health 2.0 DC. This one will explain the rationale for organizing such a panel. The second will provide a link... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 12:03 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

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

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

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

The Dartmouth Team Responds (Again)

By JONATHAN SKINNER, PhD Reed Abelson and Gardiner Harris, the authors of the June 4th New York Times article critical of the Dartmouth Atlas and research, have acknowledged Elliott Fisher and my concerns and clarified the record in their posting... Read...

Published Wed, Jun 23 2010 12:48 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Quality, Dartmouth

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

Who Wants to Give Money to Their Toughest Competitor?

By EDWARD PULLEN, MD In Philanthropy It’s All About Relationships. Last night I spent an interesting evening as the local physician asked to come along with our local hospital on a philanthropy pitch to a local specialty group to contribute... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 6:39 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

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

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

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

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

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