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

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

American Well world domination plan on course

By Matthew Holt They may have started with a Blues plan in a small state (Hawaii) and been moving deceptively slowly for a while, but having got Optum (part of United Healthgroup) on board last year, today American Well announced... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 9:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Meaningful Meaningful Use

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD Quiz: What does the term “meaningful use” mean? a. Using something in a way that gives life purpose and leads to carefree days of glee. b. It depends on your definition of the word “term.” c.... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 8:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Do EHRs Kill People?

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Back in the times when EHRs were just EMRs, they had a very simple and humble mission. The software was supposed to help providers of health care services better manage their business. EMRs were supposed to help... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 7:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Came to Washington—And Now it Needs to Stay

By Lygeia Ricciardi This week’s Health 2.0 conference was held for the first time in Washington, DC, plunging Health 2.0’s community of IT geeks into the heart of the land of policy wonks. The feds’ Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra,... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 7:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 DC: Passion and Execution at Scale

By SUSANNAH FOX I think conferences are deeply affected by the spirit of their host city. San Francisco has its hackers and dreamers, Boston has its entrepreneurs and ivy, Paris has its pomp and worldliness. At Health 2.0 DC yesterday,... Read More.....

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 12:05 PM by The Health Care Blog

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

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

Allscripts buys Eclipsys: Does it make sense?

By Matthew Holt Queen of shoes Inga at HISTalk got ahead of the news (she tweeted about 2 hours before the announcement—not sure if that led to the news being moved up—but the Eclipsys stock showed no sign of word... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 5:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt

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

Three ways to set payment rates

By PAUL LEVY My suggestion last year that Massachusetts move away from the "free market" approach it uses to set hospital reimbursement* rates was not well received by the hospital world. But, this year, as people notice that their rates......

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 3:41 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Online Future of Patient Communication

By PAULA MORO An array of online communication tools, including email and beyond, can enhance the physician-patient relationship and save you both time. But for a variety of reasons, many physicians haven't adopted online tools. Matthew Holt, healthcare...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 3:15 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

Apples to Grapefruits

By MAGGIE MAHAR Last week, I commented on a New York Times story that appeared Wednesday, June 2, attacking the Dartmouth Research. The work that Dartmouth has done over the past two decades suggests that hospitals in some parts of... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 9:18 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

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