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

Do Physicians Have a Right to Privacy?

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE As we move to Electronic Health Records (EHR), the debates over security and privacy are becoming more frequent and more poignant. We of course have HIPAA laws on the books and ONC has a Tiger team assembled... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 8:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Privacy, Margalit Gur-Arie

RFID Tags for Nurses. Then Everybody?

By Frank J. Pasquale The recent City of Ontario v. Quon decision has had a mixed reception among privacy advocates. Though many are disappointed that employees’ privacy rights have once again been narrowed, some have discerned helpful dicta in the......

Published Sun, Jun 27 2010 3:13 AM by The Health Care Blog

Are Doctors Really Boycotting Medicare?

By NAOMI FREUNDLICH As Congress once again wrestles with “the doctor fix”—yet another postponement of the 21% cut in Medicare reimbursement that went into effect this month—the media has been swirling with stories warning of a mass exodus of doctors....

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 5:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Physicians, Reimbursement cuts, Naomi Freundlich

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

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

Show Me the Data

By LYGEIA RICCIARDI While much (important) discussion in healthcare is about the collection of and access to data, it’s also essential to communicate about it clearly. Good communication of health data, particularly to patients--is too often an under...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 4:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

EHR Usability

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE A few days ago, I wrote about Innovation, a term being overused in the EHR industry to the point where it lost all meaning. Here is another such term: Usability Just like Innovation, Usability is the weapon... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 3:30 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

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

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

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

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

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

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