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

Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication, July 18-23, 2010

Many healthcare organizations who are trying to reach healthcare consumers share these problems: “our website hasn’t been updated in three years”; “we set up a Facebook page but don’t know what to do with it”; and “what exactly is Twitter... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 5:13 PM 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

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

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

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

The Evidentiary Basis for a Clinically Meaningful Benefit

By NORTIN M. HADLER, MD and ROBERT McNUTT, MD We entered the 21st century awash in “evidence” and determined to anchor the practice of medicine on the evidentiary basis for benefit. There is the sense of triumph; in one generation... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 8:30 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

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

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

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

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

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