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Obama administration CTO Aneesh Chopra was a keynote speaker at the Health 2.0 conference in Washington last month. Here he talks about why the White House thinks open data policies will revolutionize healthcare, the administration's plans to encourage...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 4:19 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Obama administration

How Would Modern Medicine have Helped our Early Patriots?

By ED PULLEN, MD On Independence Day I thought it would be interesting to look at the causes of death of some of our famous Revolutionary era patriots. When I started researching this I anticipated early deaths from infections and... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 8:46 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: History, Ed Pullen

The Effectiveness of IPAB

By ROGER COLLIER For the first time, the federal government may be able to sidestep Congress and impose its own Medicare cost-containment policies. At least, that’s what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act promises in creating the Independent...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 7:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Todd Park on Health 2.0's Role in a World of Data Liberation

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 June conference in DC Chief Technology Officer of the US Health & Human Services, Todd Park, participated in the panel discussion on Health 2.0's role in a world of "Data Liberacion". He spoke... Read...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 2:33 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Conferences

Leapfrogging CPOE

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Last week, yet another alarming Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) study made headlines. According to Healthcare IT News, The Leapfrog Group, a staunch advocate of CPOE, is now “sounding the alarm on untested CPOE” as their...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 7:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Margalit Gur-Arie, Leapfrog Group, CPOE

Durenberger: <i>Health Insurance Chickens Come Home to Roost</i>

Former Republican Senator Dave Durenberger was always the sensible Republican on health care. He now hangs out in a small institute called the National Institute of Health Policy at a small Minnesota college called the University of St. Thomas. Every...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 6:38 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health Plans

PPACA: The Individual Mandate

By ROGER COLLIER The individual mandate is the single most controversial feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Everyone who can afford coverage—unless an undocumented immigrant or exempted on religious grounds—is required to have...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 4:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

Jamie Heywood Challenges Health 2.0

By Matthew Holt Jamie Heywood, Co-Founder and Chairman of PatientsLikeMe, spoke at the Health 2.0 Washington DC conference. While on stage, he gave a challenge to the federal agencies to "change what we pay for." Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 11:24 AM by The Health Care Blog

Josh Sommer – A Patient Looking for a World of “Data Liberacion”

By Matthew Holt In this part of the panel debate on the Role in a World of "Data Liberacion" founder of Chordoma Foundation Josh Sommer tells the story about how he was diagnosed with Chordoma and how he funded the... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 2:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Keas Opens API for Health 2.0 Developer Challenge!

The fifth challenge for the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge has just been announced. Keas, the health and wellness data driven platform has opened up their API and a development environment to anyone who wants to author a "social care plan."...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 2:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

How to Ration Health Care

By JOHN C. GOODMAN Suppose you were in a triage situation and you had to choose between two patients, deciding who lives and who dies. Are there any principles you could rely on to make your choice? Alex Tabarrok had... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 6:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

A Reply to the Cato Institute

By MAGGIE MAHAR This week, the Cato Institute released a 52-page report on health care reform titled: Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law. The tract was written by Michael Tanner,... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 2:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Maggie Mahar, health care reform

Beacon Communities: Webinar with EVERYTHING You Ever Wanted to Know!

HIE, SHARP, RECs, and now… Beacons? What does it all mean? With the passage of HITECH in 2009, we’ve seen a series of coordinated grant programs from HHS – and if you’re not confused with all of the acronyms, you’re... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 2:49 PM by The Health Care Blog

Op Ed: Make It Simple, Please!

By ALAN WEIL, JD The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act creates a continuous set of coverage options for every American with income below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or about half of the nation’s population. Sounds simple,... Read...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 6:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: PPACA, Op-Ed, Alan Weil

Technology Showcase: Data Drives Decisions

By Matthew Holt In this technology showcase from the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference on June 7, 2010, the participants in the Data Drives Decisions panel showcased and discussed how data collected from and by users can be used... Read More.....

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 12:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Conferences

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