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

The Insurer's Dilemma

By PAUL LEVY This has to be a very difficult time for insurance companies in Massachusetts. Notwithstanding that they are non-profits, they are under a lot of scrutiny with regard to reserve margins and profitability. Much of this is unfair,... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 9:54 PM by The Health Care Blog

What if All Americans Had at Least Catastrophic Health Care Coverage?

By ED PULLEN, MD I really dislike the term healthcare reform. I think our system needs to be changed not reformed. I assume that I am not the only person who suspects that the recent health care reform act is... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 3:10 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: health care reform, Ed Pullen

Health 2.0’s Role in a World of “Data Liberacion”

By Ida Strom Seljeseth This is the complete panel debate on the Role of "Data Liberacion" from Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 10, 2010. The panel featured Todd Park from US Health and Human Services, Kenneth Buetow from... Read More....

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 1:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Interview with Josh Sommer

By Ida Strom Seljeseth At the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference on June 10, 2010 Josh Sommer, Executive Director of the Chordoma Foundation gave this brief interview were he talks about the future he wishes to see in healthcare... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 1:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Beating up on ONC, mostly unjustified

By Matthew Holt Earlier this week there was a curious little hearing at Pete Stark’s committee. Much of the Q & A—mind you post the announcement of the final meaningful use rules—was (apparently, as I can’t find the transcript) a... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 7:12 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt, Web/Tech, HHS

My Side

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD I was planning on leaving behind the seriousness of the past few posts and going back to my usual inane writing, but some of the comments have made it too hard for me to keep quiet.... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 1:34 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Patients, Rob Lamberts

Panel Discussion: The Role of Consumers in Health 2.0

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference June 7, 2010 there was an excellent panel discussing the role of consumers in Health 2.0. It was moderated by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn from THINK-Health. Panelists were Linda Harris from... Read...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 1:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Consumers, Conferences

Knee Trauma, again

By Matthew Holt One of my favorite topics is back in the news. Apparently ACL repairs may be unnecessary. Here’s the WSJ Health Blog write up about the NEJM study. Two groups of active young people with torn ACLs were... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 5:36 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Quality

Microsoft talks health plans

By Ida Strom Seljeseth At the AHIP conference in Las Vegas in June 2010, Matthew Holt sat down with two leaders in Microsoft's health plan practice: Dennis Schmuland, Director οf U.S. Health Plans Industry Solutions and Hector Rodriguez, Industry...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 2:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health Plans, Microsoft

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

Interview with David Hale

By Matthew Holt In this interview captured at the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 10, 2010 David Hale, project manager at the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health talks about his vision for the future... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 11:51 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Conferences

The Original Individual Mandate, Circa 1792

By BRADLEY LATINO Regardless of one’s opinion on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality, most commentators-and no less an authority than the Congressional Budget Office)-agree (or concede, as the case may be) that Congress...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 11:27 AM by The Health Care Blog

WEGOHealth provides solution for that Ning premium charge

By Matthew Holt Ever since the "build your own network" company Ning moved to a pay model for its networks, there’s been some browbeating on the blogosphere about what to do with those communities which had created traction on Ning,... Read...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 2:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Consumers

Guidelines for the Perplexed

By NORTIN HADLER, MD There has been much progress in the understanding of the biology of Alzheimer’s disease. Chemicals detected in the blood and spinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer’s and findings with new brain imaging techniques are the long......

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 7:56 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Alzheimer's, genetics, Nortin Hadler

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

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