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

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

Interview with Jon White

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington Conference, June 07, 2010, Jon White, Health IT Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), gave brief interview. He spoke about patient's healthcare and how Health IT......

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 1:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Reactor Panel: Health 2.0 Goes to Washington

By Matthew Holt In final panel at Health 2.0 Goes to Washington the reactor panel, Will Yu (ONC), Esther Dyson (EDventure) and Chris Schroeder(Healthcentral) discussed health issues, and innovation in the healthcare system with Matthew Holt. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 1:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Technology Showcase: Health 2.0 Tools for Consumers

By Matthew Holt This is the technology showcase of communities and consumer tools from Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 7, 2010, It includes Greg Fitzgerald from HealthCentral, Howard Steinberg from dLife, representing communities, with Ellen Badinelli...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 3:53 PM by The Health Care Blog

Interview with Aneesh Chopra

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Washington DC Conference on June 7, 2010 we captured this interview with Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 31 2010 12:09 PM by The Health Care Blog

The .Gov

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

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