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

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

Patrick Soon-Shiong – Role in a World of “Data Liberacion”

By Matthew Holt In the DC panel debate on the Role of "Data Liberacion" Executive Chairman of Abraxis Health, Patrick Soon-Shiong, commented on how coordination and exchange of health data can improve healthcare and have a direct impact on individuals...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 10:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Conferences

Big Day in HIT

By DAVID HARTZBAND, D.Sc. Lecturer, Engineering Systems Division, MIT Director, Technology Research, RCHN Community Health Foundation Today was a big day in health care information technology (HIT). There are so many acronyms in HIT that I probably should...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 9:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Meaningful Use, David Hartzbrand

New and Improved Meaningful Use

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE The long anticipated final rule on Meaningful Use was unveiled yesterday with much pomp and circumstance in a rather unusual ceremony which, interestingly, also marked the first public appearance of Dr. Berwick as CMS Administrator...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 9:13 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Meaningful Use, Margalit Gur-Arie

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

Interview: Blumenthal talks meaningful use

By Matthew Holt Absolutely hot off the recorder, here's my interview with David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health IT. He discusses patient communication, why the percentages of certain criteria were reduced, and how to get the two Reginas...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 10:13 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, HITECH, Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt, HHS

Meaningful use, and cats & dogs

By Matthew Holt More than a year or so of squabbling is (sort of) over and today HHS announced its criteria for the first phase of meaningful use. Essentially the 25 criteria for qualifying for “meaningful use” (in other words... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 9:16 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Matthew Holt, e-patients, HHS

What Could Don Do?

By PAUL LEVY What is the important thing Don Berwick could do as head of CMS to improve quality and reduce the cost of health care? Let's face it, as head of a humongous agency, it is hard to make... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 4:39 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

Op Ed: Dr. No to Run CMS

By JOHN GOODMAN President and CEO, National Center for Policy Analysis Let’s do a thought experiment. Suppose you were a U.S. Senator and the President’s nominee to head CMS appeared at his confirmation hearing: Wearing a Che Guevera t-shirt, sporting...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 10:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Donald Berwick, Op-Ed, John Goodman

Wellcare, yes there's more even without(?) Regi

By Matthew Holt A few weeks back we welcomed John Goodman as a contributor at THCB. His first column was more than a tad critical of me for impugning the ethics of Harvard Business School Prof Regina Herzlinger. Herzlinger, you... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 9:43 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, 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

KP Innovation Workshop

At the Sidney R. Garfield Innovation Center, Kaiser Permanente's patients, doctors, nurses, architects and engineers use elements of human-centered design to improve and to innovate physical spaces, technologies and clinical operations in a unique...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 3:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Aneesh Chopra Gives Keynote Address

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Washington DC Conference Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States, gave a keynote address regarding incorporating new capabilities into the nation's healthcare system. One of the topics...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 4:58 PM by The Health Care Blog

ONC announces HITECH amendments to HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules

By DAVID HARLOW The federales announced a new set of HIPAA regulations today (to be published in the Federal Register on July 14) in a press conference featuring Kathleen Sebelius (HHS Secretary), Georgina Verdugo (HHS OCR Director) and David Blumenthal...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 9:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

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