August 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Adam Bosworth on the Keas Challenge and the 3 things still missing in Health 2.0

We caught up with Adam Bosworth, CEO of Keas this week who had some new updates on the Keas API challenge including the open authoring environment and a new feature which will allow for more social engagement on the site.... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 12:35 PM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Europe: Keynote by Morten Petersen

By Bianca Grogan Cliquez pour la vidéo en français The Danish government's Morten Petersen discusses Denmark's National e-Health Portal at the Health 2.0 Europe Conference. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 9:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Op-Ed: The Government EHR

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE No, you didn’t miss anything, there is no Government EHR. But should there be one? And if so, what should it look like? The argument in favor of a Government EHR goes something like this: If we... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 8:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, Margalit Gur-Arie

A Bizarre Report

By JOHN GOODMAN I have been watching the release of the Medicare Trustees reports for many years and I have never seen anything as strange as what happened last week. Although these reports are normally carefully embargoed, Health and Human... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 9:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, John Goodman

Massachusetts Update

By PAUL LEVY Here is one of my occasional updates on the Massachusetts scene, for people looking for hints as to the kind of issues that might arise nationally as health care reform is implemented. I have written several times... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 11:49 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy, Massachusetts

No One Is Perfect, Not Even Computers

By HERBERT MATHEWSON My last post described how a precisely regimented dosage of intravenous medication delivered to me over six hours by a state-of-the art computer actually depended on the existence (and the survival for 6 hours) of a handwritten.....

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 8:04 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: CPOE, Herbert Mathewson, Patient Safety

MinuteClinic’s hour may be at hand

By DAVID WILLIAMS Mark Perry draws an interesting inference from two news stories: a WSJ article that suggests consumers are using less health care and another that reports a big jump in MinuteClinic volumes. Consumers aren’t necessarily consuming less...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 7:18 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Patients, David E. Williams, Walk-in clinics

In the Public Interest

By JOHN MOORE The Health Information Exchange (HIE) market is the Wild West right now. Vendors are telling us that theyre seeing an unprecedented level of activity both for private and public HIEs. Private HIEs are being set-up by large... Read More....

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 6:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

Announcement: eHealth Initiative Posts New Positions Experienced Applicants Encouraged to Apply

The eHealth Initiative (eHI) is growing! We encourage you to take a look at our new job openings and spread the news amongst your colleagues and friends. eHI is a Washington, D.C.-based independent, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 11:11 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Announcements

Aneesh Chopra talking Health IT and innovation, SF 12 noon today

By Matthew Holt Today at 12 noon PST Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO will be at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco talking about health care and health care IT. Indu and I saw him last night talking about technology before... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 8:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, EHR/EMR

How to save $40 billion in health care costs

By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN Electronic health records (EHRs) broaden access to patient data and provide the platform for pushing evidence-based decision support to clinicians at the point-of-care. This promotes optimal care for patients, reduces medical errors...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 10:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Circle of Trust

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Every day millions of Americans and billions of people around the globe are routinely accepting colorful pieces of paper in return for their labor and placing those hard earned possessions in modern glass buildings whose owners they...

Published Mon, Aug 09 2010 4:01 AM by The Health Care Blog

Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Really Make a Difference If the Public Doesn't Want It?

By KENT BOTTLES, MD Not long ago I was lucky to be invited to a New England Healthcare Institute discussion entitled “From Evidence to Practice: Making Comparative Effectiveness Research Findings Work for Providers and Patients “ in Washington, DC. How...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 9:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Washington DC Conference: Interview with Gilles Frydman

By Matthew Holt Subtext: Interview with Gilles Frydman, Founder and President of ACOR, at the Health 2.0 Florida Conference, April 24, 2010. ACOR is an online community for cancer patients. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 01 2010 1:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Difficulties With Diagnosis

By DAVID E. WILLIAMS I’m impressed that the Boston Globe printed a number of insightful letters in response to its Mistakes that matter article, which discussed the case of two patients whose prostate cancer biopsies got mixed up. (One had... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 7:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Patients, David Williams, Patient Safety