September 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Five Big Ideas that Shaped Health Reform

By BILL KRAMER During the Great Health Reform Debate of 2009-10, much of the public discussion and media analysis focused on the political battles, the legislative process and specific elements of the health reform bill. We talked a lot about... Read...

Published Sat, Sep 18 2010 5:33 AM by The Health Care Blog

Diffusion of EHR Innovation

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE No matter what your opinion of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is, you would probably agree that the concept of computerizing medical records represents an innovation of sorts. The spread of innovation, or its diffusion, has been...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 1:33 PM by The Health Care Blog

Risky Business

By PAUL LEVY At my annual physical exam last week, my primary care doctor employed a widely used web-based calculator to plug in cholesterol levels and other risk factors to estimate my likelihood of having a heart attack during the... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 6:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Profit-seeking Health Insurers Seek Profits

DAVE DRANOVE No one who sees this headline should read any further. There is no news here. So why is everyone getting lathered up about it? Let me explain. Healthcare reform becomes official this week, as many of the provisions... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 7:42 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: David Dranove, Insurance companies

Health 2.0 Europe: Day One

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Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 2:42 PM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Europe: Seach and Content

By Bianca Grogan At the Health 2.0 Europe Conference, April 6-7, 2010, in Paris France, a number of panelists gave live demonstrations in regards to search and content. They discussed the question of how to make content on the internet... Read More.....

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 8:50 PM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Europe: Alensa Demonstration

By Bianca Grogan Alex Savic from Alensa AGA presented a demonstration on the main stage of the at the Health 2.0 Europe Conference, April 6-7, 2010, in Paris, France. He introduced a new product called NextWidgets which is a tools... Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 05 2010 1:01 AM by The Health Care Blog

Having Your Cake and Eating It Too

By JOHN GOODMAN Have you ever wondered how anyone could possibly think that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would lead to less health care spending? Consider that the act is expected to (a) insure more than half... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 06 2010 10:32 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: health care reform, PPACA, John Goodman

And The Best Job In Academic Medicine Goes To…

By BOB WACHTER, MD With all due respect to the Pentagon, humankind has not invented a more complex organization than the modern academic medical center. The combination of high tech and high touch, the Byzantine regulations, the toxic medico-legal environment...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 11:43 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Bob Wachter, Academic Medicine

OIG: Imaging pre-authorization may be handled by hospital for referring docs and patients

By DAVID HARLOW The OIG released an advisory opinion at the end of last month OK'ing a hospital's proposal to provide insurance pre-authorization srevices free of charge to patients and physicians. This is an issue that has long vexed folks.....

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 10:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Insurance, David Harlow

Thursday Webinar--Intro to Governance from Nat'l eHealth Collaborative

We think you might be interested in this webinar today Understanding governance considerations for nationwide health information exchange The first of a two event series on network governance, this is a key opportunity to explore the various considerations...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 1:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Primary Care is Not a Panacea: It Takes a Team

By MAGGIE MAHAR The emphasis on primary care as the “key” to lifting the quality of U.S. healthcare may be exaggerated according to a report, released today, by Dartmouth’s Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice. “Primary care forms the....

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 11:21 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, primary care, Maggie Mahar

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By MIKE TURPIN As the first snowflakes of change fall on the eve of health reform, HR professionals may soon wake up to an entirely transformed healthcare delivery landscape. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) clearly will impact....

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 7:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: health care reform, Michael Turpin

Why There’s An Enthusiasm Gap: An Illustration

By ROBERT REICH Why is there an enthusiasm gap? Let me illustrate. Today (Monday) at a “town hall” sponsored by CNBC in Washington, the President took questions about the economy. When a hedge-fund manager complained that Wall Street executives “feel...

Published Sun, Sep 26 2010 6:16 AM by The Health Care Blog