September 2010 - The Health Care Blog

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

Not all Ratings Are Equal: Part II

By JOHN R. MORROW Read Part I here. Why are all ratings not equal? Because they are designed for different purposes! Herein lay the underlying truth to the many objections posed by organizations being rated. Rightfully so, the Three R’s... Read More....

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 5:25 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Quality, John R. Morrow

Front-Line Managers are Key to Wellness Program Participation

By TOM UNDERWOOD What’s the difference between a company with a high participation rate in wellness programs and a low one? As it turns out, front-line managers—the people who run the daily operations and work the most closely with their... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 4:12 PM by The Health Care Blog

Healthcare unwired: nearly half of US consumers are willing to pay

By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN 40% of U.S. consumers are willing to pay for remote health monitoring devices and services that would send their medical data to doctors, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Healthcare Unwired (PwC). 51% of consumers would not buy...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 11:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Patients

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

Computer Error or Patient-Centered Care?

By HERBERT MATHEWSON, MD The saga continues, but morphs from a discussion of computer error into patient-centered care (1). In my last two posts I tell my story of trying to speed up a six-hour infusion of intravenous medication by... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 7:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Herbert Mathewson, Patient Safety, Medical errors

Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Teams Sprint to the Finish

By Bianca Grogan More than 40 teams are putting the final touches on their applications for our Health 2.0 Developer Challenge. The 10 prize winners will be announced by Todd Park, CTO of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 12:10 PM by The Health Care Blog

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

Do Patients Want to Punish?

By PAUL LEVY There is a great debate set forth in the IHI's Open School discussion of the wrong-side surgery case that occurred at our hospital a few years ago. (I have written about this below, but there are some... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 6:32 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Red, White and Blue Buttons

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE On August 3rd President Obama announced the advent of a new button: The Blue Button. The Blue Button is a health data download button. Consumers can presumably click on the Blue Button and their medical records will... Read More....

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 4:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, Margalit Gur-Arie

The trifecta: Reform idiocy, Hospital CEOs and the Obesity Problem

By Matthew Holt It's rare that you get such a delicious health care story combining human frailty, blindness and multiple stereotypes, but Julie Rovner of NPR found it. In fact I literally thought she’d been set up but she confirmed... Read More....

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 1:13 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Hospitals, Humor

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

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