October 2010 - The Health Care Blog

Patients 2.0 - The Growing Demographic of Networked Patients

By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN >In a ballroom at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco last week, several hundred people shared ideas, debated, and painted a multi-faceted picture of the NewPatient: the networked patient. The meeting was convened, in “unconference...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2010 4:55 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Massachusetts Connector: Success or Just a PR Coup?

By ROGER COLLIER With the passage of insurance exchange legislation in California, and the release of a template for state exchange statutes by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, many state eyes are turning towards the only existing...

Published Mon, Oct 11 2010 6:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Roger Collier, Massachusetts, health care reform

Alexandra Drane doing Engage With Grace at TEDMED

By Matthew Holt Just one photo from TEDMED, a really fascinating conference where I've been this week (courtsey of RWJ). This is Alex Drane telling Za's story and presenting Engage with Grace. She was remarkable. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 10:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

Suing the Right to Life ―While Playing the Lyre

By LUCAS RESTREPO, MD Last week, the fire department of a small town in Tennessee called South Fulton ignored the call of a man who needed help quelling a fire near his house. The firefighters declined lending a hand because... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 8:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: PPACA, Lucas Restrepo, Uninsured

Crossing the ROAD to Real Reform - or how American Medical Education can (or can't) meet the ACA's Call to Action

By ALI KHAN, MD, MPP “So, why didn’t I take the ROAD again?” It’s a question that I regularly hear from many of my co-residents in internal medicine – and no, we’re not questioning our travel routes to the hospital.... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 3:56 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: ACA, Ali Khan, Medical residents, Physician shortage

Fred Goes to Washington

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD Everyone must have sore butts from sitting on the edge of their seats while reading my previous episodes of “The Doctor is (Not Totally) In.” I am sorry if you are one of the sore butted... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 11:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Meaningful Use, Rob Lamberts

The Politics of Health Reform

By JOHN GOODMAN There will be two national elections before the new health overhaul is substantially implemented (in 2014) and a third election the year it is supposed to be implemented. Question: Will the voters reward office holders who supported.....

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 3:47 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, health care reform, John Goodman, Politics, ACA

West Wireless Health Institute Awards $10K Developer Challenge at Health 2.0

By DON CASEY The winner of the West Wireless Health Institute’s $10,000 Health 2.0 developer challenge integrates consumer devices with wireless capabilities – like Nintendo’s popular Wii balance board – and open source platforms to help people share...

Published Thu, Oct 07 2010 12:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Don Casey

First Life Research at Health 2.0

By Bianca Grogan In the coming days and weeks we're going to start rolling out a lot of video from last week's Health 2.0 Conference held in San Francisco, CA on October 7-8, 2010. There is a ton of material... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 3:28 AM by The Health Care Blog

Doctors, Hospitals and the Yankees

By ROB LAMBERTS Joe Boyd hated the Yankees. “Those damn Yankees. Why can’t we beat ‘em?” Then he got the opportunity to save his beloved Washington Senators by making a deal with the devil – giving up his soul in... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 7:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Health 2.0 Connection

Regina Holliday paints at Health 2.0 while Aneesh Chopra talks. (Photo from Gilles Frydman) Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2010 8:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

False promises

By PAUL LEVY At a speech last night, Lynn Nicholas, head of the MA Hospital Association, summarized the up's and down's associated with the Massachusetts 2006 universal health care access legislation. She was kind enough to send me her slides...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 1:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy, Medicaid

How Health Services Researchers Can Harness Data : Discussion at Health Innovation Week, SF

By TED EYTAN, MD Last week’s Health Innovation Week in San Francisco started for me with a day entitled “From Data to Information, to Knowledge to Application: How Health Services Research Can Harness Data to Help Support a More Rapid... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 11:49 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Patients, Social Media, Research, Herbert Mathewson, Ed Eytan

The Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Code-a-thon is happening NOW at Google.

Great things are happening at the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Code-a-thon at Google: Collaboration..... Dedication..... Inspiration..... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 2:25 PM by The Health Care Blog

Connected Healthcare: Wellness and Emerging Technology

You are invited to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum’s latest Networking/Panel Event, Connected Healthcare: Wellness and Emerging Technology on Wednesday, November 17th. Technology is changing how people connect with...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 8:47 AM by The Health Care Blog