November 2010 - The Health Care Blog

The Libertarian Mind

By RONALD PIES, MD “It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.” –Simone Weil Libertarianism is much in the news these days,... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 11:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: health care reform, Libertarian, Ronald Pies

From Pain to Poverty

By STEVE SANDERS “What am I going to do now Doc?” asked Mike, a down on his luck, 29 year–old recently unemployed truck driver, as he handed me his hospital bill. Mike was seen at our local emergency department on... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 7:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Decade-Long Journey To NEJM Case 34-2010

By BOB WACHTER The most popular article in last week’s New England Journal of Medicine did not tout the discovery of a novel gene, nor describe a cardiology clinical trial with a clever acronym as its title. Rather, it was... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 9:32 AM by The Health Care Blog

Is This Normal?

By PAUL LEVY This is a story about consumer choice using publicly available information. Unfortunately, it is also about the power of suggestion as used by an incumbent provider organization. The friend who sent me this note is a research... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 7:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Patients, Health Plans, Paul Levy

The Measurement Question

By VIPAN NIKORE I sat at home with a sense of relief. I had just finished my first month of residency - a grueling Cardiology month with very little sleep or food. I now finally had my first weekend off.... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 15 2010 8:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Suzanne Delbanco on the new Catalyst for Payment Reform

By Matthew Holt Catalyst for Payment Reform is a new organization set up by several huge employers. Its goal is to pay for health care differently, and make sure that those employers run ahead of any Medicare payment reform coming... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 12 2010 1:02 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy, Employers

Dartmouth Launches New Degree Program in Health Care Delivery Science

In the wake of health care reform, leaders in the industry need a new set of tools to navigate through a health care landscape that has changed forever. In response, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 4:18 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Marketplace

The Doctor will Sync You Now

By MARKUS POHL Takeaway: mHealth developers expect the importance of app stores to diminish. mHealth apps will predominantly be distributed through traditional healthcare channels by 2015. Our firm, Berlin-based research2guidance, conducted a global mHealth...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 8:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

The EMR Cage Match Results

By JONATHAN BUSH It turns out, there was no cage at the experimental debate earlier in October between me and Girish Kumar Navani of eClinicalWorks. And Girish was wearing a shirt…and no mask. These, plus other anticlimaxes, sent our PR... Read More....

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 9:31 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR/EMR, Jonathan Bush

Eric Dishman talks about Intel in health

By Matthew Holt Eric Dishman has been working with a big team at Intel on the use of technology to help seniors and patients age in place. It's been a long-ish road for Eric but in the last few years... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 11:59 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Policy, Consumers

The Republican Landslide and the Affordable Care Act

By GLEN LAFFEL After their resounding triumph in yesterday’s midterm elections, House Republicans will likely act on their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the health reform bill President Obama signed into law last March. Their efforts could...

Published Wed, Nov 03 2010 3:15 PM by The Health Care Blog

The preview of the Health 2.0 Accelerator Apps Network is now available on video

At the Fall 2010 Health 2.0 Conference seven companies demonstrate composite applications to connect and support patients, caregivers and providers. San Francisco, November 10, 2010 - The preview of the Health 2.0 Accelerator Apps Network is now available...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 10:40 AM by The Health Care Blog

Healthcare Messages Over the Internet: The Direct Project

By BRIAN AHIER, RICH ELMORE and DAVID C. KIBBE The Direct Project announced today the completion of its open-source connectivity-enabling software and the start of a series of pilots that will be demonstrating directed secure messaging for healthcare...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 3:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

Announcing the Health 2.0 2011 Conference Schedule!

By Bianca Grogan We are happy to announce our exciting conference schedule for 2011! Our Spring Fling conference will be held in San Diego on March 21-22. This event will focus on three themes where Health 2.0 can make a... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 19 2010 12:01 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Cost of Success

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD For those of you who didn’t know, I entered the National Novel Writing Month “contest” (which has no winners). I got to the goal of 50,000 words yesterday. One of the main questions that is asked... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 12:13 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Patients, Rob Lamberts