February 2011 - The Health Care Blog

The Obamacare Shift

By PAUL LEVY A colleague pointed this out to me recently, and I think he has it right: While more people will have health insurance as a result of the federal health care reform act, a side effect will be to reduce the number of people insured through...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 6:17 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Front Page

The Other Scarlet Letter

By J.D. KLEINKE Do you hate abortion? Me too. Every form of the procedure sickens me, and has since the first one I ever heard about, when I was 10 years old. My mother had come home early, distraught and bathed in tears, from her job as a teacher in...

Published Sat, Feb 26 2011 11:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Abortion, Front Page, Pro-life, J.D. Kleinke

The Power of a Network: Health Information Exchanges

By JACK BUXBAUM The idea behind a network is that it grows stronger as more participants join it. A basic example is a cell phone provider that allows its members to make free calls to other members – the policy becomes more valuable as more people join...

Published Thu, Feb 24 2011 9:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, Jack Buxbaum, HIMSS 2011, HIE

Transmogrifying California Healthcare

By LISA SUENNEN I’m really looking forward to this coming Friday, February 4th, as I get to moderate a panel on “The Impact of Health Reform on California.” The panel, which was organized by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 7:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Things Are About to Get Ugly

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI Word is that House Republicans will attach an amendment to the latest federal spending bill that will cut-off funding for the health care bill. The last Congress never finalized a budget for the current fiscal year—the feds... Read...

Published Wed, Feb 09 2011 3:02 PM by The Health Care Blog

How to Meaningfully Shop for an EHR

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE So you’ve been hearing all about the recent EHR buzz and decided to give it a try. Whether you are convinced that electronic records are the way to go, or you have reached a point where you... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 10:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health IT Future: A Tale of Three Watsons

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON If you want to see the future of health information technology, take a look at the dueling visions of two Thomas Watsons that are on display this month in a game show and a trade show. The juxtaposition unintentionally demonstrates...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 6:48 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Michael Millenson, Watson, IBM, Tech, Mobile health apps

Replace The RUC

By BRIAN KLEPPER, PHD A few weeks ago, my writing partner David C. Kibbe and I ran an article on Kaiser Health News called “Quit the RUC!“ that has caused some turmoil within the physician community, particularly in DC. First, it noted that the RUC, the...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 6:13 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Brian Klepper, AMA, CMS, Tech, Front Page, RUC

NIH and Drug Innovation

By MERRILL GOOZNER For most of the past decade, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have competed over who could pour more money into the National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. But the party is over. The...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 4:51 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Merrill Goozner, Op-Ed, NIH, NEJM, Drug development

What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets

By VIJAY GOVINDARAJAN and JUSTIN CHAKMA Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in emerging markets, and in working with local funds based in those markets (despite the fact that reverse innovation in venture capital seems counterintuitive). The...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 1:22 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Front Page

Getting DIRECTLY to the Point

By RICH ELMORE and ARIEN MALEC A patient’s health records are no longer confined to a doctor’s office, shelved inside a dusty file cabinet. With the advent of the Nationwide Health Information Network, a framework of standards, services and policies that...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 8:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Front Page

HIMSS11 Update from the Chairman

By C. MARTIN HARRIS, MD As the Chairman of the board of HIMSS, the Health Information Management Systems Society, which is the largest information technology organization in the world, I’ve been very busy at our annual conference in Orlando, Fla. As I...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 1:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, Meaningful Use, Front Page, HIMMS, Martin Harris, HIMMS11

Glen Tullman @ HIMSS11

Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscripts, talked with Matthew about mergers, consolidation and payment changes taking place in the healthcare system. Tweet this Share on Facebook Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 2:04 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Tech, HIMSS 2011, Allscripts, Glen Tullman

A Normal Pregnancy is a Retrospective Diagnosis

By J.D. KLEINKE If every medical specialty has its homily for indoctrinating new members, “a normal pregnancy is a retrospective diagnosis” is the cynical soundbite for obstetrics. It is a patronizing and alarmist statement, meant to distance weary practitioners...

Published Tue, Feb 01 2011 4:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Direct Project Implementations Take Flight

By RICH ELMORE and PAUL TUTEN The Direct Project has taken off, with the first-in-the-nation production use of the Direct Project for secure direct clinical messaging. Arien Malec, ONC’s Direct Project Coordinator, announced today that pilots in Minnesota...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 1:35 PM by The Health Care Blog

February 2011 - The Health Care Blog

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The Obamacare Shift

The Other Scarlet Letter

The Power of a Network: Health Information Exchanges

Transmogrifying California Healthcare

Things Are About to Get Ugly

How to Meaningfully Shop for an EHR

Health IT Future: A Tale of Three Watsons

Replace The RUC

NIH and Drug Innovation

What Venture Capital Can Learn from Emerging Markets

Getting DIRECTLY to the Point

HIMSS11 Update from the Chairman

Glen Tullman @ HIMSS11

A Normal Pregnancy is a Retrospective Diagnosis

Direct Project Implementations Take Flight