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Robert Reich Connects the Dots

By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN “I’m not a class warrior. I’m a class worrier,” Robert Reich told a standing-room only crowd of thousands of health IT geeks as he delivered the first keynote address of the annual meeting of HIMSS, the Healthcare Information Management...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 9:37 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Front Page, Economy, Robert Reich, HIMSS
Two Kidneys and 100,000 Lives

By PAUL LEVY This story about a kidney transplant mix-up in California is bound to get lots of coverage. It is these extraordinary cases that get public attention. I am sure it will lead to a whole new set of national rules designed to keep such a thing...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 10:24 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy, Front Page
Let’s Face(book) the Hard Truth About Healthcare

By PETER KRUGER ‘In the time when new media. Was the big idea.’ These two lines at the end of the album track ‘Kite’ earned U2 a place in a recent list of suspect popular song lyrics. Some Health 2.0 vendors are also struggling to get ‘social media...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 8:04 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Front Page
Shaw Got It Right

By PAUL LEVY George Bernard Shaw wrote The Doctor's Dilemma, Preface on Doctors in 1909. It is fun to read some excerpts: It is not the fault of our doctors that the medical service of the community, as at present... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 04 2011 6:12 AM by The Health Care Blog
OrganizedWisdom storms the waiting room!

By Matthew Holt OrganizedWisdom is one of the more innovative Health 2.0 content and search companies, and the dynamic duo of Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes just pulled off an interesting coup by getting OW's wisdom cards into the ubiquitous... Read...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 1:21 AM by The Health Care Blog
You're Sick. I'm Not. Too Bad.

By ELAINE SCHATTNER, MD There’s a popular, partly true, sometimes useful and very dangerous notion that we can control our health. Maybe even fend off cancer. I like the idea that we can make smart choices, eat sensible amounts of... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 4:35 AM by The Health Care Blog
ACOs and Antitrust

By MERRILL GOOZNER Beyond the legal challenges, a major new hurdle is emerging for the health care reform law. Recent studies show that the major players in the health care marketplace – insurers, hospitals and physician practices – are consolidating...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 12:23 PM by The Health Care Blog
New Cures! Faster! Faster!

By DEREK LOWE, PHD I wrote here the other day about the NIH’s new translational medicine plans. The New York Times article that brought this to wide attention didn’t go over well with director Francis Collins, who ended up trying to disabuse...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 3:35 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Op-Ed, NIH, Drug development, Front Page, Derek Lowe
THCB @ HIMSS11

This week we’ll be reporting live from HIMSS11 in Orlando. We’ll have backstage access to some of the biggest names at the conference, plus posts by surprise guests. Coverage from the show is underwritten by Xerox Corporation, with areas of focus...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 4:39 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Front Page

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Robert Reich Connects the Dots

Two Kidneys and 100,000 Lives

Let’s Face(book) the Hard Truth About Healthcare

Shaw Got It Right

OrganizedWisdom storms the waiting room!

You're Sick. I'm Not. Too Bad.

ACOs and Antitrust

New Cures! Faster! Faster!

THCB @ HIMSS11