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Why Direct is a Hit and PCAST is an Outcast
By VINCE KURAITIS (click on the graphics to link to original sources) Regular readers know that I find Professor Clay Christen’s theory of disruptive innovation to be a useful lens to explain industry evolution. Let’s look at two recent health IT initiatives...
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Tue, Apr 19 2011 9:29 AM
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To get the MU money, just a test
When ONC lunched the meaningful use program paying doctors up to $44,000 or more to adopt electronic medical records, I wondered–”how would they know?” Then I was told there would be a test. But I misheard, it’s not a test. Instead...
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Tue, Apr 19 2011 8:57 AM
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Interview with Louis Burns, CEO, Care Innovations
By Matthew Holt Louis Burns is CEO of Care Innovations, the joint venture between Intel and GE that’s aiming to change the world of home care and patient to clinician connectivity. Clearly there’s been lots of money and effort invested —...
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Tue, Apr 19 2011 1:24 AM
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Summary of CMS Proposed Rule on Accountable Care Organizations
By JORDAN T. COHEN (Second in a series. See Part 1 and Part 3.) CMS recently released the proposed rule that will regulate PPACA’s Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The MSSP relies on the accountable care organization (ACO) model in order to generate...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:57 AM
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Did Nine Patients Have to Die?
By MICHAEL KIRSCH, MD Recently, nine patients died in Alabama when they received intravenous nutrition that was contaminated with deadly bacteria. This type of nutrition is called total parenteral nutrition, or TPN, and is used to nourish patients by...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:50 AM
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The 100% Estate Tax
By MERRILL GOOZNER There is a dangerous but beguiling econometric logic behind the idea that turning Medicare over to the insurance industry will lower health care costs. It’s an idea that could catch on if the general public became convinced that there...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:40 AM
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Fostering Innovation in Healthcare IT
By JOHN MOORE As in most sectors, innovation in healthcare IT (HIT) is by and large incremental. A tweak here and added feature there to some existing application, e.g., what we are seeing today from EHR vendors as they strive to meet meaningful use criteria...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:37 AM
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Cato’s Cannon on Medicaid–Right but Wrong, again
One of my sparring partners, Cato libertarian whizz-kid Michael Cannon, has a new column out about Medicaid and why block grants would stop a big problem. He’s right about the problem. Because states get a matching (and in some cases way more than...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:16 AM
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When Projects Fail, Should We Fault the Technology?
By JOSEPH KVEDAR, MD Last weekend, I saw the film “Up In The Air.” Ok, so I am a few months behind in my movie viewing. That is what the Netflix lifestyle does for you. There is an interesting connected health analogy running through the film and I want...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 7:42 AM
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Near Chicago next week? Meet Todd Park!
If you’re near or in Chicago next Weds (April 27) and you care about health data, applications or innovation, we highly recommend that you get to a Community Forum on the Health Data Initiative. The formal invite & details follow–Matthew...
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Mon, Apr 18 2011 12:33 AM
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The Health Insurance EHR
By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Kaiser Health News recently published excerpts of an interview with the CEO of Aetna, Mark Bertolini. Interesting article and interesting subject, but one thing Mr. Bertolini said in connection with Aetna’s acquisition of Medicity...
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Sun, Apr 17 2011 10:32 AM
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Trump wants Canadian health care?
He may be the new darling of the tea-party, and he may be obsessed with Obama’s birthplace, but the putative leading dark horse outsider for the Republican nomination Donald Trump apparently prefers socialized medicine! Here’s what a conservative...
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Sat, Apr 16 2011 8:07 AM
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Interview with Andy Cohen, CEO, Caring.com
A couple of weeks back Andy Cohen, CEO and Founder of Caring.com stopped by Health 2.0’s offices to give us an update on the site. having established itself as a (Andy would say the) go-to site for caregivers needing to figure out what to do when...
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Fri, Apr 15 2011 5:07 PM
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The messy TEDMED divorce
By Matthew Holt Yesterday I got a fun mass email–reprinted here at Medgadget–from Richard Saul Wurman. He founded TED, and later lost control of it to Chris Anderson who has stewarded it to being a giant among conferences. Then he founded...
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Fri, Apr 15 2011 8:46 AM
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THCB Live: Microsoft
A few weeks back at HIMSS Matthew Holt caught up with Microsoft Health Solutions’ Sean Nolan (Chief Architect) and Nate McLemore (VP, Business Development) to chat about the technology and business of NHIN Direct, HealthVault and much more. Tweet...
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Fri, Apr 15 2011 8:23 AM
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