May 2011 - The Health Care Blog - The Network of Care

Does Mitt Romney Deserve the Abuse He’s Getting on Health Care? Yes, He Does.

By DAVID E. WILLIAMS Mitt Romney took a big beating on the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial page last week, the same day he laid out his health care plan in the USA Today and defended his position on the topic in a speech in Michigan. I’m not a big Romney...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 7:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, David Williams, Romney health plan, GOP candidates

The Last Best Hope

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE According to the recently published CMS Accountable Care Organization (ACO) rules, an ACO needs to care for at least 5000 Medicare beneficiaries. Theoretically, two primary care physicians and a nurse, practicing in a garage, or cottage...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 10:12 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, THCB, Margalit Gur-Arie, Private practice, ACOs

Is the ACO DOA? Reasonable Minds Can Improve the Draft Regulations

By DAVID HARLOW In the current all-ACO, all the time, health care policy news cycle, we’ve been inundated with declarations that the ACO is dead, because a handful of big boys say they don’t want to play. Today, CMS announced that it is tinkering...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 8:14 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, CMS, David Harlow, ACOs

The Identity Theft Smoke Screen

By CHRISTOPHER J. ASAKIEWICZ Personal data privacy once again has taken front stage in Sorrel v. IMS Health, Inc.[1] Vermont passed the Vermont Confidentiality of Prescription Information Law that allows doctors which prescribe drugs to patients, to decide...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 3:19 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Privacy, HIPAA, Sorrel v. IMS Health, Personal data, Christopher Asakiewicz

Health 2.0 Advisors at Tiecon 11

By Marco Smit At Health 2.0 Advisors we not only scan and analyze the healthcare innovation landscape incessantly, we also share our thoughts and insights with clients and at conferences at times. On that note, on May 13 at 10am I will be moderating a...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 1:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

Let’s Just Keep Killing and Maiming Them

By PAUL LEVY Old patterns die hard. Back in March 2010, I posted a chart from the ACHE that Jim Conway had sent me showing a decrease in the ranking of quality and safety among priorities reported by hospital executives. Now comes an article in Health...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 3:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Quality, Paul Levy, Patient Safety

Silicon Valley roars back…in healthcare too?

By Marco Smit Recently, the Wall Street Journal has been writing article after article about how Silicon Valley is suddenly as hot again as in 1995. And anyone driving into San Francisco these days will have views of the city obscured with big “we’re...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 1:06 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Health 2.0 Advisors, Healthtap, Limeade, Doximity

Earth to Republicans: You Are In Big Political Trouble Over the Ryan Medicare Plan

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI It should now be clear to Republicans they are in trouble over the Ryan Medicare plan. Yesterday, they lost a seat in a solid Republican New York House district. Their candidate had benefited from lots of money and House leadership...

Published Thu, May 26 2011 7:04 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Robert Laszewski, THCB, Medicare, Republicans

Remember: Social Media is Social

By MARYA ZILBERBERG, MD A few days ago, several news outlets reported on Newt Gingrich’s unfortunate turn of phrase about our President. In a speech in Georgia he referred to Obama as “the most successful food stamp president in modern American...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 10:23 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Twitter

HIT Trends Summary for April 2011

By MICHAEL LAKE This is a summary of the HIT Trends report for April 2011. You can get the current issue or subscribe here. Europe. European progress reports on HIT show us that it’s evolving along many similar lines to current US efforts. One report...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 12:26 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: CMS, Michael Lake, Tech, Incentives, European HIT, EHR vendors

Maybe there really is mobile health after all

OK, I’m kidding–but Ford Motor Co is excited enough about its new collaboration with WellDoc that it wanted to fly me to Detroit to take a look at it. (I declined–perhaps they should move their headquarters to San Tropez). Welldoc is...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 2:36 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, micro

The System Firsthand

By BRAD FLANSBAUM, DO Grandma is 93. The matriarch of my family is in worsening health, and her decline is difficult to observe. We all experience the travails of the US health care system at some point, and in my family’s case, ours is no exception....

Published Thu, May 19 2011 10:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Geriatric, BOOST, Brad Flansbaum, Relocation trauma

Health 2.0 Pavilion @ Maker Faire Bay Area THIS WEEKEND

By MATTHEW HOLT Maker Faire Bay Area is the worlds biggest DIY and tinkerers festival–at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds (about 20 mins south of San Francisco). I’ve heard it called a cross between the Home Depot & Burning Man. And this...

Published Sat, May 21 2011 10:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

Do We Have Any Clue How to Cut the Cost of Healthcare?

By ROBERT WACHTER, MD At the Society of Hospital Medicine’s annual meeting last week in Dallas, Lenny Feldman of Johns Hopkins presented the results of a neat little study. His hypothesis: physicians given information about the costs of their laboratory...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 5:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

We Need a Liberal Immigration Policy to Support Health Care Reform

By DAVID E. WILLIAMS Over the last decade, the United States has intentionally made itself less attractive to immigrants, forgetting that immigration has been a huge driver of the country’s economic success. In a recent article (America needs a 21st century...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 11:33 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, health care reform, David Williams, Immigration

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