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

The Quantified Self and the Future of Health Care

By GARY WOLF The Quantified Self is a global collaboration of users and tool-makers interested in the personal meaning of personal data. There are now Quantified Self groups in more than twenty cities around the world. Our inspiration is the Homebrew...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 5:07 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, PatientsLikeMe, Quantified Self, Cure Together

The Lightweight Romney Health Plan

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI Mitt Romney has outlined his new health plan. He outlined five key steps in an op-ed in USAToday. Here is a summary: Step 1: Give states the responsibility, flexibility and resources to care for citizens who are poor, uninsured or...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 1:03 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Robert Lasewski, Mitt Romney, Republican, Romney health plan

The Social Life of Health Information

By SUSANNAH FOX “I don’t know, but I can try to find out” is the default setting for people with health questions. The internet has changed people’s relationships with information. Data collected by the Pew Internet Project and the California HealthCare...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 9:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

The Dual Online Identities of Physicians

By GLENN LAFFEL, MD Like everybody else, physicians are expanding their online personal identities. At the same time, they are trying to comply with codes of conduct that help consumers trust them and their profession. There’s no problem so long as the...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 8:32 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Physicians, Social Media, Facebook, Glenn Laffel, Twitter

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

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Mitt

By ROBERT REICH One of my regrets in life is losing the chance to debate Mitt Romney and whip his ass. It was the fall of 2002. Mitt had thundered into Massachusetts with enough money to grab the Republican nomination for governor. Meanwhile, I was doing...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 6:50 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Robert Reich, GOP, Mitt Romney, Political candidates

Outrage is Easy. Solutions are Hard.

By MERRILL GOOZNER The inspector general of HHS reported this week that nearly half of the anti-psychotic drugs fed to the demented elderly in nursing homes are inappropriately prescribed. That’s about one in fourteen nursing home residents. Forget about...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 4:42 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, HHS, Nursing Homes

Google Health Put in Stasis

By JOHN MOORE About a year ago we posted a piece that basically summed up Google Health as on its death bed. Google, of course was quick to defend itself saying that Google Health was very much alive and well. We even had a long conversation with the...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 12:50 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, John Moore, Google Health

Why We Should Think Twice About Getting A CT Scan

By SHANNON BROWNLEE There’s an eerie video up on YouTube, shot by a Japanese journalist who ventured into the evacuation zone surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant, armed with a camera and a radiation meter. The video looks like b-roll footage...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 4:57 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Radiation exposure, Shannon Brownlee, CT scans

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

Neither the Republicans Nor the Democrats Want to Face the Provider Cost Problem

By ROBERT MCDONOUGH A key piece of Paul Ryan’s deficit reduction plan is to change Medicare as we know it. It appears his bold Medicare premium support proposal is failing to gain traction–it is dead as part of any deficit reduction deal this year...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 9:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Defined contribution, Democrats and Republicans, Medicare cost, Robert Lasewski

What If You Give a Party and No One Comes?

By PAUL LEVY Here is a short update on a post I put up about a month ago about CMS’ proposed regulations for setting up Accountable Care Organizations. The ACO proposal calls for shared savings and other incentives for providers, with a transition...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 8:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Paul Levy, ACOs, CMS regulations

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

The Quest for Price Transparency

By ERIC LESPIN A torn meniscus. It did not disable but it impaired, and unpredictably. My stomach learned quickly to tighten at the sound of A.’s peculiar whimper in response to a crippling pain that would shoot through her at seemingly innocuous movements...

Published Sat, May 07 2011 9:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Costs of Care, Cost transparency, Surgery

How Many Diseases Does It Take?

By MARYA ZILBERBERG, MD It is not a secret that I dislike tobacco companies. Intensely. I do not see the point of allowing them to sell a product whose value is all in the negative. I am appalled that we are looking for expensive ways to diminish lung...

Published Fri, May 06 2011 8:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Marya Zilberberg, Free will, Lung cancer, Personal responsibility, Societal responsibility

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