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

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

I Wish We Were Less Patient

By PAUL LEVY The sad case of Kimberly Hiatt, a Seattle nurse who committed suicide months after being disciplined for administering a fatal dose to an infant, is starting to make the rounds. Josephine Ensign, for example, concludes her blog post on this...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 9:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy, Hospitals, Nursing, Medication errors

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 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

Ten Rules for Health Care Organizations Interested in Using Social Media

By JAAN SIDOROV, MD Include social media like ”Facebook” or “Twitter” in health care business plan, and you’ll probably prompt glazed looks from the average health care administrator. Those who recognize the terms will want...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 5:01 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Social Media, Facebook, Jaan Sidorov, Healthcare organizations, Twitter

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

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

Fact-checking Medical Claims

By BRIAN MOSSOP In 2007/08, the work of Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler revealed that human behaviors, and even states of mind, tracked through social networks much like infectious disease. Or put another way, both obesity and happiness worm their...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 6:41 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: The Insider's Guide to Health Care, Review articles, Medical facts, Brian Mossop, Fact checking

One clue to why health care costs are so high? Docs don’t know what things cost

By DAVID WILLIAMS I often hear from hospitals that they’re being squeezed greatly on cost and not getting paid enough by government and private payers. I have some sympathy for this argument, but on the other hand somehow this country outspends every...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 12:09 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

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

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

Translation Needed

By DEREK LOWE The “Opinionator” blog at the New York Times is trying here, but there’s something not quite right. David Bornstein, in fact, gets off on the wrong foot entirely with this opening: Consider two numbers: 800,000 and 21....

Published Thu, May 05 2011 3:18 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Derek Lowe, Drug research, Drug discovery

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

Wellpoint gets aggressive on inpatient payment changes

We’ve heard a lot of whining over the years from private insurers about how the have to pay more because Medicare pays less. But now Wellpoint is going to essentially use the ACA as cover to put all of its hospitals on a pay for performance plan–obviously...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 1:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: micro

Sorry, been busy!

You may have noticed that I haven’t been hanging around THCB much this week so far. Well I have a great excuse. This is my wife Amanda and our new daughter Colette. She was born on Sunday at 6 am and mom and baby are doing very well! Tweet this...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 5:24 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, micro

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