April 2015 - The Health Care Blog

In Defense of Epic. No, Really.

By Robert Wachter, MD Today THCB is delighted to feature an excerpt from Robert Wachter’s much-talked about new book “The Digital Doctor.” (McGraw Hill, 2015) . If you enjoy this piece, be sure have a look at the director’s cut interviews Wachter...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 12:45 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Wikipedia: Homeopathy and Evidence for Unpatentable Medications

By FRED TROTTER Recently, I have had some interesting conversations with doctors and medical students of Naturopathic Medicine. I am slowly getting involved in editing Wikipedia medicine articles, and I was approached by several proponents of Naturopathic...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2015 7:49 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Evidence Based Medicine, Wikipedia, Homeopathy

Opening the Care Conversation Through Open Notes

By SUSAN DENTZER It’s a memory aid. It’s truth serum. Using it can transform relationships forever. These may sound like come-ons for the type of product typically hawked on late-night television. But in fact, they’re some of the things people are saying...

Published Tue, Apr 28 2015 6:02 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Patients, OpenNotes, Susan Dentzer

HIT: Where We Stand and Where We Go From Here

By KAREN DeSALVO This post is adapted from DeSalvo’s talk at the annual meeting of the Health and Information Management Systems Society in Chicago last week. I am optimistic about the bright future we have to leverage health information technology...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2015 4:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, THCB, ONC, DeSalvo

Ridicule Mehmet Oz, Don’t Have Him Fired

By SAURABH JHA, MD If I could invite four people for dinner, alive or dead, they would be Mark Twain, William Shackleton, Christopher Hitchens and Homer Simpson (Bart’s dad). If Mehmet Oz turned up with a bag of Garcinia Cambogia I would excuse myself...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 2:23 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Uncategorized

Independent Practice Equals Higher Satisfaction

By TOM GUILLANI, MD, MS Thinking of starting a new practice? Is the lure of independence calling to you? There are more reasons than every why independent practice is a great option. Being your own boss is not only easier than it once was, it can actually...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 12:21 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Kareo, Small Practice

SGR Appeal: Fixing the Present, Setting a Foundation for the Future

FARZAD MOSTASHARI Last week, I was riveted to the deliberations on the Senate floor, as the fate of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA – so far, more commonly called the “SGR fix”) was decided. One amendment after another failed to...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 5:57 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, ACO, MACRA, SGR Fix, Accountable Care Organization

Finding the Stars of Hospital Care In the US

By ASHISH JHA, MD Why do star ratings? Now we’re giving star ratings to hospitals? Does anyone think this is a good idea? Actually, I do. Hospital ratings schemes have cropped up all over the place, and sorting out what’s important and what isn’t is difficult...

Published Tue, Apr 21 2015 3:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Why Microsoft May Be the One to Watch

By MATTHEW HOLT Matthew Holt: I’m talking with one of the most interesting people in healthcare, Dale Sanders who these days is the Senior Vice President for Strategy for Health Catalyst, a really fast growing data warehousing analytics company. Dale...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2015 5:55 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Will HIMSS Bring About World Peace?

By MICHAEL MILLENSON I had a HIMSS 2015 hallucination. Walking through the crowded exhibit halls of the premier health information technology trade show, the Prophet Isaiah’s vision of beating swords into plowshares and the lion lying down with the lamb...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2015 2:51 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

HIMSS15 Wrap up

By MICHELLE RONAN NOTEBOOM It’s taken me two days to recover from 3-1/2 days of HIMSS15 and I wonder how the other 43,138 attendees are faring. Actually I am pretty confident that few people escaped Chicago without swollen feet and exhausted minds and...

Published Sun, Apr 19 2015 7:08 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

It’s Official: Employee Wellness Is a Total “Scam”

By AL LEWIS and VIK KHANNA No Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision enjoys more bipartisan support than the provision encouraging employers to pay or fine employees based on their health and health behaviors, a practice known as “workplace wellness...

Published Sun, Apr 19 2015 8:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Five Years of Failing Patients

By ANGELO VOLANDES, MD Although this March marked the fifth anniversary of passage of the Affordable Care Act many of its promises to place patients at the center of care remain elusive. No where is this more evident than in the law’s provision to improve...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2015 5:01 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

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In Defense of Epic. No, Really.

Wikipedia: Homeopathy and Evidence for Unpatentable Medications

Opening the Care Conversation Through Open Notes

HIT: Where We Stand and Where We Go From Here

Ridicule Mehmet Oz, Don’t Have Him Fired

Independent Practice Equals Higher Satisfaction

SGR Appeal: Fixing the Present, Setting a Foundation for the Future

Finding the Stars of Hospital Care In the US

Why Microsoft May Be the One to Watch

Will HIMSS Bring About World Peace?

HIMSS15 Wrap up

It’s Official: Employee Wellness Is a Total “Scam”

Five Years of Failing Patients