September 2015 - The Health Care Blog

Uncle Sam, Yelped

By NIAM YARAGHI Yelp recently announced it had reached an agreement with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to allow agencies to claim their pages and read and respond to reviews. This is yet another move by the current administration to become...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2015 12:36 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Yelp, GSA

How I Use P4 Medicine to Maximize Patient Engagement

By MOLLY MALOOF, MD SPONSORED CONTENT The healthcare industry is changing as new models of care and reimbursement emerge. One of these approaches is P4 Medicine. P4 Medicine stands for predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory. This approach...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2015 10:50 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Kareo, Molly Maloof, Institute of Systems Biology, P4 Medicine

Health 2.0 announces Launch! and Traction Finalists

By DEEPA MISTRY Big news for the Health 2.0’s upcoming 9th Annual Fall Conference! Launch! Our annual Launch! competition is on the last day of the conference, Wednesday, October 7th. Ten digital health companies will demo their products for the...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2015 2:54 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, traction, PatientPop, Noona Healthcare, PeerWell, Vericred, Redox Engine, Gliimpse, Doco.la, Ayogo’s Empower™, MedWand, Medtep, Vivor, Admetsys, Bloom Technologies, Nurx, Mohr Davidow Ventures, DRX Capital, Sensentia, GE Ventures, CirrusMD, uncleCare, QueueDr, Launch!, Flow Health, New Atlantic Ventures, SilverCloud

Diagnostic Error: The IOM Talks Trash (But Not Cash)

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON To understand how a landmark new report on diagnostic error breaks the mold, go past the carefully crafted soundbite (“Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2015 1:35 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Patient-Centered Errors, National Quality Forum, Diagnostic Errors, Institute of Medicine

A Small EHR Vendor’s Emotional Open Letter to Users as They Pull the Plug

By HAYWARD ZWERLING, MD Over the last few years, we have seen large EHR vendors purchase the moderate size EHR vendors, while moderate-size EHR vendors acquire smaller EHR vendors. We can expect to see a further decline in the number and diversity of...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2015 6:57 PM by THCB

Filed under: EHR, THCB, Meaningful Use, ICD-10

This Is Your Brain On Wellness

By AL LEWIS As a CEO of a company in a competitive industry, I cross my fingers that my competitors will implement wellness programs. Indeed, the more comprehensive their programs, the better it is for me. Those competitors will suffer increased healthcare...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2015 7:32 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Wellness

Why Chris Borland’s Retirement Makes Sense, And Does Not Make Sense

By JEFFREY WARE, MD Being an ardent football fan I was quite surprised by Chris Borland’s announcement that he would retire from the NFL. He is 24. I was still a fledgling medical student at 24. Borland has decided to retire sooner rather than later because...

Published Thu, Sep 17 2015 5:50 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Big PopHealth: HealthCare Analytics Summit 15

By THCBist THCB congratulates (FD: content partner and corporate supporter) HealthCatalyst in the wake of last week’s sold out Healthcare Analytics Summit (HAS!15) in Salt Lake City. The Utah-based startup and InterMountain spinoff widely-rumored to be...

Published Thu, Sep 17 2015 3:38 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Patient Collections Is Changing. Balances Are On the Rise. Here’s What You Need to Know.

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Published Thu, Sep 17 2015 5:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Small Practice

Symptoms of Unknown Origin – The Prevalence of False Diagnosis of Disease

By CLIFTON MEADOR, MD Early in my career in the 1960s, I developed an interest in patients who had physical symptoms but no definable medical disease. I began to see a number of these patients referred from my colleagues. I asked myself, “If these patients...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2015 8:21 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Lifetime Health Records For Patients?

By DAVID HARLOW, MD Leonard Kish and Eric Topol recently argued eloquently for patient control of a lifetime health record, adding their voices to the calls for patient ownership of health records, building on the foundational notion that ownership is...

Published Tue, Sep 15 2015 10:20 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Patients, health records

The Wisdom of the Blogs

By THCBist Have a prediction for 2016? Send them in. There’s still time. Want to know what the crystal ball holds in store? Register for athenahealth’s “The Future of Healthcare: Predictions for 2016.” B.S. writes: 1. ICD-10 will...

Published Mon, Sep 14 2015 5:15 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Merge Away!!!

By ART CAPLAN The New York Times editorial page is the latest in a lengthening series of commentaries worrying about the impact of two proposed corporate mergers in the health insurance market. Anthem has agreed to acquire Cigna and Aetna is taking over...

Published Mon, Sep 14 2015 3:36 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Qualcomm Life adds inpatient strategy with Capsule purchase

Qualcomm Life has built a big ecosystem of device partners on its 2net platform, focusing mostly on moving data from devices used by patients in their home. Today they sped up that development by buying Capsule which has a strong business on integrating...

Published Mon, Sep 14 2015 3:29 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Rick Valencia, Capsule, Qualcomm Life

A Guide to Study Design For the Perplexed

By SOUMERAI, STARR and MAJUMDAR Evidence is mounting that publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal does not guarantee a study’s validity. Many studies of health care effectiveness do not show the cause-and-effect relationships that they claim. They...

Published Sun, Sep 13 2015 11:56 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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Uncle Sam, Yelped

How I Use P4 Medicine to Maximize Patient Engagement

Health 2.0 announces Launch! and Traction Finalists

Diagnostic Error: The IOM Talks Trash (But Not Cash)

A Small EHR Vendor’s Emotional Open Letter to Users as They Pull the Plug

This Is Your Brain On Wellness

Why Chris Borland’s Retirement Makes Sense, And Does Not Make Sense

Big PopHealth: HealthCare Analytics Summit 15

Patient Collections Is Changing. Balances Are On the Rise. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Symptoms of Unknown Origin – The Prevalence of False Diagnosis of Disease

Lifetime Health Records For Patients?

The Wisdom of the Blogs

Merge Away!!!

Qualcomm Life adds inpatient strategy with Capsule purchase

A Guide to Study Design For the Perplexed