October 2015 - The Health Care Blog

Welcome to ICD-10

By SEAN CAVANAUGH Today, the U.S. health care system moves to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision – ICD-10. We’ve tested and retested our systems in anticipation of this day, and we’re ready to accept properly coded ICD-10 claims...

Published Thu, Oct 01 2015 7:41 AM by THCB

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Tyson’s Law

By MICHAEL PAINTER, MD I’m reading the morning news on my iPad at 32,000 feet en route from New Jersey to Silicon Valley for the annual fall Health 2.0 meeting. I love coming to this place with its promise and hope pushing us toward better futures. Of...

Published Sun, Oct 04 2015 3:24 PM by THCB

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Measured Outcomes: A Future View of Value-Based Care

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Published Mon, Oct 05 2015 2:57 PM by THCB

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The Legend of the Avoidable Hospital Readmission

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD A long, long time ago, hospitals existed to admit patients when they were sick, treat them with medicines or surgery and good nursing care, and discharge them after they became well. Hospital care was at one time a charity, which...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2015 10:58 AM by THCB

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Misunderstanding ProPublica

By ASHISH JHA, MD In July the investigative journalists at ProPublica released an analysis of 17,000 surgeons and their complication rates. Known as the “Surgeon Scorecard,” it set off a firestorm. In the months following, the primary objections to the...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2015 11:39 AM by THCB

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Quality of Skepticism and Skepticism of Quality

By SAURABH JHA, MD Recently, I was speaking with a “less is more” advocate. He used his superior knowledge of statistics – he had an MPH – to debunk randomized controlled trials. We discussed overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and the shakiness of medical...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2015 10:45 PM by THCB

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Payers Join the Healthcare Team

By ED CHUNG, MD SPONSORED CONTENT Back when I was in medical training a decade ago, patient rounds were usually conducted by a group of physicians. We’d walk down the ward, visiting patients and scribbling notes as we went. If we were Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 11 2015 10:08 PM by THCB

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What Cardiologists Can Teach Economists

By MICHEL ACCAD, MD I had the great fortune and pleasure of studying under the late Kanu Chatterjee during my cardiology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. In the early 1970’s, Dr. Chatterjee was among the first to understand the...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2015 3:20 AM by THCB

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Key for Health IT Entrepreneurs: Don’t Disrupt the Wrong Thing

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Among the 200 demos, 60 exhibitors and more than 100 speakers at the annual Health 2.0 conference on digital health, a critical insight for succeeding in this burgeoning market might have gotten lost in the noise. The crucial advice...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2015 1:31 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Michael Millenson

Five takeaways about the Theranos broo-ha-ha

By MATTHEW HOLT You’ve probably seen by now both that the WSJ’s John Carreyrou has run a well researched hit piece on Theranos and that the company, led by wunderkind Elizabeth Holmes, has somewhat muffed its reply. If you haven’t, best...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2015 7:09 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Theranos, Testing, Elizabeth Holmes, Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe

The Last Checklist

By ANNA REISMANN, MD Earlier this year, when my mother was briefly hospitalized, nobody gave her the wrong medication (her wristband was checked before each medicine was dispensed). Nobody missed a high or low blood pressure (her vital signs were taken...

Published Sat, Oct 17 2015 12:30 PM by THCB

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Right Care Action Week – What can Radiologists do?

By SAURABH JHA, MD The Lown Institute advocates rational use of medical resources. This is a noble goal and worthy of the attention of radiologists. This week is the right care action week. Here are five simple things any radiologist can do this week...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2015 10:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Saurabh Jha

Why Health Care Providers Should Publish Physician Ratings

By ASHISH JHA, MD Early efforts to publish performance data about doctors and hospitals usually required a strong external force, such as pressure from a state department of health. But that’s changing. Some leading health care systems are now publishing...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2015 12:07 PM by THCB

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Pink is The New Black

By DAVID EICHLER, MD Pink is the new black this October, which marks the 30th anniversary of National *** Cancer Awareness Month. NFL players are clad in bright pink shoes and wrist bands. American Airlines employees are wearing pink uniform accents and...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2015 5:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, David Eichler

Chelsea Clinton & US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy at Health 2.0 Fall Conference 2015

By VANESSA MASON Chelsea Clinton got the 9th Annual Fall Conference on the right foot sharing the numerous successes of the Clinton Foundation including improving school lunches, providing antiretroviral therapy to millions of people living with HIV worldwide...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2015 4:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Health 2.0 Fall Conference, Chelsea Clinton, U.S. Surgeon General

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Welcome to ICD-10

Tyson’s Law

Measured Outcomes: A Future View of Value-Based Care

The Legend of the Avoidable Hospital Readmission

Misunderstanding ProPublica

Quality of Skepticism and Skepticism of Quality

Payers Join the Healthcare Team

What Cardiologists Can Teach Economists

Key for Health IT Entrepreneurs: Don’t Disrupt the Wrong Thing

Five takeaways about the Theranos broo-ha-ha

The Last Checklist

Right Care Action Week – What can Radiologists do?

Why Health Care Providers Should Publish Physician Ratings

Pink is The New Black

Chelsea Clinton & US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy at Health 2.0 Fall Conference 2015