January 2016 - The Health Care Blog

And the Stars Looked Very Different Today

“This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m stepping through the door And I’m floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there’s...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2016 9:15 PM by THCB

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Meaningful Use Is Dead. Long Live Something Better!

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Mr. Andrew Slavitt, acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced on January 11th that “The meaningful use program as it has existed...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2016 9:27 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Health 2.0 WinterTech–Health Tech Investing at #JPM16

Health 2.0’s WinterTech conference is today January 13. It features leaders from Venrock, Canvas, Grand Rounds, Doximity, Livongo, Omada Health, Maverick Capital, GE Ventures, Kaiser Permanente and more. It’s the only event dedicated to health...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2016 5:57 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

The Case For Calling the Dietary Guidelines What They Really Are

By DAVID KATZ, MD Call me crazy. Or Ishmael, for that matter. I think “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” should be something vaguely like, well, oh I don’t know, maybe: guidelines for Americans. About how to eat well. What does “dietary guidelines” make...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2016 2:39 PM by THCB

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The Dismal Science Behind Financial Incentives For Docs

By JAAN SIDOROV, MD “It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone.” Luke 4:4 No matter what you think of the source of that quote, the idea that there may be limits to “aligning incentives” has some merit. In healthcare settings...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2016 7:02 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Uncategorized

Posts on EHRs Data and Patientsafety

A Health IT Developer’s Confession: How Bad Software Is Made and What to Do About It by Margalit Gur-Arie Two HIT Developers Respond: Why We’re Still Optimists About Technology’s Potential by Andy Oram and Shahid Shah How Should Errors In the Patient...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2016 10:51 AM by THCB

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What Do We Know About Medical Errors Associated With Electronic Medical Records?

By ROSS KOPPEL Recently, the Journal of Patient Safety published a powerful and important article on the role of EHRs in patient harm, errors and malpractice claims. The article is open access. Electronic Health Record–Related Events in Medical Malpractice...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2016 8:34 AM by THCB

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Treating Chest Pain With a Cup of Tea

By ANISH KOKA, MD It is very early. I am running to the ‘clinical decision unit’ (CDU) to see a patient of mine sent in the night before from a local skilled nusing facility. Also known as clinical observation units, ‘obs’ units...

Published Sat, Jan 09 2016 8:34 AM by THCB

Filed under: EHR, Uncategorized, Chest Pain, CCTA

Help Us Build a Hospital In the Cloud

By JONATHAN BUSH Since 2011, over $13 billion in venture funding has flooded into digital health. 2015 alone saw well over 200 digital health companies raise more than $2 million each. From personal DNA tests to on-demand doctor’s visits, startups are...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 1:17 PM by THCB

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Good Reads

Very Bad Numbers by Anish Koka, MD What Would a Health Care Mutual Look Like? by Munk, MD A Health IT Developer’s Confession: How Bad Software Is Made and What to Do About It by Margalit Gur-Arie Think Again: Health Insurers Have No Reason To Reduce...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 1:15 PM by THCB

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Would Patients Pay For This?

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD Health care in America is fracturing right down the middle, and doctors are going to have to figure out if or how long they can straddle the divide between what patients want and what the Government and Corporate America want them...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 11:29 AM by THCB

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The War on Death

By SAURABH JHA, MD Thomas Hobbes described life as pitifully “nasty, brutish, and short.” Thanks to the free market and the state, life is no longer a Hobbesian nightmare. But death has become nasty, brutish, and long. Surgeon and writer, Atul Gawande...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 4:40 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Saurabh Jha

2016 Obamacare Outlook

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI One of the more Obamacare fluent reporters just emailed me a set of questions regarding the 2016 outlook for Obamacare. I thought I would share my responses with you: According to early CMS data, 38% of exchange enrollees are under...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 10:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Like Uber for Health Care With Sherpas?

By ROB LAMBERTS 2015 was a hard year for my father. He’s a remarkably healthy 89 year-old, with no diabetes, no hypertension, and (most importantly) he’s got a sharper mind than I do on most days. Perhaps that’s a low bar to cross, but...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2016 8:47 AM by THCB

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What Would a Health Care Mutual Look Like?

By MARC-DAVID MONK, MD For a few years I’ve been fantasizing about what a healthcare insurance/ delivery mutual would look like. I’ve yet to see one but I like the idea a lot. Here’s the idea behind a mutual: A mutual structure means that the company...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2016 3:47 PM by THCB

Filed under: The Business of Health Care, Health Care Mutual, Mutual

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And the Stars Looked Very Different Today

Meaningful Use Is Dead. Long Live Something Better!

Health 2.0 WinterTech–Health Tech Investing at #JPM16

The Case For Calling the Dietary Guidelines What They Really Are

The Dismal Science Behind Financial Incentives For Docs

Posts on EHRs Data and Patientsafety

What Do We Know About Medical Errors Associated With Electronic Medical Records?

Treating Chest Pain With a Cup of Tea

Help Us Build a Hospital In the Cloud

Good Reads

Would Patients Pay For This?

The War on Death

2016 Obamacare Outlook

Like Uber for Health Care With Sherpas?

What Would a Health Care Mutual Look Like?