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Getting to the Patient Cloud and Guardian Angels
By DAN HOUSMAN It’s been an exciting 2016 already in the realm of cloud computing and patient engagement. As I was preparing for the HIMSS16 conference, I was reflecting on how things are moving so quickly with the addition of new technologies and yet...
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Tue, Mar 01 2016 7:32 AM
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Not Quite DOA: Why Reports of the Demise of the President’s Budget May be Exaggerated
By CECI CONNOLLY Anyone who has spent a few years in Washington knows the federal budget dance: President stands behind podium with a fancy seal and flags and unveils a giant tome. The next morning newspapers declare the tome DOA, Dead on Arrival. And...
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Wed, Mar 02 2016 3:21 PM
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Quality v. Quantity
By MICHEL ACCAD, MD Impactful news today: Physicians, CMS and major commercial plans, announce simplification of quality measures. "Huge step forward" #aafp — Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 16, 2016 A few weeks ago, the medical community...
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Fri, Mar 04 2016 10:19 AM
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Empathy and Shame
JOHNATHON TOMLINSON, MD How we respond to patients who are feeling, or at risk of feeling shame can make or break a therapeutic relationship. This is about how I try to respond. Shame is a negative moral judgement about oneself. Unlike guilt or embarrassment...
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Mon, Mar 07 2016 3:16 PM
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The Trump Healthcare Interview: Part 2
By IAN MORRISON Donald Trump is leading the Republican delegate count and has the best chance of becoming the Republican nominee and, just maybe, even President. In February, we at THCB asked Scottish-Canadian-Californian healthcare futurist Ian Morrison...
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Thu, Mar 10 2016 8:59 PM
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Troubles at Amazon?
By INDUSTRY STANDARD An internal memo at Amazon is circulating around. It is a bad news message to its part-time workers stating that their health coverage is being cancelled. Whether the note is authentic or not I do not know, so I will not reproduce...
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Sat, Mar 12 2016 2:31 PM
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PCMH Fails Natural Experiment
By AL LEWIS Medical Homes Fail Yet Another “Natural Experiment” Three “natural experiments,” three failures. Such is the fate of patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), a well-intentioned but unsuccessful innovation now kept afloat by the interaction of...
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Mon, Mar 14 2016 9:15 AM
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The 5 Stages of EMR Acceptance (With Apologies to Kubler-Ross)
By FRANK MEISSNER DENIAL I can’t believe they are making me use this system! Read More...
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Tue, Mar 15 2016 9:10 AM
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Rethinking How U.S. Healthcare Policy Approaches the Mouth
By MARKO VUJICIC, MD Dental care has traditionally been financed and delivered separately from medical care. This is despite the Surgeon General’s report in 2000 that emphasizes the importance of oral health to whole body health. Now, new data show the...
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Thu, Mar 17 2016 9:19 AM
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EMR Data show: The ACA has Improved Access to Care for Low-Income Patients
By JOSH GRAY As Barack Obama’s presidency draws to a close, we anticipate growing discussion of his legacy. Much of that discussion will focus on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), his signature legislative accomplishment. The legislation is complex and in...
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Wed, Mar 02 2016 11:48 AM
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Mr.Trump’s Proposal for the Sale of Health Insurance Across State Lines
By JIM PURCELL Donald Trump’s website has a position paper entitled “Healthcare Reform To Make America Great Again.” And some of his suggested reforms make sense. However, the question of the moment involves Item 2: “Modify existing law that inhibits...
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Thu, Mar 03 2016 1:09 PM
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Why we know so little about ACOs: The managed care culture at work
By KIP SULLIVAN This is the third essay in a three-part series in which I explore the answer to that question. In the first installment I blamed this problem on the flimsy definition of “ACO.” ACO proponents “defined” the ACO in terms of their hopes for...
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Sun, Mar 06 2016 1:01 PM
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In Defense of Small Data
By ANISH KOKA, MD I read with interest a recent editorial that opined on the poor evidence for screening in cancer trials. The evidence was judged poor because apparently no screening trial has demonstrated a clear reduction in all-cause mortality, only...
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Tue, Mar 08 2016 8:13 PM
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Telehealth Piece on New Medcaid Requirements
By KOFI JONES Approximately 12 million Americans utilize some type of home health care every year. From home health aides visiting the infirmed in their homes, to physical therapy services to aide in recovery, to medical equipment being used to treat...
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Tue, Mar 08 2016 11:21 AM
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Retail Clinics Raise Medical Spending: So What?
By DEVON M HERRICK New research published in Health Affairs finds that retail clinics don’t save money. Many health policy analysts had hoped that retail clinics would reduce medical spending by replacing more costly physician office visits. The article...
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Sun, Mar 13 2016 3:17 PM
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