June 2016 - The Health Care Blog - The Network of Care

The Physician’s Case For Trump

By ANISH KOKA, MD Brexit has been hailed as a turning point in the history of Western Democracy by a collection of liberal and conservative elites that decry the vote of a disenchanted and ignorant populace. The greatest threat to democracy in the modern...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2016 7:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Anish Koka

Can Apple Teach Silicon Valley to Think Different About Healthcare?

By DAVID SHAYWITZ, MD I was thrilled to learn that Stephen Friend, co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit open data platform Sage Bionetworks, has accepted a role at Apple and is stepping away from day-to-day operations at Sage (he will continue to serve...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2016 4:24 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Patient and the Snake Oil Salesman

By JIM PURCELL On June 11, 2016, James Madara, MD., addressed the American Medical Association’s Annual Meeting with some wonderful hyperbole. Dr. Madara is the CEO of the AMA, and he likely felt some pressure to rally the troops (a/k/a physicians) and...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2016 10:55 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Medicare’s Long-Term Fiscal Peril Deserves More Attention

By STEVEN FINDLAY This year’s release of the annual Medicare Trustee’s report on June 22—261 pages of mind-numbing healthcare and budget minutiae—coincided with the release of the House Republican’s long-awaited alternative to Obamacare. Coincided, but...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2016 9:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Retraction and the Rise of the Truth Jihadis

By SAURABH JHA, MD A petition to the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asking for Makary’s paper on medical errors to be retracted has received over 100 signatures. I, amongst others, criticized Makary’s analysis. But I shall not be signing the petition....

Published Sun, Jun 26 2016 9:11 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Just-in-Time Healthcare Information

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD One of the things that can cause physician burnout is the arcane way information flows in medical offices. In essence, due to EMRs we are the recipients of increasing amounts of unfiltered data without context. Pre-EMR, team members...

Published Sat, Jun 25 2016 7:11 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Orlando Shooting and Homophobia in Healthcare

By CRAIG KONNOTH After the horrific shooting in in Orlando, the conversation has turned to homophobia—specifically, the homophobia of a man who sees two men kissing, buys an AR-15, goes to a gay nightclub, and killed 49 individuals. But homophobia does...

Published Sat, Jun 25 2016 5:07 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Time to Brexit the Health Care System?

By JOE FLOWER Can’t. Won’t work. We’re stuck with this. We have to fix it. But “Brexit” was a great logo/hashtag/campaign meme, with echoes of “Britain, break it, exit” all in one. Falls right off the tongue, it does. And it described fairly exactly the...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2016 10:57 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Insurer Fee Disconnect

By JIM PURCELL A message to health insurance CEOs, COOs, and CFOs. I believe there to be a fundamental disconnect between typical health insurer provider reimbursement strategies and the long term good of our healthcare delivery system and its financing...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2016 1:02 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Where’s the Value in MACRA?

By DAVID INTROCASO The intent of Title I of the 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is to improve care quality and reward value. 1 Tying an increasing percent of Medicare fee for service payments to quality or value through alternative...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2016 9:06 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Mischief and the Good In Precision Medicine

By MERCEDITAS VILLANUEVA, MD When The White House announced their Precision Medicine Initiative last year, they referred to precision medicine as “a new era of medicine,” signaling a shift in focus from a “one-size-fits-all-approach” to individualized...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 9:17 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Precision Medicine Initiative, Gene Expert, tuberculosis

Understanding the True Costs of ACOs and Medical Homes

By KIP SULLIVAN One of the privileges of being a managed care advocate is that you never have to discuss the unpleasant question of how much your proposed intervention will cost. Whether your proposed intervention is HMOs, report cards, pay-for-performance...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 6:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Will Federal Court Back Rules Treating Health Insurance as a Utility, Not a Luxury?

BY HOWARD GREEN, MD On June 14, 2016 a Federal Court ruled that broadband internet is as essential to American as phones, electricity, water and sewer systems and should be available to all Americans as a utility, rather than a luxury that doesn’t need...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2016 9:11 AM by THCB

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Uncategorized, monopoly, Utility

Time to Put a Stop to Workplace Bullying

By RONALD WYATT, MD Civility is a system value that improves safety in health care settings. The link between civility, workplace safety and patient care is not a new concept. The 2004 Institute of Medicine report, “Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2016 1:30 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Does Arnold Schwarzenegger Deserve Better Care Than Our Veterans Do?

By KAREN SIBERT, MD When Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor, he decided that you and I don’t need to have physicians in charge of our anesthesia care, and he signed a letter exempting California from that federal requirement. Luckily most California hospitals...

Published Sun, Jun 19 2016 9:59 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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The Physician’s Case For Trump

Can Apple Teach Silicon Valley to Think Different About Healthcare?

The Patient and the Snake Oil Salesman

Medicare’s Long-Term Fiscal Peril Deserves More Attention

Retraction and the Rise of the Truth Jihadis

Just-in-Time Healthcare Information

The Orlando Shooting and Homophobia in Healthcare

Time to Brexit the Health Care System?

The Insurer Fee Disconnect

Where’s the Value in MACRA?

The Mischief and the Good In Precision Medicine

Understanding the True Costs of ACOs and Medical Homes

Will Federal Court Back Rules Treating Health Insurance as a Utility, Not a Luxury?

Time to Put a Stop to Workplace Bullying

Does Arnold Schwarzenegger Deserve Better Care Than Our Veterans Do?