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

The Patient Data Positioning System – A GPS for Patient Data

By DAN HOUSMAN First of all I have to admit that I am a convert and not an original believer in the Data Lake and late binding approaches to data analytics. I do not think it is my fault or at least I have a defense of sorts. I grew up in a world where...

Published Sun, Jun 19 2016 9:21 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Dan Housman

The Black List Part II (Features Which Should Be In Every EHR, But For Some Reason Aren’t)

By HAYWARD ZWERLING, MD I have been involved in HIT for 2.5 decades as a designer and primary programmer of a commercial EMR which I developed for my practice and was sold from 2000 until 2015. As a result of that experience, and 15 years of interactions...

Published Sat, Jun 18 2016 5:38 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, The Black List

VA and CMS are Leading From Behind

By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD Instead of empowering patients, VA and CMS are building-in rent-seeking intermediaries like NATE and DirectTrust based on obsolete security protocols and effectively legitimizing data blocking practices. Four years ago Stage 2 was...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2016 5:21 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

An Epidemic of Septicemia?

By AL LEWIS While prevention efforts have largely been focused on chronic disease, spurred in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) insistence that 86% of healthcare dollars are spent on patients with chronic illness, it turns...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2016 11:26 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

In Silico Medicine

By NICOLE VAN GRONIGEN Could computers develop the drugs of the future? The short answer: probably, but not yet. Computer simulation is a cornerstone in the development and optimization of “mission-critical” elements in industries ranging from aerospace...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2016 10:39 PM by THCB

Filed under: Clinical Trials, Uncategorized, Nicole Van Gronigen, Virtual Reactor, In Silico Medicine

All Risk is Local

By JEFF GOLDSMITH and BRUCE HENDERSON We all knew how this was going to go, or thought we did. Fee-for-service payment for health services was going to disappear, and be replaced by population health risk-based payment (or as some term it, “capitation...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2016 10:55 AM by THCB

Filed under: Jeff Goldsmith, Affordable Care Act, Uncategorized, ACO, risk

The Team Sport of Diagnosis: A Culture Shift Can Reduce Missed Diagnoses

By DAVID E. NEWMAN-TOKER Every American will experience a missed or delayed diagnosis at some point in his or her lifetime. Saying that is not a scare tactic — it’s a reality, according to a 2015 National Academy of Medicine report titled “Improving Diagnosis...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2016 10:27 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Confession of a Liberal

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE TRIGGER WARNING: Long read, Trump Reason #1: Feeling the Bust. I am a woman and I am an immigrant to this country. I am Jewish by birth and atheist by faith. I am fairly well educated, borderline socialist and straight Democratic...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2016 7:24 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Confusion over HIPAA Causes Grief in Orlando

By ARTHUR CAPLAN, MD & CRAIG J. KONNOTH After the horrific shootings in the gay dance nightclub that killed 49 individuals, 53 survivors were rushed to surrounding hospitals. In the hours that followed family members anxiously sought updates about...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2016 6:15 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, HIPAA, HIPAA Waiver

Assessing the Validity of MACRA’s Risk Adjustment Schemes

By KIP SULLIVAN The feedback doctors will receive from CMS under CMS’s proposed MACRA rule will arrive in two forms: Money (more or less of it) and data. Neither form of feedback will be accurate. For that reason, the behavior desired by Congress and...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2016 8:32 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

FUD Part II: The Return of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

By JOHN HALAMKA A Time of Uncertainty … The upcoming presidential election has everyone spooked – what if Donald Trump is actually elected? What will the transition of administrations, regardless of who is elected mean to healthcare and existing...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2016 11:16 AM by THCB

Filed under: John Halamka, Uncategorized

One Page, One Line, One Price – The Problem with Healthcare Billing

By FRED GOLDSTEIN and BRIAN KLEPPER At the recent Health Datapalooza conference, Sylvia Burwell, the HHS Secretary announced a new initiative, A Bill you Can Understand, : a challenge to encourage health care organizations, designers, developers, digital...

Published Sun, Jun 12 2016 9:21 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Opioid Crisis: Nociception, Pain and Suffering

By MARTIN SAMUELS, MD In order to understand the concept of pain and its relationship to the current opioid crisis, it is prudent to review the neurology of pain an why it exists. Several concepts are important to integrate. Nociception: Nociception is...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2016 7:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Features Which Should Be In Most EMRs/EHRs

By HAYWARD ZWERLING, MD I have been in the health information technology field since 1990 when I began creating ComChart EMR. It was a labor of love which ultimately evolved into a small business. From 2004 until 2012, ComChart EMR had amongst the highest...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2016 2:32 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Men, Women and Health Care Pricing Theory: Speaking Different Languages

By JEANNE PINDER Men and women in the United States think very differently about health care costs. When I talk about the topic, it’s common for me to see half of my listeners zoning out — the male half. Why? Well, because women make or influence 90 percent...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2016 7:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

June 2016 - The Health Care Blog

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives

The Patient Data Positioning System – A GPS for Patient Data

The Black List Part II (Features Which Should Be In Every EHR, But For Some Reason Aren’t)

VA and CMS are Leading From Behind

An Epidemic of Septicemia?

In Silico Medicine

All Risk is Local

The Team Sport of Diagnosis: A Culture Shift Can Reduce Missed Diagnoses

Confession of a Liberal

Confusion over HIPAA Causes Grief in Orlando

Assessing the Validity of MACRA’s Risk Adjustment Schemes

FUD Part II: The Return of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

One Page, One Line, One Price – The Problem with Healthcare Billing

The Opioid Crisis: Nociception, Pain and Suffering

Features Which Should Be In Most EMRs/EHRs

Men, Women and Health Care Pricing Theory: Speaking Different Languages