May 2017 - The Health Care Blog - The Network of Care

How America Dropped the Ball on Sports Concussions

By JASON CHUNG & AMANDA ZINK As GOP lawmakers grapple with the “replace” aspect of Obamacare and seek to overhaul the subject “nobody knew could be so complicated,” we must remember that one of the best ways to reduce spiraling healthcare costs is...

Published Wed, May 03 2017 8:28 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Could California Become a Model for the Single Payer Movement?

By ABIGAIL HAYES With concern rising that a Republican alternative to Obamacare could fail to adequately cover pre-existing conditions (“Eight billion won’t even begin to cover it,” one Washington insider told THCB late this week) and...

Published Fri, May 05 2017 10:25 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Single payer, Medicaid Expansion, California, Sanctuary Cities, SB562, Medi-Cal

Electronic Medical Records 2017: Science Ignored, Opportunity Lost

By KENNETH BARTHOLOMEW, MD My big brother Bill, may he rest in peace, taught me a valuable lesson four decades ago. We were gearing up for an extended Alaskan wilderness trip and were having trouble with a piece of equipment. When we finally rigged up...

Published Mon, May 08 2017 12:39 PM by THCB

Filed under: EHR, Uncategorized, EMR, value-based care, Knowledge Coupler, POMR, Number Needed to Kill

It’s Time to Truly Share the Chemo Decision With Cancer Patients

By MICHAEL MILLENSON You (or a loved one) has cancer, but the latest round of chemotherapy has unfortunately had only a modest impact. While you’re acutely aware of the “wretchedness of life that becomes worn to the nub by [ chemotherapy’s] adverse...

Published Thu, May 11 2017 11:25 AM by THCB

Filed under: Oncology, Uncategorized, Millenson, shared decision making, Chemotherapy

Lessons From the 100 Nation Ransomware Attack

By ROSS KOPPEL and HAROLD THIMBLEBY The world is reeling from the massive ransomware attack on at least a hundred nations’ computer systems. The unprecedented malware spasm infected hundreds of thousands of computers, and would have infected millions...

Published Sun, May 14 2017 3:16 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Why Health Reform is a Risky Business for Politicians: Even Winning Can Cost You at the Polls!

By JEFF GOLDSMITH In August 1989, Chicago Congressman Daniel Rostenkowski, then Chairman of the “powerful” House Ways and Means Committee, narrowly escaped an angry mob of seniors in his own district who attacked his car with umbrellas. His crime: eliminating...

Published Thu, May 18 2017 5:16 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Maintainance of Conflict of Interest?

By WESTBY FISHER, MD In the May 2nd issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the American Medical Association (AMA) discusses the subject of physician conflicts of interest in medicine. This puts them at an interesting juncture...

Published Sun, May 21 2017 4:06 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

House v. Price & the CSR Payments Paradox

By STEVEN FINDLAY Many countries in the world have dysfunctional governments. Some have corrupt and devious ones, or even deadly ones. We’ve lived with serious dysfunction in Washington for two decades. Now we join the ranks of countries with a corrupt...

Published Tue, May 23 2017 6:15 AM by THCB

Filed under: Trump

Open Season on Health Privacy in Washington DC

By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD With Senate bill S.3530, data brokers would remove the last shreds of transparency and control that patients still have over our health data and drive healthcare costs even higher in the process. Will hospitals and the pharmaceutical...

Published Wed, May 24 2017 4:55 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

MD vs. DNP: Why 20,000 Hours of Training and Experience Matters

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD As southern states entertain legislation granting nurse practitioners independent practice rights, there are some finer details which deserve careful deliberation. While nurse practitioners are intelligent, capable, and contribute...

Published Mon, May 29 2017 12:17 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Building Boats and EHRS

By PETER ELIAS, MD Imagine that you want a boat. You tell someone to build or buy you a boat, and tell them to send you a bill. What would you get? A kayak? A windsurfer? A boat for waterskiing? A sailboat. A party boat? A cruise ship? A submarine? A...

Published Tue, May 02 2017 1:26 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

We Could Now See Cervical Cancer Rates Increase

By ILANA ADDIS, MD In 2014 I took my first trip to Kenya. After my plane landed in Nairobi I rode for 10 hours with my medical colleagues to Bungoma, a town on the western edge of the country. We set up our clinic in the local hospital and then spent...

Published Thu, May 04 2017 2:03 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, MacArthur Amendment, Cervical Cancer

Jimmy Kimmel Left Out Some Important Stuff About Obamacare

By BRIAN JOONDEPH, MD Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, in a recent opening monologue, spoke tearfully of his newborn son Billy, born with a serious congenital heart defect. Heart defects in newborns, while uncommon, occur in 1 in 100 births. The more...

Published Fri, May 05 2017 5:02 PM by THCB

Filed under: Obamacare, Uncategorized, AHCA, Tetralogy of Fallot, Jimmy Kimmel

Imagining a Doctor Shortage

By HANS DUEVEFELT, MD Now, I’m just a country doctor, but I have to say I find it very hard to understand why folks in this country on one hand keep talking about a doctor shortage in primary care and on the other hand keep piling sillywork on those of...

Published Wed, May 10 2017 4:55 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Mysterious Case of the HHS Secretary, the Reporter and the Pre-Existing Condition

By JIM PURCELL Did you realize that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) recently passed by the Congressional Republican majority will allow insurers to deny coverage for mental illness? Did you realize that the AHCA permits insurers to charge women more...

Published Fri, May 12 2017 6:59 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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How America Dropped the Ball on Sports Concussions

Could California Become a Model for the Single Payer Movement?

Electronic Medical Records 2017: Science Ignored, Opportunity Lost

It’s Time to Truly Share the Chemo Decision With Cancer Patients

Lessons From the 100 Nation Ransomware Attack

Why Health Reform is a Risky Business for Politicians: Even Winning Can Cost You at the Polls!

Maintainance of Conflict of Interest?

House v. Price & the CSR Payments Paradox

Open Season on Health Privacy in Washington DC

MD vs. DNP: Why 20,000 Hours of Training and Experience Matters

Building Boats and EHRS

We Could Now See Cervical Cancer Rates Increase

Jimmy Kimmel Left Out Some Important Stuff About Obamacare

Imagining a Doctor Shortage

The Mysterious Case of the HHS Secretary, the Reporter and the Pre-Existing Condition