October 2017 - The Health Care Blog

Adapting Behavioral Health Integration to 21st Century Needs

BY MANUEL CASTRO SPONSORED POST At the start of my career, the standard of care for behavioral health integration was in-person, face-to-face interaction. As new ways to communicate have surfaced, the way we deliver care has also evolved. Today, both...

Published Mon, Oct 02 2017 2:26 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Mental Health, Carolinas Healthcare System, MyStrength, Manuel Castro

Building Better Metrics: Immunizations and Asking the Right Question(s).

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD As policy experts cling to pay-for-performance (P4P) as an indicator of healthcare quality and shy away from fee-for-service, childhood immunization rates are being utilized as a benchmark. At first glance, vaccinating children on...

Published Thu, Oct 05 2017 6:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: primary care, Uncategorized, Metrics, Vaccination, Immunizations

Six Assertions on Knowing the Unknowable Future of Healthcare

BY JOE FLOWER Some things never change. Joe Flower is one of those things. Pay attention. Joe was the keynote speaker at Health 2.0 Silicon Valley earlier this month. We’re excited to feature the text of his remarks as a post on the blog today....

Published Fri, Oct 13 2017 8:54 AM by THCB

Filed under: Joe Flower, Uncategorized, Futurism

5 Drivers of Healthcare’s Decentralized Future

By Indu Subaiya & Matthew Holt The contrast between the recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida is illustrative of the progress made in health IT in the past decade or so. In 2005, there were huge losses of patient data after Hurricane Katrina, because...

Published Wed, Oct 18 2017 9:29 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Tech, Featured, THCBist

Price Transparency Tools Are Still Struggling. We Offer Advice

By PETER, BELL & FINDLAY The potential of price transparency tools to help consumers with high out-of-pocket medical expenses remains largely untapped, according to two recent studies published in Health Affairs and other recent research by Consumer...

Published Mon, Oct 23 2017 10:32 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Consumer Reports, Steve Findlay, price transparency

My 14 Year Old Cancer Patient May Be Addicted to Opioids. What Do I Do?

By JULIE KIM, MD I’m a pediatric oncologist, but cancer is not always the most serious problem my young patients face. Currently one of them, a 14-year-old boy, his mother, or both may be opioid addicts. I may be enabling their addiction. Tragically,...

Published Wed, Oct 25 2017 1:43 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Cancer, Julie Kim, Opioids

To Achieve Its Goals, Population Health Needs More Specialists

By VIKRAM REDDY, MD I attended a Population Health conference this summer where a number of representatives from large health systems and physician organizations convened to discuss common challenges. Many of my healthcare colleagues assume that anything...

Published Sat, Oct 28 2017 11:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: Medicare, Uncategorized, ACO, Population Health

Why Competition In the Politics Industry Is Failing America

By DANNY STERN Year after year, Congress fails to reach consensus on important issues, the electorate screams for change, and voters become more polarized along party lines and ideology. These struggles aren’t causes of America’s political malaise, says...

Published Mon, Oct 02 2017 10:11 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Michael Porter, Danny Stern, Harvard Business School

AARP Caregiver Quality of Life Challenge Winners Announced!

By CHELSEA POLANIECKI Roughly one out of every three people in the United States serves as a caregiver for a chronically ill, disabled, or aging loved one at some point in their life*. Not only do most caregivers dedicate a significant amount of time...

Published Wed, Oct 04 2017 8:41 AM by THCB

Filed under: Catalyst @ Health 2.0

The Three Things Keeping Hospital CEOs Up Late at Night (Hint: Donald Trump Isn’t One of Them)

By PAUL KECKLEY The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released a Request for Information (RFI) last week– “New Direction for the CMS Innovation Center.” It’s the latest chapter in the unfolding policy framework that will govern the health...

Published Mon, Oct 09 2017 1:25 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Paul Keckley, CMS Innovation Center

Valuing Value-Based Payment

By ANISH KOKA, MD The idea that payment should be linked to the value lies at the heart of most of the transactions we participate in on a daily basis. Yet, value based payment in healthcare has seemingly run into very rocky waters as of late. It is at...

Published Mon, Oct 16 2017 7:51 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Value-Based Payment

Do Doctors Deserve Mercy?

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD This past week a video went viral when a woman complained about the lengthy wait time at a clinic. On video, we see the physician asks if the patient still wants to be seen. The patient declines to be seen, yet complains patients...

Published Thu, Oct 19 2017 1:09 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Niran Al-Agba, Gallogly

I Refuse to Tell You What to Eat

By MICHEL ACCAD, MD A recent tweet from JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, urged me andother doctors to “include nutrition counseling into the flow of [our] daily practice.” Along with the tweet came a link to an article that outlines...

Published Tue, Oct 24 2017 9:12 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Future Will Be Blogcast

By THCBist #The Four Things Keeping Hospital CEOs Awake at Night This Year (Hint: Donald Trump Isn’t One of Them) #Valuing Value-Based Payment # I Refuse to Tell You What to Eat # Price Transparency Tools Are Still Struggling. We Offer Advice # EHR-Driven...

Published Wed, Oct 25 2017 11:04 PM by THCB