October 2017 - The Health Care Blog

EHR-Driven Medical Error: The Unknown and the Unknowable

BY ROSS KOPPEL Politico’s Arthur Allen has written a useful report on recent findings about EHR-related errors. We must keep in mind, however, that almost all EHR-related errors are unknown, and often unknowable. Why? The most common errors involved with...

Published Tue, Oct 17 2017 4:49 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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

Trump Thinks He Just Blew Up Obamacare With the Stroke of the Pen. Did He?

By STEVE FINDLAY If you had illusions, or hopes, that the “Kill Obamacare” reality show starring Donald Trump would settle down to a dull roar, events of the last few days should blow those illusions out of the water. You’ve heard the news by now and...

Published Sat, Oct 14 2017 11:45 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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

Moving the Needle to Diversify Health Tech

By SABAH PERVEZ AND ALYX STERNLICHT There is a dire need for the health tech workforce to keep pace with the changing racial makeup of the nation. According to the Pew Research Center study, from 1960 to 2010, the percentages of Americans identifying...

Published Thu, Oct 12 2017 11:15 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

Sorry. Health Care Reform Can’t Wait for Quality Measures to Be Perfect

By BINDER, MARCOTTE, FILDES and THOMPSON There’s a debate in the United States about whether the current measures of health care quality are adequate to support the movement away from fee-for-service toward value-based payment. Some providers advocate...

Published Fri, Oct 06 2017 8:28 AM by THCB

Filed under: CMS, Uncategorized, AHRQ, value-based care, Quality measure, PSI

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

I’m 35 Years Old And I’m Realizing My Life May Be About to End. And I’m Panicking, Just a Little.

By SCOTT RIDDLE It’s been a while since I put a piece of writing in the public domain, but suddenly I have a lot to get off my chest, well my colon actually. Just three weeks ago life was good. Correction. It was awesome. The newest edition to our family...

Published Wed, Oct 04 2017 10:15 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Scott Riddle

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

CMS Should Play the Role of Virtual Group Matchmaker

By MANU UPPAL and DAVID INTROCASO In the 2018 proposed Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act’s (MACRA’s) rule, published earlier this year, HHS has again proposed to exclude two-thirds of physicians, or 900,000, from participation in...

Published Tue, Oct 03 2017 9:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: CMS, Uncategorized, MACRA, MIPS, Virtual Groups

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

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

Bringing Behaviorial Health Into Primary Care Settings

BY MARTHA WHITECOTTON SPONSORED POST The integration of behavioral health into the primary care setting has resulted in a number of benefits. Traditionally, behavioral health and medical health operated separately, but in recent years, the integration...

Published Mon, Oct 02 2017 9:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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EHR-Driven Medical Error: The Unknown and the Unknowable

Valuing Value-Based Payment

Trump Thinks He Just Blew Up Obamacare With the Stroke of the Pen. Did He?

Six Assertions on Knowing the Unknowable Future of Healthcare

Moving the Needle to Diversify Health Tech

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

Sorry. Health Care Reform Can’t Wait for Quality Measures to Be Perfect

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

I’m 35 Years Old And I’m Realizing My Life May Be About to End. And I’m Panicking, Just a Little.

AARP Caregiver Quality of Life Challenge Winners Announced!

CMS Should Play the Role of Virtual Group Matchmaker

Adapting Behavioral Health Integration to 21st Century Needs

Why Competition In the Politics Industry Is Failing America

Bringing Behaviorial Health Into Primary Care Settings