April 2018 - The Health Care Blog

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 14

For Episode 14, Jessica DaMassa asks me all the questions she can about health & technology in 2 minutes. On the docket today, Walmart & Humana, MyFitnessPal’s huge data breach, and Apple in health tech (again!)–Matthew Holt Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2018 11:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, MyFitnessPal, Apple, Humana, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Walmart, Grindr

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 15

Jessica DaMassa asks me about digital health funding, Walmart and PillPack, Blockchain and my sweater — not in that order, but all in less than 2 minutes. Bonus–Farzad Mostashari’s bow tie makes a twitter appearance! — Matthew...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2018 11:27 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Startup Health, Rock Health, Humana, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Walmart, United, Blockchain, Pill Pack

From EHR to Paper to EHR .. to Paper??

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD I can’t help myself from telling patients how things really work in health care. But I feel they have a right to know. When I see new patients their jaw usually drops when I sit down with them next to the computer with a stack of...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2018 12:09 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

WTF Health | Blockchain God Ted Tanner of PokitDok

By JESSICA DAMASSA THCB is thrilled to help launch a new interview series from Jessica DaMassa. It’s called WTF Health – ‘What’s the Future’ Health. Jessica is bringing you all some honest conversations about the future of...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2018 12:09 PM by THCB

Filed under: HIMSS 2011, Jessica DaMassa, #HIMSS18, Blockchain, PokitDok, Ted Tanner, DokChain, WTF Health

Science, Liability, Public Policy and the CTE “Epidemic”

By NYU SPORTS & SOCIETY Should young athletes be allowed to play tackle football? Are concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) a public health problem or merely one associated with professional sports? Join experts in science, media...

Published Sun, Apr 15 2018 1:42 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Why go to Health Datapalooza? Ask Bruce Greenstein, CTO of HHS

By JESSICA DAMASSA Health Datapalooza is coming up quick at the end of April, so I sat down with Bruce Greenstein, CTO of HHS about why all of THCB’s health tech friends should attend. Plus, we get into what’s happening with the open data...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2018 4:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, HHS, Microsoft, Big Data, Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, Bruce Greenstein, Health Datapalooza, open data

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Progress Across the Pond

By TIM WILLIAMS & DAVID INTROCASO This past October CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced the agency’s “Meaningful Measures” initiative.[1] Ms. Verma launched the initiative because, she admitted, the agency’s current quality measurement...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2018 12:05 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 19

Jessica DaMassa asks me as much as she can about health & technology in just 2 minutes. In this episode there’s a lot of things not happening including, Amazon not supplying hospitals, and women CEOs not getting funded–Matthew Holt Read...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2018 10:08 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Amazon, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Female CEOs, #Healthin2pt00

State Employee Health Plans Key for Driving Value-Based Initiatives

By MARK JAPINGA and DAMON HAYCOCK 2018 has brought renewed attention to high and rising employer health care costs, especially among employees. Teacher strikes across the country, motivated in part by rising health costs that have essentially canceled...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2018 3:10 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Seeing Value From the Patient’s Perspective

By TIMOTHY HOFF “Value” is the focus right now in American health care. Payers like Medicare and private insurers are placing great emphasis on it, as are hospitals and doctors’ offices needing to satisfy the demands of those payers to get paid. But the...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2018 1:18 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Greatest Decision Trump Has Made

By NIRAN AL AGBA, MD Dr. David Shulkin once gave me this advice, “stop whining and complaining and lead with solutions.” To the many frustrated physicians in this country, this critique is a fair one. I took his words to heart. Let me start by saying...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2018 5:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, VA, Niran Al-Agba, Shulkin

Médecins sans Hôpitaux (Doctors without Hospitals)

BY IAN MORRISON There is lots of talk of disruption in healthcare particularly involving new entrants and weird combinations such as the CVS-Aetna merger, CIGNA and Express Scripts, Amazon Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan, and now Wal-Mart and Humana...

Published Thu, Apr 05 2018 12:45 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Aetion raises $36m, Carolyn Magill interview

BY MATTHEW HOLT It’s not every day that an analytics firm focusing on improving the efficacy and value of drugs has a big raise in the health tech world–especially one I don’t know much about. This morning Aetion raised $36m to add onto...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2018 6:34 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, The Business of Health Care, value-based care, Amgen ventures, Carolyn Magill, Aetion

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 16

Jessica DaMassa asks me about money in (Livongo) money out (Theranos), and how much is enough money for challenges (AMA & Google); all in this episode of #healthin2point 00–now on its own Youtube channel. Look for the weird 30 second extreme...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2018 9:48 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 17

Today Jessica DaMassa asks me about the microbiome, the Dev4Health conference & whether there are more female CEOs than there used to be. All in 2 minutes, plus a bit more with me defending myself from Bruce Greenstein’s wisecracks–Matthew...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2018 1:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Female CEOs, Microbiome, Dev4Health

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Health in 2 point 00, Episode 14

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 15

From EHR to Paper to EHR .. to Paper??

WTF Health | Blockchain God Ted Tanner of PokitDok

Science, Liability, Public Policy and the CTE “Epidemic”

Why go to Health Datapalooza? Ask Bruce Greenstein, CTO of HHS

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Progress Across the Pond

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 19

State Employee Health Plans Key for Driving Value-Based Initiatives

Seeing Value From the Patient’s Perspective

The Greatest Decision Trump Has Made

Médecins sans Hôpitaux (Doctors without Hospitals)

Aetion raises $36m, Carolyn Magill interview

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 16

Health in 2 point 00, Episode 17