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The “90 Day Contract”

By TERRY M BENNETT, MD At age 77, having been through all of the fun and games of dealing with the New Hampshire Board of Medicine, a predatory local Hospital CEO, and other adversaries, nothing should surprise me anymore. But, I am surprised that intelligent...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2015 3:08 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Terry M. Bennett

Medical Errors, Or Not

By NORTIN M HADLER, MD In a recent post, the renowned neurologist, Martin Samuels, paid homage to the degree to which uncertainties create more than just anxious clinicians, they can lead to clinical errors. That post was followed by another by Paul Levy...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2015 7:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Nortin M. Hadler

How Proposed New Rules Could Change the Anesthesia Care Team

By KAREN SIBERT, MD I admit, I was taken aback at the headline in the Houston Press: “Going Under: What Can Happen if your anesthesiologist leaves the room during an operation.” The curious reader is bound to wonder why the anesthesiologist...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2015 11:17 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Karen Sullivan Sibert

Disruptive Idiots From Silicon Valley Part II

By SAURABH JHA, MD Recently, I was dining with elite radiologists. In that uncomfortable silence between dessert and the check, I said “radiology must shift the traditional paradigm by creating value streams using disruptive innovation to leverage population...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2015 5:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

The Dangerous Patient Safety Delusions of Eminence-Based Medicine

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON The eminent physicians Martin Samuels and Nortin Hadler have piled onto the patient safety movement, wielding a deft verbal knife along with a questionable command of the facts. They are the defenders of the “nobility” of medicine...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2015 1:31 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Michael Millenson, Patient Safety, IOM, Martin Samuels, Nortin M. Hadler

The Writing Is On the (Healthcare) Wall

By ANDY DELAO For the past few months I have been traveling around the globe. In my travels I have been talking to “leaders” from Ministries’ of Health, Insurance Companies, Hospitals, Physicians, and Professional Societies. In many of the...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2015 12:02 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Andy Delao

Sex, Lies and Cheeseburgers

By AL LEWIS Number of deaths attributable to eating processed meat, according to the World Health Organization (WHO): 34,000 Number of people struck by lightning annually: 240,000 And yet the WHO generated a huge headline by saying that eating red and...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2015 7:18 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

ACA Open Enrollment Round 3: The Going Gets Tougher

By STEVE FINDLAY The third ACA health insurance exchange open enrollment period begins Nov. 1, and things look iffy. The Obama administration this month reduced the estimate of new enrollees for 2016—possibly to lower expectations but also because signs...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2015 4:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Steven Findlay

Uber’s Surge Pricing May not Lead to a Surge In Drivers

By LAUREN KIRCHNER Uber has long stirred controversy and consternation over the higher “surge” prices it charges at peak times. The company has always said the higher prices actually help passengers by encouraging more drivers to get on the road. But...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2015 2:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Lauren Kirchner

Don’t Fall for this OTC Pain Reliever Scam; Make it Yourself and Save 99%!

By DEVON HERRICK A recent New York Times article profiled a pair of ultra-expensive pain medications designed to go easy on the stomach. Common pain relievers, like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen are prone to irritate the stomach if taken repeatedly...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2015 12:39 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, New York Times, Devon Herrick, Naproxen, Vimovo, Duexis, aspirin, Ibuprofen

The Network You May Not Like

BY PAUL LEVY This has been my week to discuss networks (Internet and electricity), but I would be remiss if I didn’t spend a few moments on the networks that are most likely to rob us of personal choice and increase costs: Health care networks....

Published Sat, Nov 07 2015 12:48 PM by THCB

Filed under: Paul Levy, Uncategorized, Network

The End Game–Live in Finland!

By Matthew Holt Today I am in Finland at the Vertical digital health accelerator, part of a really impressive network of accelerators and incubators in Helsinki. Tomorrow is the huge SLUSH festival at which I (plus Steven Krein of Startup Health) will...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2015 2:41 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Startups, Team Finland, Vertical

Can Community Organizing and The “third place” Improve Public Health?

By ANDY ORAM The majority of health problems in modern developed countries are self-inflicted, the results of lifestyle choices. These problems don’t respond to a pill–or even to bariatric surgery. Moreover, the medical profession hasn’t...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2015 8:38 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Andy Oram

Potential Bias in U.S. News Patient Safety Scores

By PETER PRONOVOST, MD Hospitals can get overwhelmed by the array of ratings, rankings and scorecards that gauge the quality of care that they provide. Yet when those reports come out, we still scrutinize them, seeking to understand how to improve. This...

Published Fri, Nov 13 2015 9:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Patient Safety, Bias, Uncategorized, US News and World Report, Johns Hopkins, Peter Pronovost

Yes, People Shop for Health care. But are they Good at it?

By JEANNE PINDER We used to hear “no one shops for health care.” But we know that not to be true;here’s a blog post I wrote about how people are doing just that. So, now that we know they do shop, do they do it well? That’s a good question too. A recent...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2015 8:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Jeanne Pinder

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