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The Best Part Of The Health 2.0 Fall Conference Agenda

There’s still time to secure your ticket before prices increase to this year’s Health 2.0 11th Annual Fall Conference. Whether you’re a Health Provider, Entrepreneur or Investor; the Fall Conference is the place to see the latest health...

Published Wed, Aug 16 2017 10:54 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Physicians, Patients, Hospitals, Tech, Uncategorized, Featured

Tackle The Next Wave Of Healthcare Consumerism

Value-based healthcare initiatives are great, but on their own won’t be enough to bend the healthcare cost curve. The focus must move—and move quickly—from treating people who are sick to helping them get and stay healthy. The only way that’s...

Published Mon, Aug 21 2017 2:51 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Hospitals, Tech, Featured, Trending

On the Ethics of Accountable Care Research

By KIP SULLIVAN, JD Is it ethical for health policy researchers to claim that a Medicare ACO reduced “spending” by 2 percent if the reduction was not statistically significant? Is it ethical for them to do so if they made no effort to measure the cost...

Published Fri, Aug 25 2017 9:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Harvard Medical School, Partners

Can Tech Put the Breaks on Violence?

By ALEX EPSTEIN As if 100+ deaths on U.S. highways every day isn’t horrific enough, we are all too often reading and hearing about cars being intentionally used as weapons and seeing unbelievable images of victims on sidewalks that have been turned...

Published Tue, Aug 29 2017 12:48 AM by THCB

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Developers, Data Scientists, Coders – Don’t Miss Out on Dev Day @ Health 2.0!

By SABAH PERVEZ Bright ideas are nothing without those who enable action. For every bright idea in the digital health space, developers are needed to turn that idea into a reality. We’ll be kicking of this year’s Annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference on October...

Published Wed, Sep 06 2017 9:23 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0

The Decline and Fall of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

By PAUL KECKLEY The physician-patient relationship is a bedrock of the U.S. health system. Strong relationships are associated with higher ratings for physicians and better outcomes for patients but there’s a catch. In Secretary of Health and Human Services...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2017 12:36 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Which of these 10 new companies will change the face of health care

The Health 2.0 Fall Conference is the perfect place for new and young companies to get a foot in the door – to generate industry buzz, obtain critical funding and pitch new partners. Our lineup includes: Our exclusive Launch! event – 10 companies...

Published Wed, Sep 13 2017 11:18 AM by THCB

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

The Cost of Public Reporting

ANISH KOKA MD In an age where big data is king and doctors are urged to treat populations, the journey of one man still has much to tell us. This is a tale of a man named Joe. Joseph Carrigan was a bear of a man – though his wife would say he was...

Published Mon, Sep 18 2017 10:56 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

How Consumers Are Shaping the Next Gen Wellbeing Experience

BY MADHAVI VEMIREDDY, MD SPONSORED CONTENT Our day-to-day interactions with technology are changing expectations and aspirations for almost every touch point in modern life. We want instant feedback and action at the push of a button, from the digital...

Published Wed, Sep 20 2017 7:17 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Larry Weed’s Legacy and the Next Generation of Clinical Decision Support

BY LINCOLN WEED, JD “Patients are sitting on a treasure trove of data about their own medical conditions.” My late father, Dr. Lawrence L. Weed (LLW), made this point the day before he died. He was talking about the lost wealth of neglected patient data...

Published Fri, Sep 22 2017 2:58 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Interview with Paul Black, CEO, Allscripts

Paul Black is CEO of Allscripts and he’ll be with me at Health 2.0 on October 1-4. Paul has been CEO of Allscripts for about five years, taking over from Glen Tullman who grew the company aggressively by acquisition over the previous decade. Paul...

Published Mon, Sep 25 2017 1:05 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Tech, Allscripts, FHIR, Paul Black

How Wellness Become the Wrong Word

JIM PURCELL What do employers want more than anything? Healthy, engaged, productive, energized, and thriving employees who provide great customer service and high quality products. What they have is all too often the antithesis of that. This article is...

Published Tue, Sep 26 2017 1:01 PM by THCB

Filed under: Wellness, Uncategorized, Jim Purcell, Employee, Wellbeing, Workplace, Happiness

Big Names, Big Ideas at Health 2.0 Fall Conference

The Annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference has harnessed the creativity and passion of health care’s brightest professionals to tackle the industry’s most intractable problems and leverage technology-enabled solutions to drive more compassionate...

Published Wed, Sep 27 2017 2:01 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Physicians, Patients, Hospitals, Tech, Uncategorized, Featured, THCBist, Trending

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

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The Best Part Of The Health 2.0 Fall Conference Agenda

Tackle The Next Wave Of Healthcare Consumerism

On the Ethics of Accountable Care Research

Can Tech Put the Breaks on Violence?

Developers, Data Scientists, Coders – Don’t Miss Out on Dev Day @ Health 2.0!

The Decline and Fall of the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Which of these 10 new companies will change the face of health care

The Cost of Public Reporting

How Consumers Are Shaping the Next Gen Wellbeing Experience

Larry Weed’s Legacy and the Next Generation of Clinical Decision Support

Interview with Paul Black, CEO, Allscripts

How Wellness Become the Wrong Word

Big Names, Big Ideas at Health 2.0 Fall Conference

Adapting Behavioral Health Integration to 21st Century Needs

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