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Crowdsourcing, Price Formation, and Health IT

By JOHN R. GRAHAM From the perspective of the average patient, going about his life unconcerned about health policy or economics, what is the most frustrating characteristic of U.S. health insurance? Surely, it is the madness of the billing cycle:......

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 10:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Electronic Medical Records Attack Hospitals

By MICHAEL KIRSCH, MD Readers know of my criticisms of the electronic medical record (EMR) juggernaut that is oozing over the medical landscape. Ultimately, this technology will make medical care better and easier to practice. All systems will be integrated...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 1:47 PM by The Health Care Blog

Defining a Maturity Model for HIEs

By JOHN MOORE Before entering the convoluted healthcare IT sector, I had worked in the manufacturing sector both as an IT analyst and in corporate strategy for Europe’s second largest enterprise software company. In those many years I learn quite... Read...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 8:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Back to Basics: Toward a Core Set of Relevant and Portable Personal Health Information

By DAVID C. KIBBE In the cacophony of health IT issues, products, and goals that compete every day for our attention, it is easy to lose sight of the profound value that could come from the universal availability of a... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 6:22 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: David Kibbe

Dave Durenberger on Lieberman

By Matthew Holt Former Minnesota Senator Dave Durenberger, a thinking centrist Republican (remember them?) puts out an occasional newsletter full of gems. This is today’s zinger: The Senate has a better bill than the House, but it also has a... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 7:48 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Policy

Abortion Coverage Is About Math As Well As Politics

By AL LEWIS Let us start by acknowledging that those who think abortion is a sin must be respected, and not forced into a risk pool that covers abortion. Let us also acknowledge that those who are pro-choice need to... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 8:06 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health Plans, The Public Option

Sell Patients like Baseball Players - Seriously

By JOE FLOWER Here's a health care reform strategy that I have not heard anywhere else. Think about this: Why aren't health plans more aggressive in promoting the long-term health of their members, like getting them to eat better, stop... Read...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 10:31 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Reform, Patients, Health Plans, Joe Flower

Extormity launches WHIO to compete with Health Internet

Electronic health records vendor Extormity, seeking to establish itself as the dominant force in the healthcare IT space, is launching its World Health Information Organization or WHIO platform at a public launch event in Brussels. “WHIO is like a mega...

Published Wed, Nov 18 2009 5:59 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Ha Ha, Weird press releases

mHealth – Potentially Valuable, But Not Ready For Primetime

By TED DRISCOLL, PHD mHealth – otherwise known as mobile healthcare – sounds like just what the doctor ordered to help make healthcare delivery cheaper and more effective. And since the Internet today essentially resides in everybody’s pocket, it would...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 1:02 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Tech, Ted Driscoll, mHealth, Mobile healthcare

Getting an Estimate

By MONTE JAFFE A couple of years ago my primary care physician suggested that I have a colonoscopy at the age of 47. My father died from Hodgkin’s disease at 34 and my mom survived *** cancer in her 40’s. I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome so she...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 9:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Front Page, Costs of medical tests, Monte Jaffe, Costs of Care

The Individual Mandate: Another Look at the Penalty Trade-Off

By ROGER COLLIER Most of the recent attention on the 2010 health care reform legislation has focused on the individual mandate. After two federal court rulings upholding the mandate, a third federal judge—in Virginia—ruled that the Constitution does not...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 12:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health Plans, Roger Collier, Penalties, Individual mandate

Two Kidneys and 100,000 Lives

By PAUL LEVY This story about a kidney transplant mix-up in California is bound to get lots of coverage. It is these extraordinary cases that get public attention. I am sure it will lead to a whole new set of national rules designed to keep such a thing...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 10:24 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Paul Levy, Front Page

HIMSS11 Live: Meaningful Use

By NEIL VERSEL What can be said about “meaningful use” of electronic health records that hasn’t already been said? Actually, plenty, if the events leading up to Monday morning’s official opening of HIMSS11 are any indication. Last week, HIMSS honcho Steve...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 8:53 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, Front Page, HiMMS 11, Neil Versel

Why It’s a Good Idea to Get a Second Opinion, and Maybe a Third…

By ELAINE SCHATTNER, MD A few years ago I started writing a book on what it was like to be a cancer patient and an oncologist. This morning I came upon this section on second opinions: Is it OK to get a second opinion? Definitely. And there’s no need...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 1:35 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Patients, Front Page, Elaine Schattner

What’s In a Word?

By MARK FRISSE, MD The “HIE” at HIMSS 2011 appears noticeably different than the “HIE” of HIMSS 2010 or 2009. HIE will be ubiquitous. It is not just a topic for a Sunday session any more. Of the 26 sessions listing HIE as a topic...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 10:55 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIEs, Front Page, HIMSS, Mark Frisse

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