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Early Experiences with Hospital Certification

By JOHN HALAMKA, MD As one of the pilot sites for CCHIT's EHR Alternative Certification for Hospitals (EACH), I promised the industry an overview of my experience. It's going very well. Here's what has happened thus far. 1. Recognizing that...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 3:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

(Limited) Sympathy for the Blue Devil(s)

By Matthew Holt A year on from Wellpoint's ju-jistu move of announcing a 39% rate increase in California, therefore re-invigorating the health care bill and guaranteeing themselves billions in government subsidies, Blue Shield of California (that...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 2:23 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy, Health Plans

The Moral Component to Transparency

By PAUL LEVY Many of you have asked if I intend to continue this blog, now that I am stepping down as CEO of BIDMC. Yes. (I'll have to change the name. How about "The blog formerly known as .... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 9:48 AM by The Health Care Blog

Why Christians Should Support Health Care Rationing

By CHARLES CAMOSY It's coming. Health care reform, Round II. Republicans pledged to do it as part of their manifesto during the midterm election campaigns. And House Speaker John Boehner, less than a day after the elections, vowed that the... Read...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 9:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Definition of HIE: What’s Yours?

By JOHN MOORE Trying something new here – soliciting your collective input, the proverbial wisdom of the crowd. As you may have read in yesterday’s post, Chilmark is quickly approaching publication of the Health Information Exchange (HIE) report. One...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 7:53 AM by The Health Care Blog

Clueless in Utah?

By ROGER COLLIER The trials and tribulations of Utah’s much-touted Health Exchange continued in December, with the announcement that yet another chief executive had quit, along with the admission that very few eligible employer groups had signed up for...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 7:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Critical Review of Medical Literature

By MAYRA ZILBERBERG Today I am launching a series of posts on how to read medical literature critically. The series should provide a solid foundation for this task and dove-tail nicely with some of the more dense themes that occur... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 08 2011 11:48 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Study Question

By MAYRA ZUCKERBERG Let's start at the beginning. Why do we do research and write papers? No, not just to get famous, tenured or funded. The fundamental task of science is to answer questions. The big questions of all time... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 08 2011 8:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

That Which We Call a Rose

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE What’s in a name? Sometimes nothing much. Sometimes a shift in paradigm. The Medical Record in its current format was created over a century ago by Dr. Henry Stanley Plummer at the Mayo Clinic. When in the... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 08 2011 6:19 AM by The Health Care Blog

Wicked Good

By ED PULLEN, MD I grew up in Maine and wicked is an adverb or adjective meaning “very” or “especially” that can be attached to almost any verb or adjective. Wicked good is by far the most prevalent use though,... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 08 2011 5:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Sam's Club as a locus for (The) Prevention (Plan)?

By Matthew Holt There's lots going on in the world of online tools for health improvement and prevention. Yesterday I saw a new demo of the latest version of Keas (can't tell you much but think Zynga!). Just this Fall... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 12:42 PM by The Health Care Blog

How the Republican Assault on Health Care Could Backfire On Them

By ROBERT REICH When it comes to health care, Republicans should be careful what they wish for. Their upcoming vote to repeal the health-care law will be largely symbolic — they don’t have the votes to override President Obama’s certain... Read More....

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 8:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health Problem Quantified

By JOHN GOODMAN, PhD We now know how many people have the problem most often cited as the reason for last years’ health overhaul legislation. Answer: 8,000 No, that’s not a misprint. Out of 310 million Americans, only 8,000 people... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 8:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Needle In the Haystack

By J. LEONARD LICHTENFELD, MD Well, it didn't take long to get into the New Year, did it? There I was this earlier this week, starting my New Year right by getting exercise on my elliptical when I heard the... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 9:01 AM by The Health Care Blog

A Healthcare Information Services Provider Business Model

I've written previously about Healthcare Information Exchange Sustainability and the need for Healthcare Information Services Providers (HISPs) to serve as gateways connecting individual EHRs. How should HISPs be funded and how can we encourage HISP...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 4:49 PM by The Health Care Blog

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