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Doctor Patient

By ROB LAMBERTS I did a little “self care” earlier this week. I did it by not caring for myself. I went to the doctor. I was sitting in the waiting area for my appointment and saw the mother of... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 1:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

HIT Trends Summary for October 2010

By MICHAEL LAKE This is a summary of the HIT Trends Report for October 2010. You can get the current issue or subscribe here. The evolving health information exchange market. The HIE segment was center-stage this month with a game-changing... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 7:49 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, EHR, Comparative Effectiveness Research, HIEs

The War Between the States

By MICHAEL TURPIN Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. ~Richard Lamm The day after a... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 6:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, PPACA, Michael Turpin

Dartmouth Launches New Degree Program in Health Care Delivery Science

In the wake of health care reform, leaders in the industry need a new set of tools to navigate through a health care landscape that has changed forever. In response, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 4:18 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Marketplace

THCB Healthcare Marketplace

The OptumHealth Culture of Health Institute is hosting a webinar that explores how employers can boost employee participation in wellness programs by adopting marketing strategies used by top consumer retail companies. This event will feature Rohit Kichlu...

Published Tue, Nov 09 2010 5:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health Care and the 2010 Midterms

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI The election has given us a Republican House and a still Democratic controlled Senate. But, instead of Democrats having the 60 Senators they had when health care was passed in December, they will have a slim majority... Read More....

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 3:56 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Robert Laszewski, Policy/Politics, health care reform

An issue, guaranteed

By PAUL LEVY I don't mean this in a partisan way, but it is really distressing to read this New York Times article about Republican plans to dismantle parts of the recent health care bill by using the appropriation powers... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 3:48 PM by The Health Care Blog

The $6-an-Hour Health Minimum Wage

By JOHN GOODMAN The stunning election results will put even more pressure on Congress to deal with the economy and jobs when it reconvenes in mid-November. But as it turns out, one way to boost the economy is to reconsider... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 3:45 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Costs, John Goodman, Health care costs, Employers

Wachter: Three Stories

By ROBERT WACHTER In my travels, I frequently hear short stories that help illuminate my work and world. Here are three recent examples; think of them as little health policy tapas. I recently spoke in a session with Peter Pronovost,... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 5:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Sharing the Buden

By RICHARD SLOAN Jessie has written about her perspective as the patient in an extremely stressful situation. I can add a different one: that of the husband of my seriously ill wife. As a public person, Jessie not only has... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 4:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

A Prevention Revolution

By SUSAN BLUMENTHAL, MD "I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure." These are the words of the Hippocratic Oath, an ancient vow that has been recited by physicians for centuries. However, with seven out......

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 2:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Swing to the Right: The Election and It's Effects On Health Reform

By DAVID HARLOW Like Tom Friedman, who lampooned some of this year's unreasonable campaign rhetoric in a recent column, I too would be in favor of reality-based political campaigns ... but that seemed to be too much to ask for... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 06 2010 8:08 AM by The Health Care Blog

Money and Healthcare Reform: Sources, Sinks, and the Bottom Line

By JANE ORIENT, MD Congress handed the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) some assumptions, the computers came up with the mix of adjustments needed to give a magic number under $1 trillion in 10 years, and the “Affordable Care Act” (ACA)... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 6:33 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, ACA, Jane Orient

Swamp Creature

By JEFF GOLDSMITH Many people forget that before Washington DC was our nation’s capital, it was a pestilential swamp, whose few hardy residents regularly succumbed to tropical diseases like malaria. It was virtually uninhabitable in the summer (some say...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 5:06 AM by The Health Care Blog

From Progressive to Zombie Legislation after Midterms?

By RICHARD REECE, MD This is a guess as to what the midterms, a political setback for supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), might mean for health reform. Exit polls indicate 58% of voters opposed the ACA, and cracks... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 2:41 PM by The Health Care Blog

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