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Wanted: A PCAST Patient Portal

By Adrian Gropper, MD What do the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report and the New England Journal of Medicine article on value in health care by Porter have in... Read More....

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 5:20 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

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

Nursing a Health 2.0 Hangover

By J.D. KLEINKE So it’s the morning after the big Health 2.0 bash and the hangover is awful. My head is awash with flashing screens of medical alerts, rainbow-colored demos of virtual patients flitting from one personal health app to... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 2:07 PM by The Health Care Blog

Medicare and Health Reform: Part II

By THOMAS L. GREANEY In his closing remarks to the Senate Finance Committee last week, Senator Baucus pointed with special pride to the effect the Committee’s reform bill will have on shaping the health care system in the longer run:... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 12:41 PM by The Health Care Blog

Op-Ed: Robot-assisted Surgery – The Leading Treatment for Prostate Cancer

By DR. JAMES PORTER Prostate cancer surgeons around the world are using surgical robots to assist in the most delicate operative procedures. Across the country, nearly 1,000 of these robots have entered hospital operating rooms, including our institution...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 7:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Pop the Cost Bubble: Unallot Medicare

By Victor M. Sandler, MD Here’s a dirty little secret: Cutting health care costs is not that difficult, nor will it harm patients. That’s because it only involves giving up unnecessary medical care—tests and treatments patients may want but really......

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 5:59 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Costs

Sometimes It’s Better Not to be Ranked #1

By KATHLEEN M. BOOZANG The Chronicle of Philanthropy lead off its annual executive compensation story with the headline that “Nearly three in 10 of the leaders of the nation’s biggest charities and foundations have taken pay cuts in the past... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2009 1:27 PM by The Health Care Blog

I was largely in favor of Swiss-style health care...

By Matthew Holt until I found out that the people who the NY Times says are really in favor of it are Bill O'Reilly and Regina Herzlinger… Actually I’m kidding. I knew Regi says she likes it, and Maggie Mahar... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 01 2009 1:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Policy, Health Plans

To Change Health Care, Change Diabetes.

By DANA HAZA As we work to change health care in America, we must recognize the need to dramatically change diabetes. Twenty-four million Americans have diabetes at a cost to our nation of an estimated $218 billion for diabetes and... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 29 2009 10:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Quality, prevention, Chronic conditions

Can Social Media Save Healthcare Reform?

By Daniel Palestrant Daniel Palestrant is the Founder & CEO of Sermo, the largest online physician community, and a friend of THCB’s from the Health 2.0 world. Lately Dan has been seen on cable TV representing the 110K+ Sermo members... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 01 2009 5:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Reform, Policy/Politics, Physicians, Sermo

Obama administration CTO Aneesh Chopra at Health 2.0

A Message to America's Physicians: Purchasing EHR Technology A Shaky State of Affairs

By DAVID C. KIBBE and BRIAN KLEPPER Much of the conversation and debate about physician EHR adoption has centered on the single issue of the (high) cost of purchase. However, we'd like to suggest that the situation is much more... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 9:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, Brian Klepper, David Kibbe, HITECH

CMS Reinstates Paying for Avastin Used Off-Label for Macular Degeneration

MERRILL GOOZNER Medicare has reinstated payment codes for eye specialists who use Genentech's Avastin to treat wet macular degeneration. A tiny amount of Avastin, which is sold for cancer treatments, successfully treats the condition at about $100...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 9:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

On the road--ACHE Social Media, NCI, Healthcamp NYC, Blogging networking LA

By Matthew Holt My time off for good behavior is at an end and today I get back on a plane for four fun conferences and a party. Wednesday I’m keynoting the ACHE Social Media in Healthcare meeting in San... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 1:26 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Val Jones, MD, Blogs

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