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One clue to why health care costs are so high? Docs don’t know what things cost

By DAVID WILLIAMS I often hear from hospitals that they’re being squeezed greatly on cost and not getting paid enough by government and private payers. I have some sympathy for this argument, but on the other hand somehow this country outspends every...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 12:09 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Much More Reform Needed for Medicare?

By ROGER COLLIER This week’s startlingly gloomy annual report from the Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds lent new urgency to the need for further Medicare expenditure reforms. Whether Washington DC politicians will respond with more than sound bites...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 10:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Roger Collier, Medicare Reform, Medicare trust fund

Patient Care in the Cloud

By VIJAY GOVINDARAJAN AND JUSTIN CHAKMA When we envision an emerging market, we think of a rapidly growing country with small purchasing power, little infrastructure, and diminishing natural resources. These three aspects of emerging markets require innovations...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 9:04 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

An Alternative to Malpractice

By JOHN GOODMAN About three decades ago, University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein proposed a radical alternative [gated, but with abstract] to our system of malpractice liability. He called it “liability by contract.” The idea: let patients...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 8:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Ryan’s “vouchercare” is a false choice

Paul Krugman spends time today ripping Paul Ryan once more. Ryan’s plan is to limit government spending way off into the future (starting with people who are now 55) by giving them a flat Medicare voucher and then telling them to try it on for size...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 9:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, micro

Coordinating Care Coordination

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Care coordination is one of the four pillars of Meaningful Use, one of the six NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) standards and one of the main goals of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). Care coordination, particularly...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 7:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, THCB, Margalit Gur-Arie, ACOs, PCMH, Care coordination

The Unbridgeable Gap between Left and Right on Health Reform

By JEFF GOLDSMITH Though thoroughly smothered under 2900 pages of well meaning but poorly focused, expert-driven “good works”, the core of the Affordable Care Act was providing 30 million people subsidized health insurance coverage. As the country continues...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2011 11:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Policy/Politics, Jeff Goldsmith, health care reform, Uninsured

It’s THCB’s Health Wonk Review

By John Irvine & Matthew Holt It’s Thursday morning. Fresh off the digital presses. It’s finally here. THCB (after a long absence) is back hosting Health Wonk Review…. Health IT Dept We start close to home with huge news for THCB’s...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 5:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

What Is Health?

By LESLIE KERNISAN, MD For a while now, I’ve been working on an ebook about making digital health more useful and usable for older adults. (Don’t hold your breath, I really have no idea when it will be done. I can only work on it for about...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2014 7:14 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Grading the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

By JAMES SALWITZ, MD It is a heart pounding, head spinning, edge of your seat page-turner; the sort of rare saga that takes your breath away as it changes you, forever. It hints at a radically different future, a completely new world a few years away...

Published Mon, Dec 22 2014 5:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Physicians, Diagnosis, Federal Health IT Plan 2015-2020, Interoperability

Reactive vs. Proactive Health Care: The Intersection of Payment Reform & Consumer Data Powering Clinical Insight

By JOSHUA SEIDMAN One of the greatest opportunities that exists in moving from “turnstile medicine” (or fee-for-service) to value-based payment models is the shift from reactive to proactive health care. The focus on accountability for population health...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2014 10:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

EHR Interoperability Following in E-Prescribing’s Footsteps?

By TOM BIZZARO Frequently, when conversations turn to the interoperability of healthcare IT systems, a negative vibe permeates the air. Indeed, some people view the Office of the National Coordinator’s 10 year interoperability plan with a feeling of exasperation...

Published Wed, Dec 24 2014 9:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Interoperability, e-Prescribing

Zen and the Art of Antibiotics

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD Jacques Johndreau did not look like his usual self when I saw him in the office a few weeks ago. He looked part retired bank manager and part Disney cartoon chipmunk. He spoke with hardly any facial movements: “Holy Boys, my wife...

Published Mon, Dec 29 2014 8:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Ceftriaxone, Clindamycin, antibiotics

Has Med School Changed For the Better?

By KARAN CHHABRA Every third-year has heard it. “…When I was in your position, I was taking 24-hour calls every other night. If my resident was there, I was there….” We’re regaled about the glory days, without shelf exams, without phlebotomists, and—by...

Published Tue, Dec 30 2014 8:26 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Residency, Project Millenial, med school

Will the Real Professor Katherine Baicker Please Stand Up?

By AL LEWIS and VIK KHANNA Harvard Professor Katherine Baicker is arguably most acclaimed health policy researcher at arguably the most acclaimed (and not even arguably, the best-endowed) school of public health in the country. Her seminal account of...

Published Wed, Dec 31 2014 5:55 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Wellness, Kathleen Baicker, Health Affairs

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One clue to why health care costs are so high? Docs don’t know what things cost

Much More Reform Needed for Medicare?

Patient Care in the Cloud

An Alternative to Malpractice

Ryan’s “vouchercare” is a false choice

Coordinating Care Coordination

The Unbridgeable Gap between Left and Right on Health Reform

It’s THCB’s Health Wonk Review

What Is Health?

Grading the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

Reactive vs. Proactive Health Care: The Intersection of Payment Reform & Consumer Data Powering Clinical Insight

EHR Interoperability Following in E-Prescribing’s Footsteps?

Zen and the Art of Antibiotics

Has Med School Changed For the Better?

Will the Real Professor Katherine Baicker Please Stand Up?