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House of Straw or House of Bricks?

By BILL KRAMER A week ago, before the Massachusetts special election, health reformers felt that their house was almost finished. The edifice of health reform had been built painstakingly using blueprints designed by policy and political experts during...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 10:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Cost of Fear

By ROB LAMBERTS I was talking to a fellow physician about a mutual patient. I had information that would help him in their care and he was taking the unusual step of asking me for my information. I was impressed.... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 9:19 AM by The Health Care Blog

Uwe and Heritage agree: we need a tax-funded universal pool

By Matthew Holt When you’re at a party and someone explains to you that they just read a great article in the NY Times explaining why Peggy Noonan doesn’t understand basic math, and you know that they’re referring to Uwe... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 1:06 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

Doctors Going the Distance (In Education)

By EDGAR T. WILSON We need more doctors. Between older care providers retiring, and the general population shift that is the aging of the Baby Boomers, we are running into a massive demographic of more, older patients, living longer and managing more...

Published Tue, May 26 2015 5:17 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Shout Out For Our Sponsors: Health Catalyst

By MATTHEW HOLT THCB would literally not exist without the support of our generous sponsors. This blog and the work we do is made possible by the forward-thinking people at companies like HealthCatalyst who have come on board as flagship sponsors. Love...

Published Wed, May 27 2015 6:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

A Classic Non-Reaction Reaction From Screening Proponents

By MITCH COLLINS Is it just me or has there been a deafening silence from the wellness proponents of forced HRA/biometric screening since Dr. Atul Gawande’s article Overkill appeared? Two salient quotes from the article capture the issue. The first...

Published Fri, May 29 2015 6:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized

Did Dr. Virginia Apgar worry about work-life balance?

By KAREN SIBERT, MD Dr. Margaret Wood, who chairs the Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center, has published a wonderful article titled “Women in Medicine: Then and Now“, in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia. I think I speak...

Published Mon, Jun 01 2015 1:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Why Large Scale Government IT Projects Fail and What To Do About It

By KEVIN DE SOUZA and KENDRA SMITH The volume of failed large-scale information technology (IT) projects in the public sector is troubling. These projects are failing at an alarming rate. The long history of public sector IT failures has seen billions...

Published Tue, Jun 02 2015 8:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Building Healthy Communities 2.0

By SUSAN DENTZER With its elegant homes, pleasant park and bustling stores, the Woodlawn section of Birmingham, Alabama was described in a 1950 news article as “a really great section of Birmingham…typical of the fine things in life.” Then...

Published Wed, Jun 03 2015 9:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized

Moneyball For Doctors and Nurses (and the People Who Run Hospitals)

By PAUL KECKLEY Michael Lewis’ 2003 best seller Moneyball recounts how Oakland Athletics’ manager Billy Beane beat the big-payroll odds in major league baseball by using analytics to field a competitive team. The dynamic between Beane and...

Published Wed, Jun 24 2015 6:31 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Paul Keckley, CFO

How to Win Friends and Influence Doctors

By EDWARD CORBETT, MD I remember the meeting as if it were yesterday. It was a fine, crisp morning. My Health Catalyst team and I were at a new partner hospital with a national reputation, known for its excellent coordinated care and its outstanding performance...

Published Thu, Jun 25 2015 6:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health Catalyst

Two Years Later: How Kynect Has Impacted Kentucky’s Healthcare System

By CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY SPONSORED CONTENT Since its second enrollment period ended in March, Kentucky’s health benefit exchange has been celebrated by state government leaders as a success story of the Affordable Care Act. Known as Kynect, the Read...

Published Thu, Jun 25 2015 10:04 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Disruptive Regulation

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE The latest salvo in the interoperability and information-blocking debate comes from two academic experts in the field of informatics, and was recently published in JAMIA. In the brief article, Sittig and Wright are endeavoring to...

Published Mon, Jun 29 2015 3:39 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

An Anatomy of Chairs

By CLIFTON MEADOR, MD R had been my patient for over a year. She was referred to me by a colleague. She had 38 symptoms. All tests and imaging studies failed to find any demonstrable medical disease; I considered her to have “symptoms of unknown...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 8:26 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Symptoms of Unknown Origin

No MUwithoutMe: Here’s What Happened When I Requested My Medical Records

By CINDY NAYER As an innovator, restless entrepreneur, and national award winner for consumer engagement, I was intrigued with the stories I was reading about accessing the patient portal for data, basically the looking glass into “my data.”...

Published Wed, Jul 01 2015 11:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

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House of Straw or House of Bricks?

The Cost of Fear

Uwe and Heritage agree: we need a tax-funded universal pool

Doctors Going the Distance (In Education)

A Shout Out For Our Sponsors: Health Catalyst

A Classic Non-Reaction Reaction From Screening Proponents

Did Dr. Virginia Apgar worry about work-life balance?

Why Large Scale Government IT Projects Fail and What To Do About It

Building Healthy Communities 2.0

Moneyball For Doctors and Nurses (and the People Who Run Hospitals)

How to Win Friends and Influence Doctors

Two Years Later: How Kynect Has Impacted Kentucky’s Healthcare System

Disruptive Regulation

An Anatomy of Chairs

No MUwithoutMe: Here’s What Happened When I Requested My Medical Records