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Will ACO IT Models Be Walled Gardens or Open Platforms?

By VINCE KURATIS Will ACO (accountable care organization) IT models be walled gardens or open platforms? i.e., will ACO IT platforms focus on exchanging information within the provider network of the ACO, or will they also be able to exchange... Read...

Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 8:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Using An App to Confront Your Metastatic Melanoma

By GEORGE D. LUNDBERG, MD If you or anyone else you know has had a malignant melanoma, you and that other person, and your respective physicians, should click http://therapy.collabrx.com to access the Targeted Therapy Finder--Melanoma (ttf-melanoma)....

Published Fri, Dec 17 2010 8:08 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Op-Ed

Social Security as a model for the Affordable Care Act’s future

"Check Back in a Generation to See if the Health Law Withstands Challenge" suggests the New York Times in an insightful piece that ran earlier this week, which suggests Social Security as a useful comparison. Social Security was enacted in....

Published Sun, Dec 19 2010 12:32 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Fall of Berwick?

By MAGGIE MAHAR When President Obama named Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) last March, I wrote this: “Most who know Berwick describe him a ‘visionary’ and a ‘healer,’ a man able to survey the fragments of a broken...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2011 6:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Maggie Mahar, CMS, Donald Berwick, Senate

Why Apple iPad will Dominate in the Enterprise

By JOHN MOORE Ok, before I even begin, let me put it right out there: I’ve been using Apple products since I first got my hands on one of those cute little Mac SEs in the late 80′s having given up my spanking, brand new Compaq 386 with 64kb of RAM and...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 9:47 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, THCB, John Moore, iPad, Healthcare

The Neverending Story

By STEVE SANDERS We’re hearing a lot about the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in medicine. The government is all for it—providing financial incentives for those with EMRs and disincentives for those still relying on paper charts to make their...

Published Sat, Mar 26 2011 9:14 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Patients, Data, Design

The Cost of Apples

By SAMUEL YANG Up until last May, my experience of medical costs was limited to the $100 per month premium I contributed towards my employer-sponsored insurance and the nominal co-pays associated with well-child checkups and generic prescriptions. There...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 6:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Patients, Costs of Care, Healthcare costs, Samuel Yang, Endoscopy, Preexisting Condition

Time to End The Health Care Tax Exclusion?

By MERRILL GOOZNER President Obama on Wednesday will unveil his counter offer for bringing the nation’s budget deficit under control. Last week, the Republican plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., chairman of the House Budget Committee, focused public...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 10:37 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Merrill Goozner, Health insurance, Employer-sponsored plans, Healthcare tax exclusion

Why Medicare Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Solution

By ROBERT REICH I hope when he tells America how he aims to tame future budget deficits the President doesn’t accept conventional Wasington wisdom that the biggest problem in the federal budget is Medicare (and its poor cousin Medicaid). Medicare isn...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 8:24 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Medicare, Robert Reich, Medicare costs

Rest in Peace: Personal Health Records (PHRs)

By JOHN M. GROHOL While doing some research the other day on personal health records (PHRs), I came across this article, describing Revolution Health’s announcement — without much media attention — about dropping its PHR at the beginning of 2010. (Disclosure...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 7:43 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, PHRs, Health Vault, Google Health, John Grohol

Health Wonk Review

Health Wonk Review is up at David Williams Health Business Blog. THCB even makes a rare appearance! (Hopefully we’ll be appearing a little more frequently in the future…) Tweet this Share on Facebook Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 9:50 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: micro

THCB Live: Microsoft

A few weeks back at HIMSS Matthew Holt caught up with Microsoft Health Solutions’ Sean Nolan (Chief Architect) and Nate McLemore (VP, Business Development) to chat about the technology and business of NHIN Direct, HealthVault and much more. Tweet...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2011 8:23 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Near Chicago next week? Meet Todd Park!

If you’re near or in Chicago next Weds (April 27) and you care about health data, applications or innovation, we highly recommend that you get to a Community Forum on the Health Data Initiative. The formal invite & details follow–Matthew...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 12:33 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, EHR, THCB, Health 2.0, Medicare, Policy, Obama administration, Tech

Fostering Innovation in Healthcare IT

By JOHN MOORE As in most sectors, innovation in healthcare IT (HIT) is by and large incremental. A tweak here and added feature there to some existing application, e.g., what we are seeing today from EHR vendors as they strive to meet meaningful use criteria...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:37 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, EHR, THCB, Meaningful Use, John Moore

Microsoft HSG Bets Future on Amalga

By JOHN MOORE Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group (HSG), which has straddled the fence with consumer-facing (HealthVault) and corporate-facing (Amalga), is increasingly moving to the corporate side of the fence. Not that surprising considering that the...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 11:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Microsoft, John Moore, Health Vault, Amalga, Microsoft HSG

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