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A New Norm for Hospital Operations

By CHARLIE EVANS Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), I have had the opportunity to engage a wide variety of colleagues, policymakers, and noted health care thinkers about the effects of health care reform on hospitals...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 8:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized

A Culture of Overtreatment

JACK COCHRAN, MD & CHARLES KENNEY The Dallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily ran a fascinating excerpt from the Steve Jacob’s book So Long, Marcus Welby, M.D.* The excerpt contained some very interesting assertions and statistics. For example: Consultant...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2014 7:54 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Patient Safety, Overtreatment, liability, Malpractice, PwC

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

My personal start of year letter...

By Matthew Holt ….is up over on my barely used personal blog. It's a record of an email I send out about charities and causes I support (with a little bit of news about me and mine). If you're interested... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 9:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

What Does ONC Roadmap Mean for Small Practices?

By SCOTT E. RUPP Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a paper, “Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability...

Published Fri, Aug 07 2015 10:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

A Near Death from Voodoo Hexing

By CLIFTON K MEADOR, MD In the spring of 1938, Dr. Drayton Doherty admitted a sixty-year-old African –American man to the hospital. The small hospital was located at the edge of town in an old house that had been converted into a fifteen-bed hospital...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2015 11:01 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB

Aneesh Chopra on txting in Haiti

By Matthew Holt Here's a quick video I took at the end of Aneesh Chopra's (the Federal CTO) talk at HIMSS. It’s a remarkable story of the role of SMS, tools and crowdsourcing in aiding in a disaster zone. A... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 9:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Innovation, Not Legislation: Venture Capital is the Path to Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Waste and Error in the U.S. Healthcare System

By Lisa Suennen All eyes are on Toyota’s recall of 8.5 million vehicles due to faulty gas pedals and brakes. The recall has sparked congressional hearings, a probe by the U.S. Department of Transportation, possible criminal charges stemming from a......

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 11:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

Octopus and other Fishes

By Matthew Holt One of the most fun times at HIMSS last week was the MEDecision party at the Georgia aquarium. I took a few videos of the Fish and the humans—so something a little different for you all The... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 12:28 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

Health 2.0 WinterTech–Health Tech Investing at #JPM16

Health 2.0’s WinterTech conference is today January 13. It features leaders from Venrock, Canvas, Grand Rounds, Doximity, Livongo, Omada Health, Maverick Capital, GE Ventures, Kaiser Permanente and more. It’s the only event dedicated to health...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2016 5:57 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

An Error about Mistakes

By PAUL LEVY There are few neurologists I admire more than Martin Samuels, chief of service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. So it truly pains me to see him engaging in a convoluted approach to the issue of mistakes. Read the whole thing...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2015 8:34 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Uncategorized

Don’t Surrender

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD Independent physicians are at the beginning of a challenging movement as we fight to stay relevant and solvent during the transition of health care from independence to “regulation without representation”. In 1773, British Parliament...

Published Sun, Oct 16 2016 9:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

There’s a Story Behind the “Craziest Thing in the World”

By STEVE FINDLAY Is he on or off message — or what? We are taking about Bill Clinton, who said in a speech today/yesterday that small business folks and individuals were “getting killed” by Obamacare….with “premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half...

Published Tue, Oct 04 2016 12:16 PM by THCB

Filed under: Obamacare, Uncategorized, Bill Clinton

The Trust Gap in Healthcare: Findings from the 2016 Healthcare Trust Index

BY PAUL KECKLEY In Campaign 2016, a recurring theme to date has been the trustworthiness of the leading candidates. As they debate for the third and final time this week, each will attempt to allay voter concern about their trust-gap and widen apprehension...

Published Tue, Oct 18 2016 10:03 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Closer to a crisis

By FRED TROTTER How close to we need to get to cybersecurity crisis in healthcare before we, as an industry take deliberative action? Should we approach cybersecurity in healthcare differently? What approaches will work best? What commonly repeated advice...

Published Sat, Sep 17 2016 11:28 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

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A New Norm for Hospital Operations

A Culture of Overtreatment

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

My personal start of year letter...

What Does ONC Roadmap Mean for Small Practices?

A Near Death from Voodoo Hexing

Aneesh Chopra on txting in Haiti

Innovation, Not Legislation: Venture Capital is the Path to Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Waste and Error in the U.S. Healthcare System

Octopus and other Fishes

Health 2.0 WinterTech–Health Tech Investing at #JPM16

An Error about Mistakes

Don’t Surrender

There’s a Story Behind the “Craziest Thing in the World”

The Trust Gap in Healthcare: Findings from the 2016 Healthcare Trust Index

Closer to a crisis