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Doing it on the radio? Yes we can!

By Matthew Holt Last week Indu and I were on the Patient Power show run by Andrew Schorr and Peter Frishauf (who is an old friend and founded Medscape). It's a show aimed at consumers and we're very interested in... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 10:52 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Healthline on a roll: new funding, Yahoo! deal

By Matthew Holt Healthline has been a company that we’ve been looking at since we very first started talking about Health 2.0. Check out the very first podcast about Health 2.0 on THCB with Healthline’s Dean Stephens back in late... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 10:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Consumers, Web/Tech

The Governor's Healthcare IT Conference

By JOHN HALAMKA Although healthcare reform has its supporters and detractors, healthcare IT reform - the use of technology to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare throughout the country - has broad support from all stakeholders. The...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 6:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Why We Need Private Primary Care Doctors

By ROB LAMBERTS Things have been busy in my absence. A recent post on Kevin MD by Joseph Biundo, a rheumatologist, challenged my assertion that primary care doctors can save money: (In reference to my claim) That may be true... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 3:34 AM by The Health Care Blog

Clinical Groupware: Platforms, Not Software

By David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA and Brian Klepper, PhD Clinical Groupware is rapidly gaining acceptance as a term describing a new class of affordable, ergonomic, and Web-based care management tools. Since David first articulated Clinical Groupware's conceptual...

Published Sat, Apr 24 2010 3:51 AM by The Health Care Blog

Well, point-less?

By Matthew Holt OK, so it's a terrible and stolen pun but Wellpoint’s recent history is getting more and more bizarre. First they become the poster child for the recissions scandal (even if not the worst offender)—which eventually helped push... Read...

Published Fri, Apr 23 2010 1:28 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health Plans

(More) Madness in Massachusetts

By Daniel Palestrant, MD Lately I have been watching with complete horror the events playing out in my home state of Massachusetts. A bill currently under review by the state legislature will make participation in the state and federal Medicare/Medicaid...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 4:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

We're No. 37? Maybe Not ...

By MERRILL GOOZNER Phil Musgrove, now at Health Affairs, was an editor at the World Health Organization when it compiled its international comparison of nations' health status that ranked the U.S. 37th in the world, largely because of its poor......

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 8:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Nurseanomics

By MAGGIE MAHAR Twenty-eight states are now engaged in a heated debate over the difference between a doctor and a nurse: Legislators in these states are considering whether they should let a nurse practitioner (NP) with an advanced degree provide... Read...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 5:42 AM by The Health Care Blog

Medicare To Cover Preventative Care

By Dr. Pullen A nice surprise buried somewhere in the Health Care Reform Bill is that starting next year Medicare patients will be able to get annual preventative care exams that are paid for by their health insurance. It may... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 3:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Reputation versus quality: U.S. News Hospital Ranking

By PAUL LEVY Each year, US News and World Report publishes its list of the top 50 hospitals in various specialties (example here). Now, an article has been published suggesting that one aspect of the methodology used by the magazine... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 4:31 AM by The Health Care Blog

Challenges in EMR adoption by doctors offices

Adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) by physicians – particularly by primary care physicians – has been a challenge, for a number of reasons. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has been charged with encouraging physicians...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 2:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Another physician tool: mPay Gateway interview

By Matthew Holt While I clear out interviews that I have had in the can that were interrupted by first health reform and then Health 2.0 Europe, here's an interesting one on a very niche application mPay Gateway that helps... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Physicians

Catching up with Anvita Health

By Matthew Holt Another one of my HIMSS interviews that's taken a while to make it onto THCB. But that shouldn't fool you--Anvita Health is one of the more interesting companies out there, doing complex analytics to personalize and identify.....

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, PBMs

Health 2.0 in the Doctor's Office

By Matthew Holt The Health 2.0 meetings are coming thick and fast at the moment. No sooner have we finished Health 2.0 Europe in Paris (a very successful first venture abroad—and fortuitously held before the Icelandic eruptions suspended air travel.....

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 1:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Consumers

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