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Dear Mr. President

By ROB LAMBERTS I am writing this as a representative of the examination room - one who sits facing patients, dealing with our healthcare delivery "system" on a daily basis. I am writing this as one who will bear the... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 7:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

A 2.0 Interview with Berci Mesko, regional ambassador to Hungary for Health 2.0 Europe

By Denise Silber Dr Bertalan Mesko, or Berci to his friends, is a recently-graduated Hungarian medical doctor, with whom I had the pleasure of blogging about geriatrics at IAGG 2009. Berci was then just beginning his PhD in clinical genomics.... Read...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 2:31 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Physicians

Is Geography Your Health Destiny?

By RISA LAVIZZO-MOUREY, MD Dr. Lavizzo-Mourney is the President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Before joining Robert Wood Johnson she taught at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the Sylvan Eisman Professor of medicine and health...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 9:01 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: public health

EHR & The Art, Science and Business of Medicine

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE "The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business..." - William Osler Dr. Osler was a great physician and a great man. However, in America today medicine may be a calling... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 8:53 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, Technology

Bentley & Stanton: Two UK docs talk about Health 2.0

By Matthew Holt Last week in London I met with two of the brightest lights in the UK's community of physicians looking at Health 2.0. Annabel Bentley is the medical director and head of informatics at Bupa, the UK-based non-profit... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 8:22 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Health Plans, e-patients, International

HIMSS Parties, and a little more

By Matthew Holt Next week the health IT world descends on Atlanta which means a lot of chat, lots of meetings and lots of parties. You’ll be seeing the results of my interviews on THCB next week. But meanwhile more... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 3:18 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Matthew Holt, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

The President’s Proposal

By MAGGIE MAHAR You might be wondering why I haven’t written about the President’s Health care bill. The reason is that I have very little to say. This, I realize, is unusual. But the truth is that the president’s proposal... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 6:28 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Obama, Maggie Mahar

The President’s Health Care Plan

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI It is hard to see how the health care plan the President released this morning changes anything. There is nothing new in it save a health insurance rate regulatory board that is an awkward political proposal at... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 1:03 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Obama

Chilmark Needs to Chill Out on CCR/CCD Findings

By VINCE KURATIS John Moore of Chilmark Research and I agree on things 90+ percent of the time. He even thanked me personally for our collegial relationship in a Thanksgiving Day essay on his blog. However…I can’t help but comment... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 10:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

The Look

By ROB LAMBERTS “He gave me the look,” the patient said to my nurse as he walked out of the exam room. My nurse laughed and said, “I had a feeling you’d get it today.” What were they talking about?... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 4:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians

CCD Standard Gaining Traction, CCR Fading

By JOHN MOORE In a number of interviews with leading HIE vendors, it is becoming clear that the clinical standard, Continuity of Care Document (CCD) will be the dominant standard in the future. The leading competing standard, Continuity of Care... Read...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 2:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health on the Net Foundation goes Web 2.0

By Denise Silber The subject of the quality of healthcare information on the Internet is rich and recurring. The main question we hear regularly is whether or not Internet users are finding quality health information. But it’s not the only... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 1:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Consumers, Europe

Wellpoint: just incompetent?

By Matthew Holt I’m viewing the latest rumblings in the US health care debate from the confines of a clear but cold Britain, where the big news is that the country is joining the PIGS in entering economic meltdown—or at... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:57 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

McAllen, TX As Outlier? Why Not Houston?

By MERRILL GOOZNER Or Lubbock? Or Oklahoma City? Or New Orleans? Or any of a dozen major and minor metro areas throughout the South? According to the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission, all of them have significantly higher usage rates and... Read...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 4:47 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Merrill Goozner, McAllen

No Country For Young Nurses

By OLGA KHAZAN The nursing profession takes a certain dedication to love. After all, most office jobs don't involve standing for 12 hours at a time, scarfing a bite of lunch between "clients" or handling gallons of bodily fluids on... Read...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 4:24 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Nursing

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