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The Health 2.0 Show, today, 11am PST; special guest Thomas Goetz

By Matthew Holt Today is the day that Indu Subaiya and I kick off our new series of Health 2.0 webinars. We've cutely called it the Health 2.0 Show, with Indu & Matthew. Almost a riff on the Tonight Show... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 1:10 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

The Dog's OAuth

By Adrian Gropper, MD A simple technology for linking EHRs will have a major impact on health care. We've all heard the one about what does the barking dog do when it catches the car. The dogs of health IT... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 8:41 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Adrian Gropper, Open Source

Why America Needs a Patient-in-Chief

By e-Patient Dave deBronkart “These are exciting and very promising times for the widespread application of information technology to improve the quality of healthcare delivery, while also reducing costs, but there is much yet to do, and in my comments...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 6:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 Goes To Washington

Special 2 for 1 registration for Health 2.0 conferences! Time is running out for you to take advantage of our best deal ever! For a very limited time you can come to both the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington and... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 6:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

Grand Rounds: Can Food Be Health care?

By John La Puma, MD http://drjohnlapuma.com will host Grand Rounds early early a.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2010; the deadline for blog submission is Sunday January 17, 2010 at 3 p.m. PST. A weekly synthesis of the best posts from... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 5:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

Why health insurance reform really matters

By CF Mother Just occasionally we get a really heartfelt comment on THCB that is passionate and rational, and reminds us why for all the bile spewed about the topic the essential part of the health care bill—making insurance available... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 5:43 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy

Update: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel needed to help in Haiti

By PARTNERS IN HEALTH We are deeply grateful for the multitude of people who have contacted us wanting to provide medical assistance. At this time, while we wish we could use all of the support so generously offered, we are... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 9:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

"FDA More Pro Industry Than Any Time in 35 Years"

By MERRILL GOOZNER So says Jim Dickinson, editor of FDAWebview, an industry newsletter that closely follows enforcement issues at the agency. After reviewing the deregulatory shifts at the Food and Drug Administration since the Carter administration,...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 12:23 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: FDA

The Union "Cadillac" Tax Sweetheart Deal

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI Just when you thought you couldn’t be more cynical about the health care bill. As I have said before, there wasn’t a lot of hope the same administration that ignored the rule of law in granting unions... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 3:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Thinking the unthinkable--no Health Care bill?

By Matthew Holt After a resounding Democratic Presidential election win, a terrible recession, and a bruising year of politics, it would be just like America that a crazy election result torpedoes the health care reform bill. It would be the... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 1:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy, Election 08

PharmaSecure, using SMS to detect counterfeit drugs

By Matthew Holt In developing countries, (and here too) counterfeit drugs are a mega-big problem. Essentially fraudulently labeled drugs in the supply chain are often not what they say they are, with potentially devastating consequences. But there’s no...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 1:24 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Testing facebook

By Matthew Holt Trying to figure out how Facebook's permissions work in embeddable videos. Can you comment if you can see this hot three way of Matthew in bed (yes really!). Or not (and also let me know if you... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 6:11 PM by The Health Care Blog

MS-HUG Awards; let's see you, Health 2.0 gang!

By Matthew Holt Last year I was a judge in the MS-HUG award for the HealthVault applications category. The quantity and standard of the entries was pitiful. I think that a few sales reps rounded up a few entries at... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 4:49 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt

Wanted: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel to help in Haiti

By Partners in Health We are deeply grateful for the multitude of people who have contacted us wanting to provide medical assistance. As patients flood to our sites from Port-au-Prince, we're finding ourselves in need of both medical personnel and...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 8:30 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Cost of Mammography Screening for Women Under 50

By MERRILL GOOZNER The tempest that greeted the United States Preventive Services Task Force guidelines on mammography screening for women in their 40s prompted the Senate to insert a mandate in its health care reform bill that every insurer cover......

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 8:35 AM by The Health Care Blog

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