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The Healthcare.gov Rescue and the Hawaii False Alarm . When Good Government Tech Goes Bad.

By ERIE MEYER By now, you’ve heard of the Hawaii False Alarm, and about the blowback and blame as people try to sort out how this could have happened. In government circles, however, there have been empathy and knowing cringes. It is the norm, not the...

Published Fri, Feb 16 2018 3:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Intractable Debate over Guns

By SAURABH JHA When Russian forces stormed the school held hostage by Chechen terrorists, over 300 people died. The Beslan school siege wasn’t the worst terrorist attack arithmetically – the fatalities were only a tenth of September 11th. What made the...

Published Tue, Feb 20 2018 4:51 PM by THCB

Filed under: Op-Ed, Uncategorized, @roguerad, guns

Consider This Speculative Amazon Scenario

By TORY WOLF Amazon has many puzzled about its plans for healthcare. Arguably, Amazon is just as puzzled, but is – in effect — running a massive Delphi process to sort out the plan. Amazon is, after all, the Breaker of Industries, Destroyer of Margins...

Published Sun, Feb 25 2018 3:19 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Amazon, Castlight, Orbitz

Apple’s EHR: Why Health Records on Your iPhone is Just the Beginning

BY RYAN MARLING Americans on average will visit a care provider about 300 times over the course of their lives. That’s hundreds of blood pressure readings, numerous diagnoses, and hundreds of entries into a patient’s medical record—and that’s potentially...

Published Tue, Feb 27 2018 7:27 AM by THCB

Filed under: EHR, Uncategorized, Apple, FHIR, App

Learning to Listen

By ROSS KOPPEL Every physician is taught to listen to patients. Every physician acknowledges it’s an essential skill. Yet, study after study shows physicians interrupt their patients within a few seconds of their patients’ oral presentation of their problem...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2018 9:17 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Bedside Stories Learning to Listen, Doctor-Patient Communication, Terry Hannan

Myth No. 1: Quality of Care in the U.S. Health System is the Best in the World

By PAUL KECKLEY According to Gallup surveys, four of five Americans believe the quality of care they receive is good or excellent, and the majority think it is the best available in the world. Surveys by Roper, Harris Interactive, Kaiser Family Foundation...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2018 9:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: Quality, Uncategorized, To Err is Human, Paul Keckley

Three Reasons Amazon’s Mega Partnership Is Fertile Ground For Innovation

By RYAN MARLING Amazon has chosen its initial partners for its foray into healthcare—Berkshire Hathaway, the third largest public company in the world, and JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banks in the world. Their mission is ambitious: to check the...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2018 9:00 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Trump Administration, Patient Data Rights + Value Based Care

By SEEMA VERMA Following is the full text of CMS administrator Seema Verma’s remarks at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas. It is a privilege to be with you here today and speak about the amazing advancements happening all across the nation in healthcare. One...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2018 8:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The One Way the Trump Administration Can Drive Competition Without Regulation

By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD There is one way the Trump HHS and VA can thread the needle between provider economic self-interest and burdensome regulation and it’s based on Federal health IT policy. This past week has seen a number of high-profile announcements...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2018 9:14 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

The Conflicted-Disruption Complex

By ART CAPLAN Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and chief executive of the controversial company Theranos, has been charged with an “elaborate, years-long fraud” by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC alleges that Holmes and former...

Published Wed, Mar 14 2018 2:19 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes

Dislodging the anchor

By PAUL LEVY A well-established technique in negotiation is to "set an anchor." The idea is to be the first person to put out an offer in a negotiation in which price is the main issue. Many people think, incorrectly,... Read More...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 5:46 AM by The Health Care Blog

In Defense of Paul Levy

By ROBERT WACHTER Paul Levy, the blogging CEO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, found himself in hot water last month over an inappropriate relationship with a female subordinate. While some of the details of the transgression remain sketchy...

Published Mon, May 24 2010 5:29 AM by The Health Care Blog

ReachMD: 2.0 Tools and Healthcare

Web 2.0 tools have made the Web more interactive for everybody. But what is Health 2.0? Find out, with Matthew Holt, healthcare futurist, co-founder of the Health 2.0 conference and founder of The Health Care Blog, tells you why you... Read More...

Published Mon, May 24 2010 9:30 PM by The Health Care Blog

An Open Letter to Senator Scott Brown

By PAUL LEVY Dear Scott, I understand the Senate confirmation process in Washington, DC, and how the appointment of individuals gets hung up for a variety of political reasons. I don't particularly like it, but I understand it. But I... Read More...

Published Thu, May 27 2010 4:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Sermo: The latest from Dan Palestrant

By Matthew Holt Over the weekend I caught up with Dan Palestrant, the CEO of Sermo--still the largest US based physician online community. Sermo opted not to raise new VC recently (unlike say Phreesia and ZocDoc) and actually reduced headcount... Read...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 1:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Physicians

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The Healthcare.gov Rescue and the Hawaii False Alarm . When Good Government Tech Goes Bad.

The Intractable Debate over Guns

Consider This Speculative Amazon Scenario

Apple’s EHR: Why Health Records on Your iPhone is Just the Beginning

Learning to Listen

Myth No. 1: Quality of Care in the U.S. Health System is the Best in the World

Three Reasons Amazon’s Mega Partnership Is Fertile Ground For Innovation

The Trump Administration, Patient Data Rights + Value Based Care

The One Way the Trump Administration Can Drive Competition Without Regulation

The Conflicted-Disruption Complex

Dislodging the anchor

In Defense of Paul Levy

ReachMD: 2.0 Tools and Healthcare

An Open Letter to Senator Scott Brown

Sermo: The latest from Dan Palestrant