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Health Internet - The New Consumer-Friendly NHIN

By Adrian Gropper Consumer directed HIE will become the most visible aspect of health IT stimulus and could lead a shift to consumer-directed health plans, increased interest in wellness programs and family-centered collaboration for the young, old and...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 10:40 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Information Therapy

Nursing a Health 2.0 Hangover

By J.D. KLEINKE So it’s the morning after the big Health 2.0 bash and the hangover is awful. My head is awash with flashing screens of medical alerts, rainbow-colored demos of virtual patients flitting from one personal health app to... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 2:07 PM by The Health Care Blog

Why Standards Matter 2: Health IT Enters a New Era of Regulatory Control

By DAVID C. KIBBE and BRIAN KLEPPER The recent history of electronic medical records in ambulatory care, or what we now call EHR (electronic health record) technology, can be divided roughly into three phases. Phase I, which lasted approximately 20.....

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 8:27 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HIT, EHR, Brian Klepper, David Kibbe, HITECH, Technology

Will We Get a Health Care Bill in 2009?

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI It’s decision time. The Congress will or won’t pass a major health care bill during the next few weeks. Will we get health care reform in 2009? Almost certainly not. As I have been saying for months,... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 7:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Robert Laszewski, Congress, Reform

The Doctor Is In and Logged On.

By RAHUL PARIKH Wow. I've just taken care of three patients in 12 minutes, and I didn't do it by "churning" them through my office as if it's some sort of factory assembly line. Rather, those patients (their parents, more... Read...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 6:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Physicians, Rahul Parikh

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Medicare and Health Reform: Part II

By THOMAS L. GREANEY In his closing remarks to the Senate Finance Committee last week, Senator Baucus pointed with special pride to the effect the Committee’s reform bill will have on shaping the health care system in the longer run:... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 12:41 PM by The Health Care Blog

The Long Tail of the EMR

By Margalit Gur-Arie In the fall of 2008 I had the opportunity to do some research on the, then dormant, EMR marketplace. The results came as no surprise. Most physicians did not have an EMR and were not interested in... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 12:21 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: HITECH, Electronic Medical Records

THCB UPDATE

If you haven't had a chance to sign up for THCB UPDATE yet, you really should. You'll get a helpful reminder email from us when important posts go up on the site. In the two and a half six months... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 11:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Health 2.0 Accelerator Demonstrates Integration of Consumer Web Apps and EHRs

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – October 7, 2009 – Health 2.0 Accelerator member companies today joined together at the Fall 2009 Health 2.0 Conference to demonstrate a streamlined, consumer-centric integration among nine separate technologies creating a more...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 10:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, Technology, Health 2.0

Op-Ed: Robot-assisted Surgery – The Leading Treatment for Prostate Cancer

By DR. JAMES PORTER Prostate cancer surgeons around the world are using surgical robots to assist in the most delicate operative procedures. Across the country, nearly 1,000 of these robots have entered hospital operating rooms, including our institution...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 7:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Health 2.0 a-Go-Go: A Revolution By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet

By J.D. KLEINKE During the standard what’re-you-doing-this-week segment of a Sunday barbecue, I told a neighbor who works in the real world that I was “going to the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco,” a sort of random zeitgeist check... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 8:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

The Big Day for Health 2.0

By Matthew Holt Yes, today is the big day for Health 2.0 or rather the first of two huge days. In less than 7 hours Indu and I will be stepping onto the stage and six months of work, rehearsals... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 1:36 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0

Podcast: Nathanial Findlay Tells Us What's Next for Myca.

Download the audio interview here. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:17 AM by The Health Care Blog

Pop the Cost Bubble: Unallot Medicare

By Victor M. Sandler, MD Here’s a dirty little secret: Cutting health care costs is not that difficult, nor will it harm patients. That’s because it only involves giving up unnecessary medical care—tests and treatments patients may want but really......

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 5:59 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Costs

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