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By MATTHEW HOLT THCB’s coverage of national healthcare policy, technology and the business of healthcare would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.Today’s edition of THCB is brought to you by HealthCatalyst: The Data...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2015 9:41 AM by THCB

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Rating the Raters: Physician Compare

By NAOMI FREUNDLICH Let’s say you’ve enrolled in a new health insurance plan and need to find an internist who participates. How do you decide which doctor to choose? My (long deceased) grandmother made her choices by using the following... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 18 2010 4:04 AM by The Health Care Blog

Personal Health vs. Population Health

By HILARY HATCH I hate shots. Every year when flu season rolls around, I think, “what’s in it for me?” The answer is, “it isn’t for me. It’s for the herd.” I am young and healthy enough that I am unlikely to die of the flu but I have children, older people...

Published Mon, Feb 20 2017 10:51 AM by THCB

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Features Which Should Be In Most EMRs/EHRs

By HAYWARD ZWERLING, MD I have been in the health information technology field since 1990 when I began creating ComChart EMR. It was a labor of love which ultimately evolved into a small business. From 2004 until 2012, ComChart EMR had amongst the highest...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2016 2:32 PM by THCB

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Hobson’s Wrong Answer

By JIM PURCELL Thomas Hobson was his name, a licensed carrier of passengers, letters, and parcels between Cambridge and London in the years surrounding 1600. He kept horses for such purpose, and rented them when he wasn’t using them. Naturally, the students...

Published Thu, Apr 06 2017 2:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Boston Globe, Hobson, Biogen

Quality v. Quantity

By MICHEL ACCAD, MD Impactful news today: Physicians, CMS and major commercial plans, announce simplification of quality measures. "Huge step forward" #aafp — Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 16, 2016 A few weeks ago, the medical community...

Published Fri, Mar 04 2016 10:19 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, MICHEL ACCAD

HIT Trends Summary for June 2010

By MICHAEL LAKE This is a summary of the HIT Trends Report for June 2010. You can get the current issue here. E-prescribing. Not much to report here other than some feedback to the DEA around its long-awaited proposed rule... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 8:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

A Permanent "Doc-Fix" Remains Elusive

By NAOMI FREUNDLICH For now, all those physicians who threatened to make a mass exodus from Medicare can take a breather. Last week, the House voted to once again delay the mandated 21% cut in physician fees by another six... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 3:30 AM by The Health Care Blog

Leapfrogging CPOE

By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Last week, yet another alarming Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) study made headlines. According to Healthcare IT News, The Leapfrog Group, a staunch advocate of CPOE, is now “sounding the alarm on untested CPOE” as their...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 7:39 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Margalit Gur-Arie, Leapfrog Group, CPOE

Health 2.0 Europe Conference Videos

By Matthew Holt On April 6-7, 2010, Health 2.0, in collaboration with Basil Strategies, held the Health 2.0 Europe Conference in Paris, France. At long last Health 2.0 has posted the videos from this conference ( translating geek speak about... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 4:29 PM by The Health Care Blog

Homo ex machina

By ASIF DHAR, MD ‘Temet Nosce’ or know thyself. This is what The Oracle tells Neo when they first meet in The Matrix. Who we are and how we learn is a combination of our biology and our personal experiences. The plasticity of our minds and our genes make...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2016 5:07 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Featured, Asif Dhar

The Next Generation of Communities Part 2: Integration Within the Delivery System

By Bianca Grogan The notion that an online community could be embedded in a health care delivery system is still mostly foreign, but at the Health 2.0 Fall Conference in San Francisco, October 7-8, 2010, there were two examples presented... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 7:02 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

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