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Pink Glove Dance

By Matthew Holt (Stolen direct from and Hat-tip to MrHIStalk) this is fabulous. It’s a fund raiser for Breat Cancer awareness done by more than 200 doctors, nurses, lab technicians, administrators and kitchen and janitorial staff from the Providence St...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 7:40 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

Numbers Instead of Letters

By KARI GORDER 780.4: Dizziness and Giddiness. Deep breath: I still felt out of place. I turned the engine off. Quietly, I promised myself: once you get commissioned, maybe after you go through ODS, they’ll give you a Geneva Conventions ID card and you...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 5:44 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Kari Gorder

Do We Have Any Clue How to Cut the Cost of Healthcare?

By ROBERT WACHTER, MD At the Society of Hospital Medicine’s annual meeting last week in Dallas, Lenny Feldman of Johns Hopkins presented the results of a neat little study. His hypothesis: physicians given information about the costs of their laboratory...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 5:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

MyFitnessPal Works If You Use It

By MIKE LEE You may have seen some news regarding a study MyFitnessPal recently did with UCLA. I wanted to take a minute to address this study, since we participated in it directly. We are excited that we got to work with some very smart people to answer...

Published Mon, Nov 24 2014 9:53 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Quantified Self, MyFitnessPal, Tracking, Mike Lee, Apps, fitness

Virtual Medicine: The Lever That Just Might Save Independent Practice

By RICHARD REECE Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handedly move the world. -- Archimedes Independent medical practice in America is in trouble. It is fragmented, with some 900,000 doctors – 300,000 primary... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 5:51 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians

THCB Live: Oracle

Matthew Holt interviews Marc Perlman and Kris Joshi of Oracle about their role in health care, and what Oracle is making of the changes in the health IT scene. The interview was at the HIMSS conference this past February. Tweet this Share on Facebook...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 5:53 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Tech, HIMSS11, Oracle, Perlman, Joshi

Rethinking IMS Health v. Sorrell: Privacy as a First Amendment Value

By FRANK PASQUALE Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in IMS Health v. Sorrell. The case pits medical data giant IMS Health (and some other plaintiffs) against the state of Vermont, which restricted the distribution of certain “physician...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 5:53 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Privacy, Frank Pasquale, Uncategorized, IMS Health v Sorrell, Patient privacy, Pharmaceutical industry, Medical data

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 54

On Today’s episode of healthin2point00, Jess asks me about the CVS & Aetna’s merger, CSweetner & HIMSS new partnership in women’s health care, HLTH’s new pledge with Parity.org, Noona Healthcare getting acquired by Varian Health Systems...

Published Mon, Oct 15 2018 11:53 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Another Round of NYC Curated Matchmaking through DHMP!

SPONSORED POST By JOHN EL-MARAGHY The New York City Economic Development Corporation and Catalyst @ Health 2.0 are thrilled to announce another round of Digital Health Marketplace matchmaking coming up on December 5th! Since 2013, the Digital Health Marketplace...

Published Tue, Oct 02 2018 1:41 PM by THCB

Filed under: Catalyst @ Health 2.0

Integrating in Health Care: 6 Tools for Working Across Boundaries

By REBECCA FOGG Today’s health care providers face the formidable challenge of delivering better, more affordable and more convenient care in the face of spiraling care costs and an epidemic of chronic disease. But the most innovative among them are making...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2018 5:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente, Health Tech, Iora Health, health innovation, Rebecca Fogg, collaboration, Integration, partnerships, Oak Street Health

Where to Apply Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

By HANS DUVEFELT MD I have seen the light. I now, finally, see a clear role for artificial intelligence in health care. And, no, I don’t want it to replace me. I want it to complement me. I want AI to take over the mandated, mundane tasks of what...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2018 6:38 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Artificial intelligence, Hans Duvefelt, AI

Statistical Certainty: Less is More

By ANISH KOKA MD The day after NBC releases a story on a ‘ground-breaking’ observational study demonstrating caramel macchiatas reduce the risk of death, everyone expects physicians to be experts on the subject. The truth is that most of us hope John...

Published Wed, Dec 26 2018 8:05 AM by THCB

Filed under: Data, Health policy, Anish Koka, HRRP, statistics, data analysis, randomized controlled trials, Brian Nosek

After Right to Try Fails, Here’s How We Can Actually Bring Potentially Life-Saving Drugs to Patients in Need

By MCFADYEN, MOCH & CAPLAN Last week, House Representatives failed to pass “Right to Try” (RTT) legislation, a bill that purported to help terminally ill patients access experimental medications. Opponents of this legislation, including these authors...

Published Mon, Mar 19 2018 7:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Right to Try

Self-Driving Cars are Like Most EMRs

by HANS DUVEFELT, MD Drivers are distracted klutzes and computers could obviously do better. Self driving cars will make all of us safer on he road. Doctors have spotty knowledge and keep illegible records. EMRs with decision support will improve the...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2018 6:13 AM by THCB

Filed under: Tech, EMR, Small Practice, Self-Driving Cars

Defining Engagement in an Age of Patient Monitoring and Data Collection

SPONSORED POST By GRACE MOEN If you have an innovative solution that addresses Patient Engagement and Remote Monitoring, Bayer’s Dealmaker Challenge wants to hear from you! Apply here for a shot at collaborating with the Bayer G4A Digital Health Team...

Published Thu, Jun 21 2018 11:30 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Tech, patient engagement, Bayer, #G4A, Xbird

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