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Advance Practice vs Primary Care

By SAURABH JHA MD In this episode of Radiology Firing Line Podcast, Danny Huges and I discuss a JAMA paper: A comparison of diagnostic imaging ordering patterns between advanced practice clinicians and primary care physicians following office-based evaluation...

Published Mon, Feb 25 2019 7:34 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, primary care, Radiology, Saurabh Jha, Radiology Firing Line Podcasts, Radiology Firing Line Podcast, RogueRad, JACR, advanced practice

Medicine is Not Like Math

By HANS DUVEFELT MD We do a lot of things in our head in this business. Once a patient reports a symptom, we mentally run down lists of related followup questions, possible diagnoses, similar cases we have seen. All this happens faster than we could ever...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2019 7:45 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, value-based care, Hans Duvefelt, Quantification

The Bookmarked Final Rules

By JOHN HALAMKA, MD Robin Raiford of Allscripts has completed the bookmarking of all the healthcare IT final rules: CMS final rule – EHR incentive program (14 Megabytes) ONC final rule – Standards Stage One (500K) ONC final rule –... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 17 2011 8:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

So, Are EHRs a Waste of Time and Money?

By ROGER COLLIER The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) authorized incentive payments, potentially totaling some $27 billion over ten years, to clinicians and hospitals when they implement electronic health...

Published Mon, Jan 17 2011 6:07 AM by The Health Care Blog

Spotlight on Health 2.0: David Kibbe's Motorcycle Tour

Every week we bring you a video from Health 2.0! This week we're featuring a golden oldie, David Kibbe's motorcycle tour across America. To see more videos from past Health 2.0 conferences, or to purchase the entire conference DVD sets... Read...

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 7:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba Boom!

By RICHARD REECE, MD January 1, 2011 -Yes, yes, it’s true. Today 79 million baby boomers, born from 1946 to 1964, start turning 65. Yes, yes, it’s true. Boomers begin qualifying for Medicare. Yes, yes, it’s true. If my math... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 4:58 AM by The Health Care Blog

Advances in Connected Health Sensor Technologies

By JOSEPH KVEDAR Most of the time I write about the psychology of patient, consumer or provider adoption. This is not an accident. The psychology of adoption is the next big hurdle for connected health to overcome. We have good... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 25 2011 5:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

A Message to America's Physicians: Purchasing EHR Technology A Shaky State of Affairs

By DAVID C. KIBBE and BRIAN KLEPPER Much of the conversation and debate about physician EHR adoption has centered on the single issue of the (high) cost of purchase. However, we'd like to suggest that the situation is much more... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 9:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

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

Logic, Science and Rationale of Public Reporting

By, SAURABH JHA Public reporting of doctors is fiercely controversial. I’m vehemently opposed to it. So I decided to find out why its proponents favor it. I discuss public reporting with Ben Harder, Chief of Health Analysis at U.S. News and World...

Published Sat, Aug 18 2018 7:44 AM by THCB

Filed under: @roguerad, Radiology Firing Line Podcasts

India’s Health Insurance Experiment. Who will be the winners?

By SAURABH JHA Though the exact cost of Modicare, the government’s extension of health insurance for poor people, estimated at one lakh crore (a trillion U.S. dollars), is open for debate, what is not disputable is that the cost of insuring India’s poor...

Published Sat, Jun 23 2018 11:33 AM by THCB

Filed under: Op-Ed

Science, Liability, Public Policy and the CTE “Epidemic”

By NYU SPORTS & SOCIETY Should young athletes be allowed to play tackle football? Are concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) a public health problem or merely one associated with professional sports? Join experts in science, media...

Published Sun, Apr 15 2018 1:42 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Double Standards, Trojan Style

By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD The University of Southern California (USC) appears to look the other way when male physicians harass or assault women. In reality, sexual violence spares no occupation, including medicine, but the way an organization responds to...

Published Thu, May 24 2018 8:48 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Op-Ed, #MeToo, Sexual Assault, USC

House of Straw or House of Bricks?

By BILL KRAMER A week ago, before the Massachusetts special election, health reformers felt that their house was almost finished. The edifice of health reform had been built painstakingly using blueprints designed by policy and political experts during...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 10:25 AM by The Health Care Blog

Why I’m Starting a Radically Different Kind of Medical Practice

By ROBIN BERZIN, MD We hear a lot about how US medicine is broken, from how much we spend annually ($4 trillion) for unimpressive outcomes, to the growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes, to problematic financial models, to the growing malaise amongst...

Published Mon, Dec 29 2014 4:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Physicians, Robin Berzin, The Business of Health Care, New York City, Concierge medicine, functional medicine

No Magic Pill to Cure Poor Medication Adherence

By JESSIE GRUMAN You are sick with something-or-other and your doctor writes you a prescription for a medication. She briefly tells you what it’s for and how to take it. You go to the pharmacy, pick up the medication, go home and follow the instructions...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 6:46 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Jessie Gruman, Medication adherence, Patient

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