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“I Smoke and I Am Not Going To Quit. My Physician Says I Need a CT scan. Do I?”

By ROBERT McNUTT, MD Case: I get asked by many who smoke or who have just quit smoking for help making the decision to have/not have a CT scan to screen for lung cancer. The man responsible for the question above had been smoking his entire life, and...

Published Wed, Jan 07 2015 7:01 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Halamka Speaks; athenahealth & the Future of AMCs as Tech Innovators

By MATTHEW HOLT It’s always interesting to talk with John Halamka, and last week–after athenahealth bought the IP but apparently not the actual code of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) web-based EHR he’s been shepherding...

Published Mon, Feb 09 2015 4:29 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, THCB, Matthew Holt, John Halamka, BIDMC, Epic, athenahealth

HIT Newser: Millions and Millions for More Interoperbility

By MICHELLE RONAN NOTEBOOM Athenahealth Pushes Further Into the Inpatient World Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center partners with athenahealth to enhance its homegrown in-patient EHR. Athenahealth is buying Beth Israel’s clinical applications...

Published Wed, Feb 11 2015 6:04 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Uncategorized, HIT Newser

Could mHealth Apps Be a Reprise of the EHR? The Need For Clinician Input

By JAAN SIDOROV, MD While your humble correspondent continues to delight in the emerging science of “mHealth” as a newly minted start-up Chief Medical Officer, he ran across this interesting article on risk and patient safety. Authors Thomas...

Published Fri, Feb 13 2015 8:33 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Patient Safety, mHealth, Regulation, Apps, Food and Drug Administration, risk

HIT Newser: The Not-So-Big Meaningful Use Stick

By MICHELLE RONAN NOTEBOOM This Year’s Meaningful Use “Sticks”: Not that Big CMS reports that the majority of physicians who will be penalized this year for not having met MU requirements will lose less than $1,000 of their Medicare reimbursement; 34...

Published Tue, Feb 17 2015 8:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Meaningful Use, CMS, ICD-10, HIT Newser, Allcripts, Deloitte, DOD

Nancy Turret, Edelman: "Health is the new Green"

By Matthew Holt Late last year PR/Communications giant Edelman released a survey called the Health Engagement Pulse. (Here’s the press release and here are the charts) This is separate from both Edelman’s Engagement Barometer which has looked at consumer...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 1:19 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Consumers, The Industry

Wanted: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel to help in Haiti

By Partners in Health We are deeply grateful for the multitude of people who have contacted us wanting to provide medical assistance. As patients flood to our sites from Port-au-Prince, we're finding ourselves in need of both medical personnel and...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 8:30 PM by The Health Care Blog

Thinking the unthinkable--no Health Care bill?

By Matthew Holt After a resounding Democratic Presidential election win, a terrible recession, and a bruising year of politics, it would be just like America that a crazy election result torpedoes the health care reform bill. It would be the... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 1:50 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, Matthew Holt, Policy, Election 08

Grand Rounds: Can Food Be Health care?

By John La Puma, MD http://drjohnlapuma.com will host Grand Rounds early early a.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2010; the deadline for blog submission is Sunday January 17, 2010 at 3 p.m. PST. A weekly synthesis of the best posts from... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 5:45 AM by The Health Care Blog

Credibility of Evidence: A Reconsideration of the Logic and Strength of Our Healthcare Decisions

By ROSS KOPPEL and STEVEN SOUMERAI A few days ago, we wrote an editorial for US News and World Reports on the scant or dubious evidence used to support some healthcare policies (the editorial is reproduced in full below). In that case, we focused on studies...

Published Fri, May 22 2015 9:12 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Is Healthcare Designing the Wrong Patient Experience?

By CANCER GEEK Patient experience. It what’s in. It’s what’s vogue. It’s all the rage. There is a not a day that one cannot open a paper, a medical journal, Twitter, FaceBook, email, or a conference brochure and not see something...

Published Tue, May 26 2015 11:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Creative Minds: Building a Better Electronic Health Record

By Dr. FRANCIS COLLINS Is 5 too few and 40 too many? That’s one of many questions that researcher David Chan is asking about the clinical reminders embedded into those electronic health record (EHR) systems increasingly used at your doctor’s office or...

Published Thu, May 28 2015 7:37 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, THCB, NIH

Physician Burnout Presents Differently in Male and Female Doctors

By DIKE DRUMMOND, MD Burnout is a chronic epidemic in physicians and a major threat to patient satisfaction and quality care. Recent research is showing that women and men experience burnout differently. Numerous studies have shown that an average of...

Published Mon, Jun 01 2015 4:46 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

Can the EHR Save the Private Practice?

A Few Thoughts on “Culture” in Healthcare

By MARC DAVID MONK The big news in Boston healthcare last month was the announcement that Tufts and Boston University Medical Centers were calling off their proposed merger. The Boston Globe wrote: “Although they did not specify why the deal fell...

Published Wed, Jun 03 2015 12:30 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

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“I Smoke and I Am Not Going To Quit. My Physician Says I Need a CT scan. Do I?”

Halamka Speaks; athenahealth & the Future of AMCs as Tech Innovators

HIT Newser: Millions and Millions for More Interoperbility

Could mHealth Apps Be a Reprise of the EHR? The Need For Clinician Input

HIT Newser: The Not-So-Big Meaningful Use Stick

Nancy Turret, Edelman: "Health is the new Green"

Wanted: Surgeons, nurses, and other medical personnel to help in Haiti

Thinking the unthinkable--no Health Care bill?

Grand Rounds: Can Food Be Health care?

Credibility of Evidence: A Reconsideration of the Logic and Strength of Our Healthcare Decisions

Is Healthcare Designing the Wrong Patient Experience?

Creative Minds: Building a Better Electronic Health Record

Physician Burnout Presents Differently in Male and Female Doctors

Can the EHR Save the Private Practice?

A Few Thoughts on “Culture” in Healthcare