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WTF Health | Blockchain God Ted Tanner of PokitDok

By JESSICA DAMASSA THCB is thrilled to help launch a new interview series from Jessica DaMassa. It’s called WTF Health – ‘What’s the Future’ Health. Jessica is bringing you all some honest conversations about the future of...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2018 12:09 PM by THCB

Filed under: HIMSS 2011, Jessica DaMassa, #HIMSS18, Blockchain, PokitDok, Ted Tanner, DokChain, WTF Health

Cost, Value & Tools

By PETER PRONOVOST, MD Like a pro golfer swears by a certain brand of clubs or a marathon runner has a chosen make of shoes, surgeons can form strong loyalties to the tools of their craft. Preferences for these items — such as artificial hips and knees...

Published Sun, Nov 29 2015 11:34 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Costs, Quality, Value, Johns Hopkins, Peter Pronovost, Tools

Electronic Medical Records Attack Hospitals

By MICHAEL KIRSCH, MD Readers know of my criticisms of the electronic medical record (EMR) juggernaut that is oozing over the medical landscape. Ultimately, this technology will make medical care better and easier to practice. All systems will be integrated...

Published Sun, Jan 30 2011 1:47 PM by The Health Care Blog

Secure your seat for live demos on precision medicine delivery at next week’s Tech Summit

Imagine if you will, a future in which a cancer diagnosis will be treated with a lifestyle change, like a chronic condition. Survivable. Manageable. Like Diabetes. Sure, to receive a cancer diagnosis today does not mean what it meant twenty years ago...

Published Tue, Dec 05 2017 2:49 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Tech, The Business of Health Care, Featured, THCBist, Trending, The Vault

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

By JOHN HALAMKA, MD On April 15, 2011, the White House released the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) during a launch event that included U.S. Sec. of Commerce Gary Locke, other Administration officials, and U.S. Senator Barbara...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 6:21 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, John Halamka, Tech, Cyberspace, NSTIC, Trusted identity

Are you in SF? What are you doing on Wednesday?

If you’re in San Francisco for JP Morgan Week, you can’t miss the hottest event focusing on new investment trends in health tech and the revolution in choice within the consumer landscape. Check out the full agenda of our 4th annual WinterTech...

Published Mon, Jan 08 2018 11:51 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Physicians, Patients, Economics, Tech, Uncategorized, The Business of Health Care, Featured, THCBist, Trending, The Vault

The Madison Avenue Approach to Health Policy

By JOHN GOODMAN Can you sell health reform the way you sell toothpaste? Can you stop health reform the way you sell soap? A lot of people apparently believe so. I would guess that in the 10 months leading up... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 07 2010 9:18 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Policy/Politics, health care reform, John Goodman

Your Ticket to an Intimate Chat With Health Tech VCs

There’s so much news from media outlets and bloggers about the next Health Tech investment treads that its difficult to pin point where to focus or what will materialize. Its much easier when you can actually hear the treads from the investors who...

Published Tue, Jan 02 2018 8:20 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Economics, Tech, Featured

Checking Boxes

By HANS DUVEFELT MD I pay $500 per year for UpToDate, the online reference that helps me stay current on diagnostic criteria and best treatment options for most diseases I might run into in my practice. They also have a rich library of patient information...

Published Fri, Feb 01 2019 8:18 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Patients, primary care, EMR, Hans Duvefelt

Beyond The Hype Within AI and Machine Learning

SPONSORED POST By HEALTH 2.0 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are very buzzy and in the storm of tweets and scandals it’s easy to use the terms interchangeably, as if they are synonyms. They’re not synonyms, but...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2018 9:21 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Featured

CMS Should Boost the Signal on Social Determinants of Health

By HERB KUHN Historically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) stance on the influence that social determinants of health (SDOH) have on health outcomes has been equal parts signal and noise. In April 2016, the agency announced it...

Published Fri, Dec 21 2018 8:17 AM by THCB

Filed under: Hospitals, CMS, Health policy, Social Determinants of Health, HRRP, Herb Kuhn

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 34

I’m back. After the takeover editions, I’m answering Jessica DaMassa about Atul Gawande as the CEO of the ABC new venture, the demise of Caresync, Ooda Health and its demand for a female VC, and whole bunch more blather! — Matthew Holt...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2018 12:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Atul Gawande, Amazon, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Chase, Berkshire Hathaway, CareSync, Better Doctor, Ooda Health

HIPAA RFI Comments: Patient Privacy Rights

By ADRIAN GROPPER and DEBORAH C. PEEL Among other rich nations, US healthcare stands out as both exceptionally privatized and exceptionally expensive. And taken overall, we have the worst health outcomes among the Western Democracies. On one hand, regulators...

Published Mon, Feb 11 2019 5:32 AM by THCB

Filed under: Patients, Adrian Gropper, HIPAA, value-based care, Health Data, Deborah C Peel, federal regulations

Healthcare unwired: nearly half of US consumers are willing to pay

By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN 40% of U.S. consumers are willing to pay for remote health monitoring devices and services that would send their medical data to doctors, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Healthcare Unwired (PwC). 51% of consumers would not buy...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 11:38 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Technology, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Patients

A New Era for our Military Health System

By DAN GARRETT The last day of October was the deadline for proposals in response to the U.S. Department of Defense’s call to overhaul its electronic health record software, also known as the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 9:48 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: EHR, THCB, PwC, Electronic Health Record, DHMSM, Military Health Care System, Defense HEalthcare Management Systems Modernizations, MedSphere, DORHS, OSEHRA

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