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A Doctor is a Doctor is a Doctor, Right?

HANS DUVEFELT, MD I am a foreign born, foreign trained doctor, serving many patients from an ethnic minority, whose native language I never mastered. So, perhaps I am in a position to reflect a little on the modern notion that healthcare is a standardized...

Published Fri, Dec 05 2014 2:02 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Quality, primary care, Workplace culture, Doctors

HIT Newser: A Setback for MyMedicalRecords

By MICHELLE RONAN NOTEBOOM There’s No Place Like Epic’s Home Epic reveals plans for a fifth campus, which is slated to include half a million square feet of office space and pay homage to literary classics like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2015 11:43 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

An Open Letter to the People Who Brought Us HIPAA

By Paul Fletcher-Hill Over the last five years, the United States has undergone more significant changes to its health care system perhaps since Medicare and Medicaid were introduced in the 1960s. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2015 1:46 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

An Equity Analyst’s Take on Health 2.0 Trends To Watch in 2015

By HANNAH RAPP Health 2.0 recently had a chance to talk with Steven Wardell, an equity research analyst at Leerink Partners, ahead of his appearance at WinterTech to discuss themes he’s seeing in the digital health market and what he thinks will...

Published Wed, Jan 14 2015 12:50 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0

2015: The Year We Finally Meet The Triple A

By CYNDY NAYER Since 2002, and possibly before, there have been moments of clarity and innovation in the health care sphere, from patient-centered to consumer-driven to value-based to outcomes design, from iPhone texts to wellness to electronic medical...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2015 10:15 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, The Triple A, Activation, Awareness, Accountability, Triple Aim

My Health Data Is Killing Me

By TOM GREENE We are still in the dark ages when it comes to health and fitness data. It reminds me of the early 1990s when I had a paper day planner for a calendar, a business card holder for contacts, and a map. Then along came the Microsoft Outlook...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2015 5:11 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, Withings Smart Body Analyzer, Apple HealthKit, Epic MyChart

What’s Next For Physician Compare?

By STEVE FINDLAY Of the many hidden gems in the Affordable Care Act, one of my favorites is Physician Compare. This website could end up being a game changer—holding doctors accountable for their care and giving consumers a new way to compare and choose...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2015 8:59 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

A Courageous First Step

By BOB KOCHER, MD AND FARZAD MOSTASHARI, MD Earlier today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced that HHS is doubling down on the historic shift taking place across the health care industry towards value-based care...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2015 10:09 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB, HHS, ACO, Farzad Mostashari, Bob Kocher, Value-Based Medicine

One of Those Patients

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD “I’ve been getting winded lately.” He’s a middle-aged man with diabetes. This kind of thing is a “red flag” on certain patients. He’s one of those patients. “When does it happen?”...

Published Thu, Mar 05 2015 9:59 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: THCB

A Randomized Trial of Niceness in the ER and Other Stories

By BOB WACHTER One of the great joys of a life in academic medicine is the opportunity to work with lots of very smart people. But one regret is that there is something about academia that tends to homogenize –... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 12:30 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Economics

The five things to pay attention to in 2010

By Matthew Holt There’s no doubt that despite my thoughts that Obama wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) have pushed health reform in 2009, it was a very big year for health care. Death panels, public options et al—one hundred thousand visits to... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 1:12 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, THCB, Matthew Holt, Health Plans, Quality, Consumers, e-patients, User Generated Content, Obama administration, Dartmouth Atlas, Online Communities

The Deer Hunter and healthcare reform

By Matthew Holt Greg Pawleski sent me this little tale. This is the pull-off SR 61 and Adamsdale Rd in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. The deer was hit there. The couch was dumped there previously. Day two, the deer was on... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 4:57 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Matthew Holt

Health Care Reform and the Art of Partisan Politics

BY GLENN LAFFEL MD, PhD, Sr. Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Practice Fusion The last time the US Senate held a vote on Christmas eve, it was 1895. In that one, lawmakers said it was OK for former Confederate army soldiers... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 7:05 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Reform, Policy/Politics

Plan B, Mr. President?

By ROBERT LASZEWSKI As the State of the Union approaches Democrats are considering their health care policy options. There are lots of reports about “Plan B”—pushing through the Senate bill with a parallel corrections bill that could be passed in... Read...

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

The Info-Button Standard: Bringing Meaningful Use to the Patient

By DON KEMPER, CEO HEALTHWISE Regardless of the U.S. administration’s “meaningful use” requirements, if health information technology (HIT) is to become meaningful for patients, it must include the prescription of information and tools to help each patient...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 7:52 AM by The Health Care Blog

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A Doctor is a Doctor is a Doctor, Right?

HIT Newser: A Setback for MyMedicalRecords

An Open Letter to the People Who Brought Us HIPAA

An Equity Analyst’s Take on Health 2.0 Trends To Watch in 2015

2015: The Year We Finally Meet The Triple A

My Health Data Is Killing Me

What’s Next For Physician Compare?

A Courageous First Step

One of Those Patients

A Randomized Trial of Niceness in the ER and Other Stories

The five things to pay attention to in 2010

The Deer Hunter and healthcare reform

Health Care Reform and the Art of Partisan Politics

Plan B, Mr. President?

The Info-Button Standard: Bringing Meaningful Use to the Patient