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Meaningful Meaningful Use

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD Quiz: What does the term “meaningful use” mean? a. Using something in a way that gives life purpose and leads to carefree days of glee. b. It depends on your definition of the word “term.” c.... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 8:03 AM by The Health Care Blog

Commentology: A mother's plea for help

Desperate and stuck in the middle I am the mother of an 11-month-old baby girl, Cassidy, who has CCHS (Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome), a very rare genetic mutation. Our union health care company recently changed "paperwork" companies...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 7:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Commentology

Interview with Farzad Mosashari

By Matthew Holt On June 7, 2010 senior advisor at the Office of the National Coordination, Farzad Mosashari, gave an interview at the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference. These are his thoughts on the conference, meaningful use and the... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 1:00 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Patients, Conferences, Meaningful Use

Failure

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD I went to a patient’s funeral this past weekend. I generally don’t do that for people whose relationship I’ve built in the exam room. It’s a complex set of emotions, but invariably some family member will... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 5:00 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Patients, Rob Lamberts

Interview with David Hale

By Matthew Holt In this interview captured at the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 10, 2010 David Hale, project manager at the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health talks about his vision for the future... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 11:51 AM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Conferences

My Side

By ROB LAMBERTS, MD I was planning on leaving behind the seriousness of the past few posts and going back to my usual inane writing, but some of the comments have made it too hard for me to keep quiet.... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 1:34 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Patients, Rob Lamberts

What if All Americans Had at Least Catastrophic Health Care Coverage?

By ED PULLEN, MD I really dislike the term healthcare reform. I think our system needs to be changed not reformed. I assume that I am not the only person who suspects that the recent health care reform act is... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 3:10 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: health care reform, Ed Pullen

Interview with Jon White

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington Conference, June 07, 2010, Jon White, Health IT Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), gave brief interview. He spoke about patient's healthcare and how Health IT......

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 1:15 AM by The Health Care Blog

Reactor Panel: Health 2.0 Goes to Washington

By Matthew Holt In final panel at Health 2.0 Goes to Washington the reactor panel, Will Yu (ONC), Esther Dyson (EDventure) and Chris Schroeder(Healthcentral) discussed health issues, and innovation in the healthcare system with Matthew Holt. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 1:20 AM by The Health Care Blog

Technology Showcase: Health 2.0 Tools for Consumers

By Matthew Holt This is the technology showcase of communities and consumer tools from Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 7, 2010, It includes Greg Fitzgerald from HealthCentral, Howard Steinberg from dLife, representing communities, with Ellen Badinelli...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 3:53 PM by The Health Care Blog

Interview with Aneesh Chopra

By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Washington DC Conference on June 7, 2010 we captured this interview with Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 31 2010 12:09 PM by The Health Care Blog

If Insurers Thought the Public Plan Was A Threat

By MERRILL GOOZNER Check out this study from the Healthcare Performance Management Institute, a business-backed think tank that promotes self-insurance among employers. The survey claims that insurance companies are refusing to provide employers with...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 6:14 AM by The Health Care Blog

The New Rules for Insurance Appeals Under PPACA

BY KATHERINE MATOS On July 22, the Obama Administration released interim final rules that allow patient appeals of health insurance coverage decisions as required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (”PPACA”) and Health Care and Education...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 5:23 AM by The Health Care Blog

Public Is More Savvy than Harris Polltakers

By JOHN C. GOODMAN National Center for Policy Analysis President & Kellye Wright Fellow Are the nation’s polltakers part of a surreptitious plot to convince us that what’s good for us is bad and what’s bad is good? A new... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 12:58 PM by The Health Care Blog

Filed under: health care reform, John Goodman

Google Hits Reset Button on Google Health

By JOHN MOORE Google Health has seemingly been stuck in neutral almost from the start. Despite the fanfare of Google’s Eric Schmidt speaking at the big industry confab, HIMSS a couple of years back, an initial beta release with healthcare... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 18 2010 12:57 AM by The Health Care Blog

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