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Physician Disrupt Thyself

By MARC-DAVID MUNK, MD (Stepping away from health policy and business this week, a quick post on alternative careers in medicine). Wrapping up a great week spent with emergency medicine friends attending this year’s American College of Emergency Physicians...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2015 8:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Marc-David Munk

Can Community Organizing and The “third place” Improve Public Health?

By ANDY ORAM The majority of health problems in modern developed countries are self-inflicted, the results of lifestyle choices. These problems don’t respond to a pill–or even to bariatric surgery. Moreover, the medical profession hasn’t...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2015 8:38 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Andy Oram

What Doctors should Know when Joining a Startup – Five Key Books

By DAVIS LIU, MD What should doctors know before joining a startup? I don’t know if these were questions medical school graduates in the Bay Area asked themselves as they opted to join a startup rather than completing their medical training in residency...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2015 8:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Davis Liu

Interoperability: Accelerating Faster than we Think – An Interview with Ed Park

By LEONARD KISH Leonard Kish, Principal at VivaPhi, sat down with Ed Park, COO of athenaHealth, to discuss how interoperability is defined, and how it might be accelerating faster than we think. LK: Ed, how do you define interoperability? EP: Interoperability...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2015 9:36 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, athenahealth, Interoperability, Leonard Kish, HL7, Ed Park

What Does it Mean When We Say a Treatment “Works?”

By ROBERT McNUTT, MD Making a decision requires you to compare tests/treatments that have been contrasted in researh studies to see if one over another results in improved chances of good outcomes. In a sense, medical decision making is a competition...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2015 11:26 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Robert McNutt

The End Game–Live in Finland!

By Matthew Holt Today I am in Finland at the Vertical digital health accelerator, part of a really impressive network of accelerators and incubators in Helsinki. Tomorrow is the huge SLUSH festival at which I (plus Steven Krein of Startup Health) will...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2015 2:41 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Startups, Team Finland, Vertical

Being Graded

By MUNIA MITRA, MD “Lawyers aren’t graded.” “CEOs aren’t graded” “How would you feel if I tracked every e-mail you sent and tracked how many people responded to them? You wouldn’t like that very much would you?” “The people who make EMRs. Why aren’t they...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2015 9:19 AM by THCB

Filed under: ACOs, Outcomes, Uncategorized, Mitra

The Self-Pay Paradox

By JESSICA SWEENEY-PLATT One of the most important trends in healthcare today is the inexorable shift towards high-deductible health plans. Over the past few months, my colleagues and I have analyzed tens of millions of visits to practices using athenahealth...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2015 7:52 AM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jessica Sweeney Platt

The Network You May Not Like

BY PAUL LEVY This has been my week to discuss networks (Internet and electricity), but I would be remiss if I didn’t spend a few moments on the networks that are most likely to rob us of personal choice and increase costs: Health care networks....

Published Sat, Nov 07 2015 12:48 PM by THCB

Filed under: Paul Levy, Uncategorized, Network

Better Living Through Research Design

By STEPHEN SOUMERAI What if policymakers, science reporters and even scientists can’t distinguish between weak and trustworthy research studies that underlie our health care decisions? Many studies of healthcare treatments and policies do not prove cause...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2015 9:00 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, Stephen Soumerai, Research Design

Flashback from Fall Conference: The Unmentionables

By DEEPA MISTRY Every year, Alex Drane takes us on an incredible journey through the health issues we don’t talk about. But should. Topics that were covered included: Caregiving: With millions of baby boomers heading into their golden years, caring...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2015 1:45 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Unmentionables

Obamacare’s Tax Credits: A Prisoner’s Dilemma for Insurers, Consumers

By J. K. WALL Donald Trump has been screaming about premiums going up this year for Obamacare health insurance policies. But he should see what happens when they go down. That’s what has happened in Indiana, where average premiums for 2016 health coverage...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2015 9:50 AM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, J.K. Wall

The Doctor- Patient Relationship and the Outcomes Movement

By MICHEL ACCAD, MD In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Erin Sullivan and Andy Sellner take a stand against the “outcomes theory of value,” advanced by such economists as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan who believe that in order to Read...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2015 3:30 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Don’t Fall for this OTC Pain Reliever Scam; Make it Yourself and Save 99%!

By DEVON HERRICK A recent New York Times article profiled a pair of ultra-expensive pain medications designed to go easy on the stomach. Common pain relievers, like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen are prone to irritate the stomach if taken repeatedly...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2015 12:39 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, New York Times, Devon Herrick, Naproxen, Vimovo, Duexis, aspirin, Ibuprofen

Crowdfunding: Careful What you Wish For

By DAVID HARLOW The SEC has finally finalized its crowdfunding rule (presser) under the JOBS Act. The health innovation crowdfunding crowd has been waiting for these rules for quite some time, as has the rest of the crowdfunding fan club. (It’s only taken...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2015 1:40 PM by THCB

Filed under: THCB, David Harlow

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