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Health IT and Dad
By Rob Cronin Health information technology has, in many ways, been a calling for me. I passionately believe in the ability of technology and information to reduce costs, improve quality and transform...
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The Organic Medical Home
By Rob Lamberts, MD What comes to mind when you hear the term “medical home?” Perhaps you favor the definition put forth by our government (AHRQ): The medical home model holds promise as a way to...
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The Good Doctor Learns to Fly
By Rob Lamberts, MD This is my new office. I signed the lease for this property yesterday – another big step in the process of getting my new practice off the ground. I should feel good about this,...
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Are We Finally Seeing the Dawn of the Golden Age of Interoperability?
By John Halamka, MD Today I’m speaking at the ONC annual meeting as part of panel discussing interoperability. For years, patients, providers and payers have complained that EHRs “do not talk to each...
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Can Facebook Save Us?
By JAMES SALWITZ, MD At some point, this gets to be ridiculous. Online, I can buy any item from anywhere at any price, pay any bill, watch any movie, listen to any song, order dinner, schedule car...
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Zen and the Art of Charting
By Leslie Kernisan, MD One of the many challenges I face in my clinical work is keeping track of a patient’s multiple health issues, and staying on top of the plan for each issue. As you might imagine,...
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It’s the GPs, Stupid. Care Coordination in Britain’s NHS.
By SAURABH JHA, MD A recent report from the Commonwealth Fund places the US last amongst developing nations in healthcare. For self-loathing Americans, Christmas couldn’t have come earlier. Raptures of...
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ACOs Are Doomed / No They’re Not
By THCBist A number of pundits are citing the systemic failure of ACOs, after additional Pioneer ACOs announced withdrawal from the program – Where do you weigh in on the prognosis for Medicare and...
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Like Air Traffic Control For Healthcare
By THCBist In December THCB asked insiders and pundits across health care to give us their armchair quarterback predictions for 2015. What tectonic trends do they see looming on the horizon? What’s...
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Primary Care Is at the Center of a Health Revolution
By KEVIN WANG, MD If our urgent-care-as-healthcare culture isn’t killing us, it’s certainly wasting our time and resources. Consider these facts highlighted by Advanced Medical Reviews, based on...
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