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What Does Failure Mean?
By Aaron Carroll, MD I’ve seen a number of responses to the news that the Medicare demonstration projects were not successful. Some have claimed that they were only demonstration projects, and the fact...
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The Importance of Data and Care Coordination
By Jonathan Bush This house believes that society benefits when we share information online! This was the topic of debate before the Economist magazine’s Ideas Economy: Information 2012 conference here...
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Zen and the Art of Not Thinking Magically
By Rob Lamberts, MD Don’t assume anything. Assumptions can kill. Assuming something regarding your own health care can cost you money, cause you pain, and yes, even kill you. Here’s my list of...
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The Devil We Know
By David Merritt Once again, the Supreme Court was unsurprisingly surprising. The conventional wisdom was that at least part of the health reform law would be overturned, but in practice the court...
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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,...
View ArticleIt’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...
View ArticleACOs 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...
View ArticleLike 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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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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