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The Stimulus bill catapulted health IT – previously the domain of clinicians with a passion for applying technology to improve healthcare – onto the national stage. When you...
No surprise, these days more and more doctors are searching online for medical information. What is surprising, however, is that in a recent study, nearly 50% of physicians...
By TEAL PENNEBAKER In the same week that the Obama Administration has stated its commitment to overhauling the health care system, the FRESH-Thinking Capstone Conference adjourned yesterday...
In today’s current economic climate, many hospitals are reducing staff to cut costs and balance their budgets. An even greater number are trying to reduce administrative costs...
“Any system produces exactly the results it was designed to produce,†or so goes the saying. If we don’t like the results we get, we need to re-examine the system and not...
By Greg Rienzi, Staff writer for the Johns Hopkins Gazette While concepts for health care reform volley back and forth in Washington, D.C., and around the nation, Johns Hopkins has quietly but meaningfully injected itself into the debate. Johns Hopkins...
Charles Silver & David A. Hyman Health care is expensive partly because governmental payers and insurers foot the bill for large quantities of medical services that are ineffective, unnecessary, or unproven. According to a RAND report, studies of...
Each year at Health 2.0, we present Launch!, a debut of new products and services to the Health 2.0 community. This year we were able to hear from many great companies, including AccessDNA, a new site that generates personalized genetics...
By JOE FLOWER In trying to think about the future of health care, thoughtful, intelligent people often ask, “Why can’t we just let the free market operate in health care? That would drive down costs and drive up quality.” They...
By DAVID C. KIBBE In the cacophony of health IT issues, products, and goals that compete every day for our attention, it is easy to lose sight of the profound value that could come from the universal availability of a...
