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Certifying Health IT: Let's Set the (Electronic Health) Record Straight

May 26, 2009
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...

Beyond Wikipedia

May 23, 2009
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...

UPDATE from the FRESH-Thinking Capstone Conference

May 15, 2009
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...

Op-Ed: Cost-Reduction Strategies Help Hospitals Weather Economic Uncertainty

May 6, 2009
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...

Of Healthcare and Toilets

May 4, 2009
“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...

Prevention is Not Only Good Health Policy, It's Good Economic Policy

Nov 24, 2009
By KENNETH THORPE, PhD The current debate around how to best control burgeoning health costs, has pushed the issue of prevention to the forefront. That's right where it should be. By shifting our health care to be more pro-active and...

Spotlight on Health 2.0: David Kibbe's Motorcycle Tour

Nov 24, 2009
Every week we bring you a video from Health 2.0! This week we're featuring a golden oldie, David Kibbe's motorcycle tour across America. To see more videos from past Health 2.0 conferences, or to purchase the entire conference DVD sets...

Public Anxiety Meets The Democratic Effort to Get Health Care Done at All Costs

Nov 23, 2009
By ROBERT LASZEWSKI The latest polls are an unmitigated disaster for Democratic efforts to get their health care bills passed. This from Rasmussen this morning:“Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and...

Interview with James Currier, Medpedia

Nov 23, 2009
By Matthew Holt James Currier founded Tickle, a self assessment testing company later sold to career site Monster.com. But he's set the bar much higher in his next venture, Medpedia, Medpedia, as the name suggests, aims to be a comprehensive...

Money-Driven Medicine film now downloadable

Nov 22, 2009
By Matthew Holt If you want to watch the documentary Money Driven Medicine based on Maggie Mahar’s book, it’s now available for free download at moneydrivenmedicine.org (the DVD is also available for purchase). The free download is part of an...


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