http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/ ar 2009-07-14T04:52:46-07:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/ht8N6tbYVAQ/healthcare-reform-lessons-from-mayo-clinic.html By LEONARD L. BERRY and KENT D. SELTMAN Three goals underscore our nation's ongoing healthcare reform debate:1) insurance for the uninsured, 2) improved quality, and 3) reduced cost. Mayo Clinic serves as a model for higher quality healthcare at a... Costs Mayo Clinic Patient Safety Quality Reform Matthew 2009-07-14T04:52:46-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/healthcare-reform-lessons-from-mayo-clinic.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/_KWtGFtDLFg/troubled-nursing-board-defends-itself.html By TRACY WEBER AND CHARLES ORNSTEIN Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced most members of the California Board of Registered Nursing on Monday, citing the unacceptable time it takes to discipline nurses accused of egregious misconduct. He fired three of six sitting... California Nursing ProPublica Matthew 2009-07-14T01:30:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/troubled-nursing-board-defends-itself.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/4ypleSQUBIo/eliza-gets-a-nice-write-up-in-businessweek.html BY MATTHEW HOLT Indeed, it’s so nice that methinks Lucas & Alex were quite seductive! Speaking as a friend and one who’s been indoctrinated into the cult of Alexandra Drane, its interesting to see the mainstream press picking up the... Health 2.0 Health Plans Technology Matthew 2009-07-13T22:12:35-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/eliza-gets-a-nice-write-up-in-businessweek.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/p-A176RVAT0/costs-are-not-the-same-as-rates.html By PAUL LEVY Many "old" media outlets do not identify the authors of their editorials. Thus, when an opinion is offered, you have no way of knowing who wrote it or what their qualifications are. Your only recourse when there... Costs Paul Levy Policy/Politics Transparency Matthew 2009-07-13T17:46:08-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/costs-are-not-the-same-as-rates.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/-unwwKpbo2k/oped-forward-thinking-health-plans-look-for-the-guys-with-the-white-hats.html By RICHARD NOFFSINGER The public noise about health care reform has painted the parties involved in broad brush strokes that tell consumers which in the fray are the good guys and bad guys. News reports have for so long vilified... Data Analytics Electronic Medical Records Health Plans Op-Ed Matthew 2009-07-13T09:44:29-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/oped-forward-thinking-health-plans-look-for-the-guys-with-the-white-hats.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/yRxZXUZjui4/by-rahul-parikh-md---when-i-was-a-kid-growing-up-in-los-angeles-there-was-this-local-tv-show-my-dad-used-to-enjoy-watching-c.html By RAHUL PARIKH MD When I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles, there was this local TV show my dad used to enjoy watching called Fight Back with David Horowitz. Basically, Horowitz, a TV reporter and consumer advocate,... Comparative Effectiveness Research Matthew 2009-07-13T05:00:06-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/by-rahul-parikh-md---when-i-was-a-kid-growing-up-in-los-angeles-there-was-this-local-tv-show-my-dad-used-to-enjoy-watching-c.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/gdqGlsqa7CM/nursing-homes-get-old-for-many-with-disabilities-.html By JENNIFER LaFLEUR ST. LOUIS -- Melody Ping never thought she would be trying to moveout of a nursing home. She lived in a St. Louis apartment for 19 years and worked as an accountant until two years ago, when... Disability Rights Long Term Care ProPublica Reform Matthew 2009-07-13T02:10:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/nursing-homes-get-old-for-many-with-disabilities-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/eE5ez3ChXBc/musings-on-payment-reform.html By CHARLIE BAKER Charlie Baker is the president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim, a nonprofit health plan that covers more than 1 million New Englanders. Charlie is a regular contributor to THCB, where he has authored posts on national health... Charlie Baker Costs Massachusetts primary care Quality Reform Matthew 2009-07-12T01:11:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/musings-on-payment-reform.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/Xdrd-KgLV3E/thcb-update-1.html If you haven't had a chance to sign up for THCB UPDATE yet, you really should. You'll get a helpful reminder email from us when important posts go up on the site. In the two and a half six months... THCB Matthew 2009-07-11T06:45:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/thcb-update-1.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/9gz22WJTRIc/behind-the-curtain-wendell-potter-on-the-industrys-management-of-care-and-reform.html By BRIAN KLEPPER Stop what you're doing and take out a half-hour to watch this week's superb Bill Moyers' 3-part show, especially the extended interview with Wendell Potter, former CIGNA VP Corporate Communications, for a frank, insider's discussion of how... Brian Klepper Health Plans Policy/Politics Reform Brian Klepper 2009-07-10T23:26:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/behind-the-curtain-wendell-potter-on-the-industrys-management-of-care-and-reform.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/EAYqEz0eFWM/announcement-14000-people-with-diabetes-test-their-blood-sugar-at-the-same-time.html July 14 at 4 pm ET, 14,000 people with diabetes are going to test their blood sugar simultaneously and share their results online to help raise diabetes awareness. People with diabetes have to test their blood sugar as part of... Health 2.0 Technology Web/Tech Matthew 2009-07-10T12:34:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/announcement-14000-people-with-diabetes-test-their-blood-sugar-at-the-same-time.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/QOIa3SkNUOQ/fantasy-league-baseball-beltway-series-edition-.html By MICHAEL MILLENSON Bob Laszewski’s Health Care Affordability Model has the same connection to the reality of the current battle over health care reform as a Fantasy Baseball League does to the actual outcome of a major league baseball game;... Affordability Model Michael Millenson Policy/Politics Reform Robert Laszewski Matthew 2009-07-10T11:49:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/fantasy-league-baseball-beltway-series-edition-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/9TfcOWgBRA0/has-harry-reid-torpedoed-reform.html By ROGER COLLIER Health care reform ran into new BIG trouble this week with a series of comments from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. On Tuesday, Reid leapt into the middle of reform negotiations, telling Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max... Policy/Politics Reform Roger Collier Senate Finance Committee Matthew 2009-07-10T08:17:46-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/has-harry-reid-torpedoed-reform.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/7GkELUiQhjk/why-congress-should-listen-to-and-incorporate-bob-laszewskis-health-care-affordability-model.html By BRIAN KLEPPER Over the last few months, I have become increasingly disheartened over the prospects for meaningful health care reform. First, the process is terribly conflicted, and it shows. In the first quarter of 2009, the Center for Responsive... Affordability Model Brian Klepper Current Affairs Marketplace Policy Policy/Politics Reform Robert Laszewski The Industry Brian Klepper 2009-07-09T07:58:28-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/why-congress-should-listen-to-and-incorporate-bob-laszewskis-health-care-affordability-model.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/L2bo0ryQMQg/the-affordability-model.html By ROBERT LASZEWSKI Most health care experts agree the reason our system is so unaffordable is because of all of the waste and unnecessary care—up to 30% of what we spend. I will suggest that it will take the genius... Affordability Model Costs Policy Reform Robert Laszewski Matthew 2009-07-08T08:22:27-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/the-affordability-model.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/KuLUeCGeSes/a-second-city-warning-to-obama.html By MICHAEL MILLENSON For all those Obama-ites confident that they won't make the same mistakes pushing health care reform that the Clinton administration did, might I suggest a trip back home? Just a few minutes into the Second City comedy... Michael Millenson Obama administration Policy/Politics Matthew 2009-07-08T03:00:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/a-second-city-warning-to-obama.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/qYJJlGGV9RQ/meaningful-use-vs-meaningless-adoption-of-electronic-health-records.html By RICK WEINHAUS MD Dr. David Blumenthal, the new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has stressed that the goal of the ARRA/HITECH initiative is to improve patient care, not to mindlessly adopt health information technology. In this regard, he... Electronic Medical Records Health 2.0 Physicians Policy Policy/Politics Quality Reform Technology Web/Tech Brian Klepper 2009-07-07T04:49:26-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/meaningful-use-vs-meaningless-adoption-of-electronic-health-records.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/b3LAPXK9gOM/the-tricommittee-health-reform-bill-implications-for-children.html By JOCELYN GUYER A little more than two weeks ago the three major committees in the House with jurisdiction over health reform put out a draft legislative proposal, known as "The Tri-Committee bill." We've now read the 852-page document a... CHIP Congress Medicaid Policy/Politics Reform Matthew 2009-07-06T18:55:29-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/the-tricommittee-health-reform-bill-implications-for-children.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/2GQb5TGp68s/help-is-the-cbo-getting-suckered-.html By ROGER COLLIER In a comment on my previous post on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reform bill, tcoyote explained some of the political thinking behind what seem like totally spurious cost projections. While I can readily accept... CBO Congress Reform Roger Collier Senate HELP Matthew 2009-07-06T16:40:13-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/help-is-the-cbo-getting-suckered-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/DjhNPhYsbEc/no-country-for-old-men.html By JEFF GOLDSMITH As we enter summer, the health reform process is moving into its Newtonian phase: irresistible forces meeting immovable objects. In both health cost and access, the trend is not our friend. There is ample evidence not only... Jeff Goldsmith Marketplace medicare Obama administration Policy/Politics Reform The Industry Matthew 2009-07-06T12:47:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/no-country-for-old-men.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/OgpT9xokzfA/washington-posts-salon-disaster-and-health-care-reform.html By CRAIG STOLTZ As a former citizen of the Washington Post newsroom, the recent disaster about the newspaper’s “salon” project is heartbreaking and embarrassing. I won’t belabor the issues many others have so thoroughly covered, including today’s “apology” by publisher... Annals of Journalism Obama administration Matthew 2009-07-06T03:29:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/washington-posts-salon-disaster-and-health-care-reform.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/tbYbI6LAFy4/a-declaration-of-health-independence.html By DONALD W. KEMPER When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for individuals to dissolve their professional bands of medical dependency and to assume among their obligations the primary responsibility for their own health to which the... Information Therapy Matthew 2009-07-06T03:00:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/a-declaration-of-health-independence.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/_F163y-3Nkk/the-other-michael-jackson-mega-mix.html By Matthew Holt Never ones to be shy with an interesting view into celebrity pharmacology (and truth be told responding to a little tickle from me) the inventive folks at PharmaSurveyor have added Michael Jackson to their celebrity drug cocktail... Health 2.0 Pharma pharmaceuticals Matthew 2009-07-06T02:00:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/the-other-michael-jackson-mega-mix.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/LM3lXCSKifk/is-walmart-leading-the-charge-on-health-reform.html By RAHUL PARIKH Last Wednesday's headline in the Wall Street Journal may have surprised you. It read: "Wal-Mart Backs Drive to Make Companies Pay for Health Coverage." The article discussed Wal-Mart's open support for an employer mandate requiring all but... Rahul Parikh Wal Mart Matthew 2009-07-06T01:30:00-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/is-walmart-leading-the-charge-on-health-reform.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/nNeM/~3/mUrYI4QKsww/sunday-reading-jon-cohn-on-french-dutch-health-care.html By Matthew Holt Jon Cohn has a long article in the Boston Globe about how the French and Dutch get health care about right at half the American cost with none of that unpleasant Canadian or Britishness that FoxNews loves... International Policy/Politics Matthew 2009-07-05T09:40:23-07:00 http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/07/sunday-reading-jon-cohn-on-french-dutch-health-care.html