PHRs, EHRs, privacy, functionality, and what the future might hold

18 years ago

I had the opportunity to give an informal talk at a NEHIMSS gathering earlier this week.  It was a perfect…

Grand Rounds is up; the end is nigh

18 years ago

#1 Dinosaur* hosts a Genesis**-themed Grand Rounds at his Musings of a Dinosaur.  The HealthBlawger (highly-evolved specimen that I am)…

ACE — CMS to roll out a new physician-hospital collaboration demonstration featuring bundled payments

18 years ago

The federales are now pushing the latest CMS demo promoting physician hospital collaboration.  In other words, CMS is having another…

Extra! Extra! Health Wonk Review hits the newsstands!

18 years ago

Newsie Jason Shafrin hosts the latest edition of Health Wonk Review at his Healthcare Economist blog. -- David Harlow

Study says Massachusetts medical malpractice insurance premiums aren't as bad as we think

18 years ago

Marc Rodwin, in his Health Affairs piece on Massachusetts malpractice premiums out this week, says the supposed malpractice crisis just…

Grand Rounds is up at Health Business Blog

18 years ago

Fellow Bostonian David Williams hosts this week's Grand Rounds at his Health Business Blog.  He says it's his fifth time…

Blawg Review: the whistleblower edition

18 years ago

Forget Bogey and Bacall.  Head straight over to the Whistleblower Law Blog for the latest edition of Blawg Review, livened…

OIG nixes test tube labeling service by lab seeking dialysis center business

18 years ago

The OIG released an advisory opinion last Friday finding that a lab's practice of labeling test tubes for free in…

The good, the bad, and the different: accessing health care services on vacation overseas

18 years ago

While on vacation in Israel last month, I had occasion to sample the local health care system.  My teenage son…

No pay for more never events: CMS proposes more never events and more hospital reporting obligations

18 years ago

As part of the proposed 2009 IPPS regulation published in the April 30 Federal Register, CMS has issued a proposed…