Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds jailing of uncooperative tuberculosis patient

19 years ago

A woman who refused treatment for TB was properly confined to jail for treatment, according to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. …

The social uses of data stored in EHRs and the privacy protections needed

19 years ago

EHRs either make sense clinically or economically on an individual patient or practice basis, or they don't, depending on which…

New study: EHRs really do save money over time

19 years ago

OK, so there's a study to back up any statement you may want to make about EHRs.  Last week, it…

2008 HOPPS (hospital outpatient prospective payment system) and ASC payment system changes and rates released today by CMS

19 years ago

Today, CMS issued proposed changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2008 rates, as well as proposed…

Blawg Review #117 is up at Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer

19 years ago

Jamie Spencer, blogging at Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer, builds this week's Blawg Review on the scaffolding of the Bill of…

Managed Care Magazine counts HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog among the "interesting" health care blogs

19 years ago

Managed Care Magazine ran an article on the best health care blogs this month, noting a couple dozen or so…

Health Wonk Review is up at Colorado Health Insurance Insider

19 years ago

The latest edition of HWR is up at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.  Kudos to Jay Norris for presenting a terrific…

David Harlow quoted in HCPro's Physician Compensation Report article on gainsharing

19 years ago

I was interviewed for an article entitled Legal restrictions hinder physician-hospital gainsharing (see page 4), which appears in the July…

IDTF rule changes proposed as part of 2008 Medicare physician fee schedule

19 years ago

The 2008 MPFS includes proposed changes to IDTF enrollment requirements, clarifying and amending some of the changes made last year…

Spin on the study that says ambulatory EHRs don't improve health care

19 years ago

Here's the scoop, from Archives of Internal Medicine, via Reuters/Yahoo, via iHealthbeat:The study found that EHRs did not affect 14…