“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.” —John Gall via daringfireball.net John… Read More
Technology, if not combined with the correct policy choices will never achieve the desired outcome
move away from tweaks to the cost burden for healthcare and fundamentally rethink the goals of the system via internetnews.com Interesting article… Barrett is echoing many of the comments heard from people on both sides of HC IT spend debate. I obviously fall on Barrett’s side of the argument. To paraphrase Barrett… Technology, if not… Read More
www.washingtonexaminer.com >> Politics
in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the “Pay for Performance Act of 2009,” would impose government controls on the pay of all employees… Read More
Statins and blood clots …this could be huge
via video.google.com I do not think the public understands just how important this could be… if the science is validated As an orthopedist, this may allow me to minimize the use of stronger, and potentially harmful medications in order to minimize your risk of developing a clot following a joint replacement. There should be a… Read More
Electronic Health Records: Lessons from the iPhone
Thanks to the $19 billion designated for health-care information technology in the recent stimulus bill, electronic health records (EHRs) have garnered a great deal of attention in the past few weeks. The bill sets aside $17 billion in incentives for physicians and hospitals that use qualifying EHRs beginning in 2011, and $2 billion for the… Read More
MD ratings … Who owns the data… from @symtym
Physicians Use Copyright Infringement Threat to Block Patient Ratings on the Web—AIS Health To date, 2,000 physicians have signed up for the Medical Justice program and, according to Segal, are asking their patients to sign MPAs. What makes the agreement unique is its use of copyright law. Segal says that Web sites are immune from… Read More
White House Forum on Health Care Reform
<html><body><div> via whitehouse.gov Here it comes !! Like it or not, the groundswell in support of sweeping reform is going to push this forward. Have far is it going to go? 47 million coverage..check beating docs over the head…check buying groups… cost controls… check Tort reform… nope Single payer system…. not yet
Newspapers and Healthcare ???? a similar path ???
Revolutions create a curious inversion of perception. In ordinary times, people who do no more than describe the world around them are seen as pragmatists, while those who imagine fabulous alternative futures are viewed as radicals. via shirky.com By now most of you are not only very familiar with this wonderfully insightful post by Clay… Read More
Physician EMR adoption…. or lack thereof
@john_chilmark When I held an impromptu “meeting” of my peers at a large medical center we were trying to determine if there was any interest in joining forces to roll out a common EMR platform. Benefits being interoperability, possible cost reductions, etc. What came out of the “meeting” was a resounding push back against the… Read More
The 3G Doctor is ready to see you now…
via vimeo.com @bart… thank you for the link.
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