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07/29/2010 11:47 AM
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Use Emotion to Drive Adoption—Not Rejection—of Health IT
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By LYGEIA RICCIARDI Last week I heard uber marketer Seth Godin speak about the power of fear. Fear is one of the strongest human emotions, based in the core of our brain--the “lizard brain” that evolved prior to our higher...
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07/28/2010 05:29 PM
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Interview with Patrick Soon-Shiong
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By Ida Strom Seljeseth In this brief interview at the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference June 10, 2010 Executive Chairman of Araxis Health, Patrick Soon-Shiong, talks about the Health Transformation Institute.
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07/28/2010 11:22 AM
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The Reform Dartboard: Predicting Healthcare Costs
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By ROGER COLLIER One thing about a democracy, everyone is entitled to publish their predictions about the future, and on the costs (or savings) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act over the 2010-2019 decade, there are enough to...
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07/27/2010 03:20 AM
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Reactor Panel: Health 2.0 Goes to Washington
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By Matthew Holt In final panel at Health 2.0 Goes to Washington the reactor panel, Will Yu (ONC), Esther Dyson (EDventure) and Chris Schroeder(Healthcentral) discussed health issues, and innovation in the healthcare system with Matthew Holt.
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07/27/2010 03:00 AM
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Interview with Esther Dyson
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By Matthew Holt SUBTEXT:After being a panelist at the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington Conference, Esther Dyson, Chairman of EDventure Holdings, gave a backstage interview. She talked about the three markets that influence Health 2.0; the market for healthcare, bad...
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07/26/2010 08:02 PM
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Government as an Engine for Innovation
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By LISA SUENNEN I’ve been thinking a great deal about the newly formed Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. (CMI). This entity was established as a result of the Affordable Care Act (the new healthcare reform legislation) and its purpose...
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07/26/2010 06:00 PM
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07/26/2010 04:00 PM
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Can CMS Be a Venture Capitalist?
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By PAUL LEVY Lisa Suennen, a venture capitalist, writes this post about the provision in the national health care reform act that created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI). This agency has $10 billion to “research, develop, test...
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07/26/2010 01:16 PM
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Panel Discussion: Can Health 2.0 Improve EHR Adoption?
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By Matthew Holt SUBTEXT: On stage at Health 2.0 Goes to Washington, June 07, 2010, this panel discussed the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and ways to improve its adoption and the relationship between physicians and patients. The moderator was Joshua...
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07/26/2010 05:00 AM
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07/26/2010 03:15 AM
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Interview with Jon White
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SUBTEXTAt the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington Conference, June 07, 2010, Jon White, Health IT Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), gave a brief interview. He spoke about patient healthcare and how Health IT improves the...
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07/24/2010 09:15 PM
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07/24/2010 07:06 PM
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The Non-Scalability of Charisma
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By BOB WACHTER, MD Early on, many social movements depend on a charismatic leader to focus attention, build a burning platform, and inspire people to action. You know when the movement has made it when it no longer needs such...
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07/24/2010 07:00 AM
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07/24/2010 03:00 AM
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Introduction to Health 2.0 Goes to Washington
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By Bianca Grogan SUBTEXT: At the start of the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington Conference, June 07, 2010, Matthew Holt and Indu Subaiya welcomed all of the conference attendees with an introduction to Health 2.0. In the middle of that...
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07/24/2010 12:27 AM
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How About "Meaningful Exchange"?
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By JONATHAN BUSH At last, we have received from Mt. Olympus those much awaited writings….the definition of “meaningful use”! Oy. I understand how we got here. I could put myself in the shoes of government decision-makers at every step of...
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07/23/2010 11:54 PM
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The Insurer's Dilemma
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By PAUL LEVY This has to be a very difficult time for insurance companies in Massachusetts. Notwithstanding that they are non-profits, they are under a lot of scrutiny with regard to reserve margins and profitability. Much of this is unfair,...
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07/23/2010 09:00 PM
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The Original Individual Mandate, Circa 1792
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By BRADLEY LATINO Regardless of one’s opinion on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality, most commentators-and no less an authority than the Congressional Budget Office)-agree (or concede, as the case may be) that Congress has never required Americans...
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07/23/2010 09:00 PM
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Panel Discussion: The Role of Consumers in Health 2.0
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By Matthew Holt At the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference June 7, 2010 there was an excellent panel discussing the role of consumers in Health 2.0. It was moderated by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn from THINK-Health. Panelists were Linda Harris from...
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07/23/2010 05:25 PM
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Health 2.0’s Role in a World of “Data Liberacion”
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By Ida Strom Seljeseth SUBTEXT This is the complete panel debate on the Role of "Data Liberacion" from the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 10, 2010. The panel featured Todd Park from the US Department of Health and...
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07/23/2010 05:10 PM
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What if All Americans Had at Least Catastrophic Health Care Coverage?
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By ED PULLEN, MD I really dislike the term healthcare reform. I think our system needs to be changed not reformed. I assume that I am not the only person who suspects that the recent health care reform act is...
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07/23/2010 03:00 AM
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Interview with Josh Sommer
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By Ida Strom Seljeseth SUBTEXT At the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference on June 10, 2010 Josh Sommer, Executive Director of the Chordoma Foundation gave this brief interview were he talks about the future he wishes to see in...
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07/22/2010 09:12 PM
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Beating up on ONC, mostly unjustified
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By Matthew Holt Earlier this week there was a curious little hearing at Pete Stark’s committee. Much of the Q & A—mind you post the announcement of the final meaningful use rules—was (apparently, as I can’t find the transcript) a...
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07/22/2010 03:34 PM
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My Side
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By ROB LAMBERTS, MD I was planning on leaving behind the seriousness of the past few posts and going back to my usual inane writing, but some of the comments have made it too hard for me to keep quiet....
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07/21/2010 07:36 PM
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Knee Trauma, again
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By Matthew Holt One of my favorite topics is back in the news. Apparently ACL repairs may be unnecessary. Here’s the WSJ Health Blog write up about the NEJM study. Two groups of active young people with torn ACLs were...
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