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VIDEO Bill Scher and Matt Lewis (bloggingheads.tv) The Week in Blog: Fluffernutter Edition1 comment

Jason wrote 1 day ago: The Week in Blog: Fluffernutter Edition Is Obama stage-managing the press? (00:46-08:38) … more →

Tags: Video, Barack Obama, Blogging, bloggingheads.tv, blogs, blue dog, health, Health Care, Mass media

18,000 dead: The moral issues of health care

Monte wrote 2 days ago: It’s not just politics. Jim Wallis at Sojourners describes three moral issues that live at the … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Politics, poverty, Religion, social change, American Medical Association, health, Health Care, Health Care Costs

Hybrid health records; combining paper and digital medical charting1 comment

jaotte wrote 2 days ago: Today we had our training in the new, read-only hospital records system. We use something called Pow … more →

Tags: Gadgets, School, Charting, Data, Digital, eHR, electronic, EMR, health records

Dear Senator Hagan: Stop blocking, start leading on health care reform

jvk55 wrote 3 days ago: Senator Kay Hagan 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Senator Hagan, I am a Nort … more →

Tags: Health Care, Politics, Public Policy, public option, Senator Hagan

NHS Mutual: engaging staff and aligning incentives to achieve higher levels of performance - 1 July 2009

kinwahlin wrote 3 days ago: NHS Mutual: engaging staff and aligning incentives to achieve higher levels of performance Author: C … more →

Tags: Health Systems Improvement, Workforce, NHS, Nuffield Trust

On Health Reform, George F. Will Just Threw a Spitball

reskow wrote 4 days ago: One could say of George Will what James Russell Lowell wrote of Emerson: “His eye for a fine, … more →

Tags: The Politics of Health, Universal Coverage

3 Weeks Left

akhanna wrote 5 days ago: I couldn’t blog this weekend because the group went to Hell’s Gate national park for our mid-term re … more →

Tags: kakamega, Kenya, Arjun Khanna, fsd, foundation for sustainable development, Iguhu Health Center, Africa, health, Sustainable Development

Health insurers near monopoly control of most markets1 comment

Monte wrote 6 days ago: Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr I thought I understood why insurance companies were the main … more →

Tags: Politics, Business, government health care, HCAN, heal, health, Health Care, health care ad, Health Care Costs

Are they really white coats if they never stay white?

jaotte wrote 1 week ago: Dr Steel looks pretty menacing in his white coat, don't you think? White coats are tradition. Th … more →

Tags: School, Medicine, Policy, Doctor, Fashion, tradition, white coat, uniform, Infection

Microsoft ACCESS!!!3 comments

akhanna wrote 1 week ago: Online fundraising ends on the 29th!  Donate here! Eff my life.  I find out today – today! more than … more →

Tags: kakamega, Kenya, Arjun Khanna, fsd, foundation for sustainable development, Iguhu Health Center, Africa, health, Sustainable Development

Grant Review, part 12 comments

akhanna wrote 1 week ago: I figured I’d post my grant text in full and then post the letter that FSD sent me in response … more →

Tags: kakamega, Kenya, Arjun Khanna, fsd, foundation for sustainable development, Iguhu Health Center, Africa, health, AIDS

Kenya is Random1 comment

akhanna wrote 1 week ago: My grant didn’t get funded (eff.) so it has now suddenly become increasingly important to meet my fu … more →

Tags: kakamega, Kenya, Arjun Khanna, fsd, foundation for sustainable development, Iguhu Health Center, Africa, health, Public Policy

DOOOONATE1 comment

akhanna wrote 2 weeks ago: Sorry for not posting yesterday – I was really tired. Yesterday was a pretty cool day, though.  I wa … more →

Tags: kakamega, Kenya, Africa, AIDS, Arjun Khanna, Donate, donation, Dr. Bomji, Emergency Responsiveness

Comments On Definition of Meaningful Use of EMR For Purposes of HITECH Act Provider Incentives Due June 26

Curran Tomko Tarski LLP wrote 2 weeks ago: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time is the deadline to submit comments to the Office of … more →

Tags: Health Care, Health Care Provider, Corporate compliance, HIPAA, hospital, health plan, Doctor, health-care reform, ARRA Funding

Could Doctors Go the Way of Record Companies?3 comments

reskow wrote 2 weeks ago: Those of us who follow health care may be overlooking the big picture. Most of the profound (and som … more →

Tags: Healthcare Investment, Information Technology, Innovation

First Day of Training1 comment

akhanna wrote 2 weeks ago: I may or may not have spent the whole day pressing refresh on my gmail account to see if I got the g … more →

Tags: kakamega, Kenya, Africa, Arjun Khanna, Dr. Bomji, Emergency Responsiveness, foundation for sustainable development, fsd, grant

A few follow-up articles for Health Vault; Identity1 comment

jaotte wrote 3 weeks ago: Doing some more reading about HealthVault, I came across a few links of value: - Cleveland Clinic ma … more →

Tags: Life, News, Accessibility, eHR, electronic, EMR, health, HealthVault, identity

Ideas At Work vs. Self-Negating Arguments

reskow wrote 3 weeks ago: The opposition to a public health plan option seems to be imploding, victimized by logic which looks … more →

Tags: The Politics of Health, Universal Coverage

FTC Issues FAQ Guidance On Red Flag Rules Applicable To Health Care Providers & Others

Curran Tomko Tarski LLP wrote 3 weeks ago: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and five other federal agencies yesterday (June 11, 2009) jointly … more →

Tags: Health Care, Corporate compliance, federal sentencing guidelines, HIPAA, Privacy, Doctor, Health IT, FACTA, data security


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