Four Members of the U.S. House of Representatives went on record last week in advocating that incentive payments to physicians should be suspended. The U.S. House Ways and…
Several years ago when I held a Q&A session following a keynote address to an audience of healthcare professionals, I was asked the question: “Kevin, what…
Medscape recently released their assessment of how the trend toward deployment of EHRs is proceeding within the healthcare community. They had a total of more than 21,000…
A new study published in Health Affairs last week predicted that nearly one billion dollars in cost savings over the next 25 years if the ‘artificial pancreas’…
Again, one of the new evolving technologies is the use of digestible sensors that can report medication adherence and vital signs. The U.S. Food and Drug…
First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 8/2/2012 First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 8/2/2012In late June, Representative Charlie Rangel introduced the ‘‘Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine…
First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 7/16/2012 First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 7/16/2012In some respects, the bigger problem in healthcare is not the outcome…
by Kevin FickenscherKevin Fickenscher, MD, CEO AMIA by Kevin FickenscherKevin Fickenscher, MD, CEO AMIARecently, in the May 30 opinion section of The Wall Street Journal, Scott Glottlieb…
Kevin Fickenscher, MD, CEO AMIA Kevin Fickenscher, MD, CEO AMIAWhile we all await the Supreme Court decision on the Obama health-care law, there is growing recognition that…
From The Fickenscher Files of 6/6/2012 From The Fickenscher Files of 6/6/2012The Health Care Cost Institute issued a new report outlining the unique opportunity we have for…
