First Wave of MU Stage 2 (2014 Edition) Draft Test Procedures Released
If you’re in charge of getting your software ready for MU Stage 2, please be sure to keep a regular eye on the 2014 Edition Draft Test Procedures page on…
Medical Informatics 2.0
Informatics 2.0 is the title of an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). Subtitled, “implications of social media, mobile health, and patient-reported outcomes for healthcare and…
Healthcare Innovation: Moving from Stewardship to Leadership
With the close of the subdued Democratic National Convention this week, there was noticeably scant mention of healthcare reform. In light of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in favor of…
Western Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine in India
There is a lot of controversy today about the use of alternative medicine , or AYUSH. Western medicine practitioners ( MBBSs and MDs) are very unhappy about the fact that…
A Clearer Way to Think about Medicare Vouchers
The idea of vouchers has long appealed to conservatives who want to preserve government funding for a popular program while increasing individual autonomy. The best example is school vouchers. Rather…
Suicide in the Elderly: A Story in Statistics (in time for World Suicide Prevention Day)
In time for World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, 2012, let’s do some myth-busting.Although they don’t seem like likely candidates, and although the myth persists that suicide is most…
Sleepwalking is No Laughing Matter
Taking a flying leap through a glass window to evade a heat-seeking missile sounds like the province of a secret agent (or the actor portraying him), not a stand-up comedian.…
How Medicare Advantage Works
Study findings: Study findings:Individuals switching into MA before risk adjustment had risk scores roughly 0.31 points lower than those remaining in FFS , risk scores of those switching into MA…
Person-Centered HealthCare: Self-Quantification as a Driver of Behavior Change
Editor's Note: I really wanted to open this series with a post on the Quantified Self (QS) movement since I think it is important and not too many of us…
Waste in the American Health Care System?
According to the influential Institute of Medicine, (AP) — The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year — roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — through…
