The Future of Consumer-Directed Health Care
Over the next decade I believe we are going to see a major transformation of American medicine. It won’t be the kind of transformation that is normally discussed at health…
Medicaid P4P
As part of health reform, Medicare is looking to institute value-based purchasing or pay-for-performance programs in a number of settings. In fact, in my work for Acumen, I have worked…
How Secure are Your Systems?
I spend a lot of time talking with CEOs, CIOs, and other senior executives about what HIPAA security and HITECH privacy policies really mean. I hear a lot of naive…
Exercise a Brain-Booster for the Elderly
Aerobic exercise reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes…and it may improve memory in elderly adults as well, a new study has found. The study was carried out…
California’s Plan for Telehealth
The Center for Connected Health Policy has released a model statute for California that recommends modernizing state telemedicine and workforce laws, to encourage more robust adoption of telehealth technologies. The…
SRI International – Innovation Starts Here
The SRI was founded 1946 as part of Stanford University. This is fascinating place to work I would guess. Robert Scoble recently took a tour and provided videos that cover…
How Much to Budget for Health Care IT Personnel
With tons of money coming into the healthcare IT ecosystem, it’s become vogue to build healthcare IT and EHR applications. When an engineer new to healthcare looks at a typical…
Kaiser Adds 11 Neighborhood Medical Offices in Atlanta
Being in California I always think of the company’s presence here since this is where they began but they also have been expanding into several other regions of the country…
Anthem Increases in California – Close to 39%
Individual plan members have been sent letters advising of the increase. Anthem Blue Cross still states they have not made any profits on individual policies and thus we have another…
Great Health IT Conference Coming Up!
There are lots of conferences that take place in the USA and around the world on healthcare IT and medical device ecosystems — terrific gatherings like HIMSS and various other…
