Raising Medicare Age to 67: Not a Great Idea
House Republicans are suggesting raising the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67 as part of a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. It’s not a particularly good idea because it…
What Are Your Personal Health Goals?
Face it. We all have personal health goals. We may not share our personal health goals with family of friends like we do our financial or professional goals, but we…
Above All, Do No Harm: The Sad State of Health Care Quality in Rural Madhya Pradesh
Today in Health Affairs, Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla, Veena Das, Manoj Mohanan, Diana Tabak, and Brian Chan publish a unique and important study on the messy realities of health care…
mHealthSummit 2012, #MHS12: Ready, Set, Go!
I am here at the mHealth Summit conference in Washington DC and ready for action! And this is an action-packed conference. Sunday night I went to a VIP networking…
Penalizing Hospitals for Readmissions: Will It Work?
With notably few exceptions, the American health care system has been financed on the basis of volume rather than value. That means that we’ve been paying providers for everything that…
Reducing Surgical Complications: How to Make it Happen Faster
Hospitals don’t try as hard as they should to reduce surgical complications because it tends to hurt them financially. In general, hospitals end up getting paid to treat complications –including…
6,000 Steps Towards Better Health
What can 6,000 steps do for you?Plenty, if you’re a woman in your mid-life years. What can 6,000 steps do for you?Plenty, if you’re a woman in your mid-life years.A…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Martha Bebinger and HealthCareSavvy
Last week we listened to James Spearman talk about Medical Tourism in the US. This week, we visit with Martha Bebinger, a reporter from Boston's NPR news station, WBUR. …
The Top 10 Healthcare Innovations of 2012. How Well Did They Do?
Last year, the Cleveland Clinic predicted what the Top 10 innovations in healthcare for 2012 would be. Before we report on the Cleveland Clinic’s predictions for 2013, let’s review how well the Top 10…
MHealth, Technology, and the Invisible Patients
“Patients are the most underused and potent resource in health care” Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer of the United States “Patients are the most underused and potent resource in health…
