2007

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December 2007

1. 29 DecPilots Use Checklists. Doctors Don’t. Why Not? By Maggie Mahar
2. 29 DecLook at How Safe [Fill in the Blank] Is by Bob Wachter
3. 28 DecBLOGS: Out Lindsaying Lohan
4. 26 DecCalifornia not really uber alles
5. 24 DecHealth 2.0 San Diego Spring Fling Agenda
6. 22 DecMy Nomination For Health Care Quote of the Year – Brian Klepper
7. 21 DecTiny Tim Health Care By Michael L. Millenson
8. 21 DecBusiness As Usual: California’s Reform Proposal – Brian Klepper
9. 21 DecSeeking Sustainable RHIO Forest; View Obscured by Non-profit Trees by Martin Jensen
10. 21 DecSay it Ain’t So, Joe by Paul Levy
11. 20 DecHEALTH 2.0 UPDATE
12. 20 DecPOLICY: Overtreated gets huge plaudit
13. 20 DecPOLICY/QUALITY: Uninsurance does indeed kill you quicker
14. 19 DecTECH: UPDATE The British & Germans are coming…..to Disease Mangement?
15. 19 DecTHCB is proudly sponsored by CDW Healthcare
16. 19 DecPOLICY: As Goes California, So Should Go the Nation, by Mary Kay Henry
17. 19 DecTHCB Sponsor Shout out
18. 18 DecPolicy- vs. Market-Based Reform: RHIOs as a Case Study – Brian Klepper
19. 18 DecBLOGS: Diabetes Year in Review
20. 17 DecTECH: RHIO, RHIO, ree-ay-yo, by anonymouse
21. 17 DecTECH: Shout-out for Phil Chuang
22. 17 DecJOB POST: Physician Advocate: Siemens Medical Solutions
23. 17 DecJOB POST: Director of Medicare and Medicaid Markets
24. 14 DecHEALTH PLANS: Populist Republican attacks sweet, innocent non-profit
25. 13 DecBad Medicine: How The AMA Undermined Primary Care in America – Brian Klepper
26. 13 DecHealth IT breakthrough possible in Washington by Eric Novack
27. 13 DecHEALTH 2.0 UPDATE
28. 13 DecPOLICY: Try and reconcile these two basic statements
29. 13 DecPHYSICIANS: Morrison on The Doctor Conundrum
30. 13 DecBLOGS: HealthBlawg’s Health Wonk Review–December 2007
31. 12 DecHealth 2.0 Casting Call
32. 12 DecHEALTH 2.0 Media Scan
33. 12 DecPOLICY: Trading Places was right!
34. 10 DecHEALTH 2.0: Industry heavyweights meet in San Diego
35. 10 DecJOB POST: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
36. 10 DecHEALTH PLANS: Bill McGuire–off the hook?
37. 10 DecPOLITICS: Cohn on Obama; me on Cutler
38. 7 DecHEALTH 2.0: Creating a Universal Individual Healthcare Identifier By Barry Hieb
39. 7 DecPOLITICS: President Obama’s Health care head fake
40. 6 DecUnitedHealth Customers Speak With their Feet, and it’s Time for Everyone to Listen by Miriam Bookey
41. 6 DecAnnals of Journalism
42. 5 DecThe Pipeline: Vaccines v.s. Antibiotics by Dov Michaeli
43. 4 DecRating Doctors Like Restaurants, by Bob Wachter
44. 4 DecPOLITICS: Jonathan Cohn confesses on the Obama 15 million problem
45. 3 DecPOLICY: The Proper ASD Policy Begins with Listening to Parents, By John Whitmer
46. 3 DecPOLICY: What next in the fight against AIDS?
47. 3 DecPODCAST: Overtreated, Shannon Brownlee explains all

November 2007

1. 30 NovHealth Care Reform: What Do Americans Want? (Or Think They Want?)
2. 30 NovHEALTH 2.0 UPDATE Dyson, Kibbe join advisory board
3. 30 NovINTL: Market invisible hand forces Canadian death rate numbers public!
4. 29 NovIf Grady Fails By Brian Klepper
5. 29 NovPhysicians: Can Computerized Decision Support Get Docs to Toe the Line on Quality? by Robert Wachter
6. 29 NovHEALTH PLANS: Tracing this all back to the vine….
7. 28 NovGenomics vs. Proteonomics: Accessorizing Your Genes By Scott Shreeve
8. 28 NovTECH: Tell us about your Health 2.0 company
9. 28 NovPOLICY: Wrong, but wrongly influential
10. 28 NovPOLICY: Me and the Republicans on NPR (no, not really)
11. 27 NovAn EHR We Can All Agree On, by Eric Novack
12. 27 NovTECH: Bosworth launches new Health 2.0 venture
13. 27 NovPOLICY: Wealth, fame and public radio
14. 26 NovPhysicians: Sermo allowing docs to discuss chart errors about them! by Matthew Holt
15. 26 NovHealth 2.0 Second Life–maybe I can be convinced, by Matthew Holt
16. 26 NovHOSPITALS: Dennis Quaid’s Kids – Are VIPs Safer? By Bob Wachter
17. 26 NovTECH: An appeal for help on visualization software
18. 26 NovPOLICY: The Times’ editorial leaves me baffled
19. 26 NovPHARMA: Shocking revelations
20. 24 NovPOLICY: The liberal media maliciously tells the truth about Rudy, again
21. 23 NovAnd the Health 2.0 Design Award Goes to … by Indu Subaiya
22. 23 NovHEALTH 2.0: In mourning, meanwhile over at Health 2.0 Blog
23. 21 NovPOLICY: Someone else beats up on Herzlinger
24. 20 NovThe Massachusetts Plan: What did they know, and when did they know it? by Eric Novack
25. 20 NovWhen the Patient is a pain the doctor blames Google, by Matthew Holt
26. 20 NovPOLICY: Low prices ain’t cheap enough
27. 20 NovPOLICY: The NY Times Remembers the War on Drugs, but has learned none of its lessons
28. 19 NovHEALTH2.0: Personal Genome Management–The Next Big Thing?
29. 16 NovWhen is a Medical Error a Crime? by Bob Wachter
30. 16 NovThink Again: Payments to doctors By Eric Novack
31. 16 NovTECH: Yes there are other conferences…
32. 15 NovHealth 2.0 at the CCR Workshop in San Diego and thoughts about Google’s Subauth, by Indu Subaiya
33. 15 NovWhat the Blogs are saying …
34. 15 NovBLOGS: Health Beat Hosts Health Wonk Review
35. 15 NovPOLICY: Taking Out The Trash-Talk
36. 15 NovHealth 2.0 Research & Editorial Internship
37. 14 NovJOB POST: Director, US Sales
38. 14 NovA Patient in my own hospital by Paul Levy
39. 13 NovCONSUMERS: icyou goes to the Consumer Congress
40. 13 NovPOLICY: Innovation in French health care, yes really…
41. 13 NovTECH: What health care consumers want, according to Bill Crounse
42. 12 NovHealth 2.0 on Location in NYC by Indu Subaiya
43. 12 NovSCHIP: Care Enough to Smoke? by Eric Novack
44. 10 NovThis Week on THCB …
45. 10 NovHEALTH2.0: Is Google jumping the shark?
46. 9 NovHealth 2.0, Computable Data Exchange, and The Sparse Information Model, by David C. Kibbe, MD MBA
47. 9 NovHEALTH PLANS: Lisa Girion puts boot in again!
48. 9 NovTECH: Charlie Baker is concerned about Bill Gates….
49. 7 NovBLOGS/HEALTH 2.0: The Health 2.0 Blog
50. 7 NovQUALITY: ADA is making some diabetes patients mad
51. 7 NovHEALTH PLANS: I am dumb, dumb, dumb
52. 7 NovFrom Chatter, To Ideas, To Action: Humana’s Change Now 4 Health Campaign
53. 6 NovHEALTH 2.0: Drinks for Health 2.0 in New York City
54. 6 NovWhy Aren’t More Students Applying To Medical School?
55. 6 NovTHCB: At last, comment feeds
56. 5 NovMan Bites Dog: Candor in Washington, By Michael L. Millenson
57. 5 NovPOLICY: Dogs and sores at the Gray Lady, yet again
58. 5 NovPOLICY: Wennberg most influential health services researcher
59. 4 NovWoodstock of the Wonks: The Health Policy Establishment Honors One of its Own – Michael L. Millenson
60. 2 NovHEALTH 2.0 registration open
61. 2 NovPHARMA: Health Business Blog interviews Genentech about Avastin
62. 2 NovTHCB Classifieds
63. 2 NovPOLICY: And a little more from Health Affairs
64. 1 NovPOLICY: State-sponsored terrorism, courtesy of the DEA
65. 1 NovBLOGS: HWR-The Anti-Halloween Edition
66. 1 NovPOLICY: Vic Fuchs speak–You listen

October 2007

1. 31 OctPOLICY: David Gratzer, source of Rudy misinformation
2. 30 OctWhy Consumers’ Checkbook v CMS is a Sideshow – Brian Klepper
3. 30 OctBLOGS: Grand Rounds is up at Running A Hospital
4. 30 OctHEALTH PLANS: Trading health plan stock rumors for fun & profit
5. 30 OctPatients: Coordinated Physician Care Pilots – Paul Grundy MD, IBM
6. 29 OctHealth 2.0 FAQ with UPDATE on Health 2.0 San Diego
7. 29 OctHEALTH2.0: Some new players, some very interesting technology
8. 29 OctHEALTH PLANS: WellCare killing healthcare? With help?
9. 29 OctINTERNATIONAL: Social cohesion in the UK includes aging rockers
10. 27 OctHEALTH 2.0 Connecting Consumers and Providers
11. 26 OctPOLICY: Socialized fire departments & trading up
12. 26 OctQUALITY: Stents cannot be killed, well perhaps not
13. 26 OctX2HN, Women’s Executive Networking Conference
14. 25 OctPharmaSURVEYOR in a capsule By Erick Von Schweber
15. 24 OctFire Burns Away the Fog of Ideology: Can Humane Health Care Reform Rise from the Ashes? – Michael Millenson
16. 24 OctHEALTH2.0: More doctor rating–this time it’s Wellpoint & Zagats
17. 23 OctTECH: Fred Trotter–HealthVault: No privacy commitments
18. 23 OctMassachusetts Health Care Reform : The Canary in the Coal Mine
19. 22 OctFood Porn: Hardees and the 920 Calorie Burrito – Pat Salber
20. 22 OctEsther Dyson on Health 2.0
21. 22 OctHEALTH 2.0: Sssh. It’s a secret!
22. 20 OctIs BC/BS Practicing Medicine? By Gregory Paweleski
23. 19 OctHEALTH2.0: Vertical Search–The only way is up?
24. 19 OctPOLICY: Friday quiz–A tale of two professors
25. 19 OctHEALTH PLANS: Health Plans Behaving Badly
26. 19 OctBLOGS: HWR up at Healthcare Economist
27. 18 OctAspen Report 3 – Removing the Blinders: Dr. Kelman’s Wonderful Contribution, Brian Klepper
28. 18 OctPODCAST: Overtreated–Shannon Brownlee explains all
29. 18 OctTECH/HEALTH2.0: Marissa Mayer speaks Google Health
30. 17 OctHOSPITALS: Why We Don‘t Have Enough Nurses (It’s Not Low Wages) By Maggie Mahar
31. 17 OctHEALTH 2.0: Sermo CEO Daniel Palestrant
32. 17 OctWe Are What We Eat: Where Is America’s Leadership? – Brian Klepper
33. 16 OctWhat Obesity Really Costs – Brian Klepper
34. 16 OctTECH: CCR Training Workshop
35. 15 OctAspen Report 2 – Healing Unbound: The Promise of Advancing Computational Power, Brian Klepper
36. 15 OctHEALTH2.0: Sermo, Pfizer: Big Pharma puts big toe in social networking waters
37. 15 OctBLOGS: Looking for a potential TV star?
38. 14 OctAspen Report 1 – A Rage To Know: A Few Days At The Aspen Health Forum, Brian Klepper
39. 13 OctPOLICY: While Politicians Battle Over Expanding SCHIP, Children Are Dropped From the Program by Maggie Mahar
40. 12 OctA Broad Vision of Health 2.0: Reformulating Data for Transparency, Decision Support & Revitalized Health Care Markets – Brian Klepper and Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
41. 12 OctPOLITICS: Forgotten children and unopened bills By Eric Novack
42. 12 OctPOLICY: Michelle Malkin is really dumb
43. 12 OctINTERNATIONAL: SWF seeking Canadian M
44. 10 OctHospitals: Firing doctors by Paul Levy
45. 10 OctTECH: Big deal in the RF location tracking world
46. 10 OctCONSUMERS/TECH: Molly and Don write a Gray Paper
47. 9 OctCONSUMERS/TECH: David Sobel stars on Tuesday morning at the Ix Conference
48. 9 OctHEALTH2.0/TECH: Athena Health: The History of the First Health 2.0 IPO By Scott Shreeve
49. 8 OctTECH/CONSUMERS: Ix Therapy time again!!
50. 8 OctJOB POST: Software architect
51. 5 OctTECH: Glen Tullman, Allscripts CEO on HealthVault
52. 5 OctAre We Willing to Accept a Two-Tier Hospital System? By Maggie Mahar
53. 5 OctPOLICY: Up at spot on–The Garden Hose Health Care Brigade
54. 4 OctTECH: Microsoft Healthvault
55. 3 OctThe Perpetual Health Care Crisis By Jeff Goldsmith
56. 3 OctBogle on the Financial Sector’s Threat to Democracy – Brian Klepper
57. 3 OctKeen Observations Department – Klepper
58. 2 OctHealth 2.1 By Esther Dyson
59. 2 OctHEALTH2.0: Medgadget & Sermo–a rational analysis
60. 1 OctTECH/HEALTH2.0: Health2.0 story in the SF Chronicle
61. 1 OctGoldsmith’s Wisdom By Brian Klepper
62. 1 OctPOLICY: The Global Evolution of Intellectual Property Rights By Bart Mongoven

September 2007

1. 28 SepHEALTH2.0: David Kibbe on Health 2.0
2. 28 SepHEALTH 2.0 Peter Neupert, Microsoft Health Solutions Group
3. 27 SepPOLICY/TALKS: TONIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD!! Holt v Browning Logan Clements–better leave the kids at home!
4. 27 SepPOLICY: Wow, even the Sec of HHS admits it
5. 27 SepTECH: Search, Microsoft gets serious
6. 26 SepPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: Why Health Plans need to change their business model
7. 26 SepHEALTH2.0: Marty Tenenbaum’s vision for an accelerator for Health2.0
8. 26 SepHealth 2.0 Organized Wisdom’s Steve Krein
9. 26 SepHealth 2.0 UPDATE
10. 26 SepHEALTH 2.0 Conference Intro + interview with Amy
11. 25 SepPOLICY: Clinton and Edwards Open the Back Door
12. 25 SepEmployers’ Health Cost Growth Continues to Moderate: Ain’t It Awful?! by Jeff Goldsmith
13. 25 SepHealth 2.0: Missy Krasner, Google
14. 24 SepHEALTH2.0: Yet more press reaction & footage
15. 24 SepHEALTH2.0: More reaction to the conference
16. 24 SepHEALTH2.0: Who was there?
17. 24 SepTECH: RWJ sponsors gamers health contest
18. 21 SepHEALTH2.0: MSM press coverage starts…
19. 21 SepHEALTH2.0: That amazing opening video
20. 21 SepHEALTH2.0: That was the Health2.0 that was
21. 21 SepEstablishing Health 2.0 Standards
22. 21 SepThe Next Health 2.0 Meeting
23. 21 SepCLOSING REACTOR PANEL: Health2.0 – Looking Ahead
24. 20 SepGo See What icyou.com Has Posted About the Health 2.0 Meeting
25. 20 SepSPONSOR MESSAGE: PeerClip debuts at Health2.0
26. 20 SepREACTOR PANEL Payers, Providers, & Pharma….and Health2.0
27. 20 SepDEMO PANEL & Discussion: Social Media for Patients
28. 20 SepDEMO PANEL & Discussion: Search in Healthcare
29. 20 SepDavid Brailer
30. 20 SepOpening Panel: The Role of the Consumer Aggregators
31. 20 SepIntroductions to the Health 2.0 Conference – Matthew Holt/Indu Sabaiya
32. 20 SepWelcome To the Health 2.0 Meeting – Brian Klepper
33. 20 SepADVERT: THCB is proudly sponsored by CDW Healthcare
34. 19 SepPOLITICS: Liveblogging Hillary, by Amanda Goltz
35. 18 SepHEALTH 2.0: Sept 19 pre-ConferenceGet Together(s)
36. 18 SepPOLICY: Edwards copies my idea, and a damn good one it is too!
37. 17 SepHEALTH2.0: More on the conference, and the Google situation
38. 16 SepWhat About Health Plan Transparency? – Brian Klepper
39. 16 SepBest of: AthenaHealth’s Jonathan Bush on the end of software
40. 16 SepHEALTH2.0: User Generated Healthcare, Health2.0FAQ (by Matthew) with UPDATE
41. 16 SepBest of: The AMA goes 2.0
42. 16 SepBEST OF: JD Kleinke talks about PHRs, Omnimedix and the Dossia controversy
43. 13 SepBLOGS: A wonderful new blog
44. 12 SepHEALTH2.0/TECH: Way too much going on!
45. 11 SepQUALITY/FUNNY: Probably not a major concern in iatrogenic death over here!
46. 10 SepHEALTH PLANS/TECH: Selling out a name–et tu Harvard?
47. 7 SepHEALTH 2.0: It’s a sell out!
48. 7 SepPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: The Dutch–Better than the US at football, drug-laws and health care organization
49. 6 SepBLOGS: Health Wonk Review up
50. 5 SepPOLICY: What the lumenati are saying may surprise you
51. 5 SepHEALTH2.0: Billing and administrative technologies get some publicity
52. 5 SepTECH: Health 2.0 News Portal
53. 4 SepHEALTH2.0: Facebook as a platform
54. 4 SepHEALTH2.0: Sermo & PatientsLikeMe–getting very famous!

August 2007

1. 31 AugBEST OF: Interview with Shawn Jenkins, CEO BenefitFocus
2. 31 AugFRIDAY FUNNY: Big Pharma Outsources all “Bad Stuff” to Sri Lanka
3. 31 AugPOLICY: The DEA continue their sorry role
4. 31 AugHEALTH 2.0 UPDATE
5. 30 AugPHARMA: Why Stretch? by Maggie Mahar
6. 30 AugPOLICY: Guesses at important dates…
7. 29 AugPOLICY: Health Care Reform Now? Don’t Hold Your Breath
8. 29 AugReform’s Tougher Problem by Brian Klepper
9. 29 AugPOLICY: Nanotechnology and the Regulation of New Technologies by Bart Mongoven
10. 28 AugHEALTH PLANS: Who said this? No, really
11. 28 AugPOLICY: Klepper, moonlighting again!
12. 27 AugAnother Step Toward Transparency — Brian Klepper
13. 27 AugPHARMA/QUALITY: Merrill Goozner has dug into “The Most Costly Earmark in S-CHIP”
14. 24 AugOFF-TOPIC: AC/DC lead singer choice impacting economics
15. 24 AugWhat Are They Thinking: ONCHIT and RTI – Brian Klepper
16. 24 AugEvaluating the Quality of Quality Improvement Claims: The Population Health Impact Institute – Brian Klepper
17. 23 AugTHCB: Matthew’s back, and many thanks to Brian Klepper
18. 23 AugHealth Care Wonk Review Is Up – Brian Klepper
19. 21 AugBenign Neglect and the Nursing Shortage – Brian Klepper
20. 21 AugHHS Secretary Leavitt’s New Blog – Brian Klepper
21. 20 AugNot Paying For Preventable Errors: A Big Step – Brian Klepper
22. 20 AugOMNI: The Oncology Metrics National Index – Brian Klepper
23. 20 AugOutrageous by Eric Novack
24. 17 AugEssential Reading: Laszewski on Rove and Medicare D – Brian Klepper
25. 17 AugHEALTH2.0: The People’s choice award
26. 17 AugCan We Talk, Frankly? – Brian Klepper
27. 17 AugA Broker Afterthought: An Acknowledgment, An Apology and A Criticism – Brian Klepper
28. 16 AugConsultants to Hospitals: Prepare for Transparency – Brian Klepper
29. 16 AugPodcast: Mello on Health Courts
30. 15 AugThe Presidential Candidates On Health Care
31. 15 AugManaged Care Redux – by Brian Klepper
32. 15 AugPharma PR: Either ‘Roid Rage or Comatose by The Industry Veteran
33. 14 AugIt’s Dawned On The New York Times Too – Brian Klepper
34. 14 AugBrokers: Why They Feel Their Commisions Are Justified (Sort Of) – Brian Klepper
35. 13 AugBrokers: A Price Above Rubies by Brian Klepper
36. 13 AugPOLICY: These Are Not the Droids You’re Looking For by Eric Novack
37. 13 AugTHCB: A little announcement, and the next week or two on THCB
38. 13 AugPOLICY/POLITICS: In which I try to make sense of one Republican’s uncaring careless approach to health care policy
39. 12 AugWhile Matthew’s Away
40. 10 AugBLOGS: This is bizzarre
41. 10 AugPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: The future of health plans
42. 10 AugPOLITICS/POLICY: Hillary kicks idiot butt
43. 9 AugTECH: Identity Theft Protection for Healthcare Companies By Brian Lapidus
44. 9 AugPHARMA: Great history and analysis of the FDA
45. 9 AugPOLICY: Consumer Reports looks at uninsurance
46. 9 AugBLOGS: HWR
47. 9 AugSorta OFF-TOPIC: I know it hurt but…
48. 8 AugTHCB Reader Mail
49. 8 AugTECH: First Opinion–mysterious but now rich
50. 8 AugPOLICY/PHYSICIANS: In which I criticize Uwe Reinhardt, really!
51. 8 AugQUALITY/POLICY: Sicko, Deloitte and the reason for EBM
52. 8 AugPOLICY: Market forces driving down drug prices by Eric Novack
53. 7 AugPHARMA: Time to get Shakespearean at big Pharma? by The Industry Veteran
54. 6 AugPODCAST/QUALITY/TECH/HEALTH PLANS: Disease management, technolgy and the future of health care–Gordon Norman tells all
55. 6 AugTECH/HEALTH2.0: Harris Shows Number of Cyberchondriacs increases to an Estimated 160 Million Nationwide
56. 6 AugBLOGS: Why Blogs?
57. 4 AugUPDATE: Medicare, SCHIP and Kids
58. 3 AugPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: SCHIP passes the Senate, but I think for now Medicare Advantage is safe…for now
59. 3 AugQUALITY/POLICY: Medpundit right on on cancer treatment
60. 2 AugHEALTH PLANS: SCHIP and Medicare Advantage
61. 2 AugPOLICY: Cohn on Giuliani
62. 1 AugOnline Vote
63. 1 AugPODCAST: Fine art and healthcare–a conversation with David St Clair, MeDecision
64. 1 AugIt’s my birthday…

July 2007

1. 31 JulPODCAST/TECHNOLOGY: Shiftwise Founder Jason Lander
2. 31 JulHEALTH PLANS: Mega Life and Health — Time to call AHIP, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and BlackStone out
3. 30 JulTECH: PHR of cool
4. 30 JulPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: John Cohn puts the boot in….nicely
5. 30 JulHEALTH PLANS/HOSPITALS: Kaiser’s tame blogger at it again
6. 30 JulPHYSICIANS/POLICY: NY Times discovers that FFS is a bad idea
7. 27 JulPODCAST: Kelsey-Seybold tries to reinvent direct contracting
8. 27 JulPOLICY: Are they that stupid, really?
9. 27 JulPOLICY: Great new site–Health08.org, and more on health IT in the election
10. 26 JulBLOGS: HealthNewsReview.org: a daily checkup on U.S. health news coverage by Gary Schwitzer
11. 25 JulQUALITY/INTERNATIONAL: A great check list and more about EBM
12. 25 JulPHARMA: Wall Street, Cancer, and the FDA: A Cautionary Tale by Maggie Mahar
13. 25 JulPOLICY: Lies, half-truths and irrelevancies in defense of mean-spirited politics
14. 25 JulOFF-TOPIC: Where’s the photo?
15. 24 JulPHYSICIANS: Pou not indicted
16. 24 JulHEALTH2.0: Laura Locke interviews FaceBook CEO
17. 24 JulJOB POST: Corp Manager EMR Product Design at Partners
18. 24 JulCONSUMERS/POLICY: This will be a red rag to a bull
19. 24 JulQUALITY: So I switch to diet 7-Up and Splenda, and what do I get?
20. 23 JulOFF-TOPIC: The most pretentious NY Times article ever?
21. 20 JulThe Week in Review
22. 20 JulHEALTH PLANS/QUALITY: Klepper on the transparency conundrum
23. 19 JulDon’t Blame The VA
24. 18 JulINDUSTRY: Medical Bankruptcy Rate Disputed by Eric Novack
25. 18 JulJOB POST: Great candidates for a VP Finance at Healthline.com?
26. 16 JulHealth 2.0: Live from Healthcare Unbound
27. 16 JulTECH: Problems for Employer-backed PHR
28. 16 JulHEALTH2.0/TECH: Big day for Healthline
29. 16 JulPOLICY: Moore makes CNN look pretty foolish
30. 13 JulTHCB Reader Mail
31. 12 JulPOLICY: Debating SICKO’s Impact by John Irvine
32. 12 JulOFF-TOPIC: Best article ever in NY Times
33. 12 JulPOLICY: Finally, the review– It’s A Sicko World
34. 12 JulTHCB ADVERT
35. 12 JulPOLICY/POLITICS: Susan Blumenthal review of the Presidential Candidates’ health care policy
36. 11 JulPOLICY: Carmona rips White House
37. 11 JulHOSPITALS/QUALITY: Virginia Mason–living in the future before it gets here.
38. 10 JulINTERNATIONAL: Ian Morrison vacationing at the taxpayer’s expense
39. 10 JulTECH: Granger on the UK’s NPfIT
40. 9 JulINTERNATIONAL/QUALITY: Reggie will be having a fit
41. 6 JulHEALTH2.0: Brief update and lots going on
42. 6 JulPOLICY/QUALITY: Klepper on cabbages and Kings (or Congress)
43. 5 JulHEALTH2.0/TECH: Sharp on Health2.0
44. 4 JulPOLICY: Sicko and Healthcare Reform by Maggie Mahar with UPDATE
45. 4 JulTECH: This sounds like deliberate trouble..
46. 3 JulJOB POST: Medical Director
47. 3 JulJOB POST: National Guidelines Project Manager
48. 3 JulTECH/HEALTH2.0: Vince Kuratis Connecting the Dots…on Google Health
49. 3 JulPOLICY: Tom Tomorrow disses the conservative straw men
50. 3 JulPHYSICIANS: Medicare and the AMA–here we go again
51. 3 JulHEALTH PLANS: From the AHIP fields (Ignagni loves Shalala and vice versa–Newt’s just watching!)
52. 3 JulHEALTH2.0/PHARMA:Drug Companies & Social Media
53. 2 JulTECH: Why physicians don’t want email from patients
54. 2 JulPOLICY/HEALTH PLAN: Karen Ignagni lie of the day
55. 2 JulPOLICY: Jonathan Weiner, pulling no punches on what’s wrong
56. 2 JulPOLICY: Beating up on the loony right once Moore
57. 1 JulTECH: Google trying to use Sicko to sell keyword advertising

June 2007

1. 29 JunPOLICY: A roadmap for reform by Maggie Mahar
2. 29 JunTHCB Reader mail
3. 27 JunPHARMA: HealthDot Pharma Report 04
4. 27 JunQUALITY: Back surgery request
5. 26 JunJOB POST: Practice Leader, Knowledge Services
6. 26 JunPOLICY: Orszag makes the CBO get religion
7. 26 JunPOLICY: We want Moore…or something like that
8. 25 JunPOLICY: Why isn’t more being done about ASD? By John Whitmer
9. 22 JunPHARMA/PHYSICIANS/HOSPITALS/QUALITY: Busy busy busy
10. 22 JunPODCAST/TECH: Interview with Isabel’s Joseph Britto and Jason MaudE
11. 22 JunHOSPITALS/POLICY: King-Drew and the wider issues of care for the poor
12. 22 JunHEALTH2.0: User Generated Healthcare UPDATE
13. 22 JunJOB POST: Help Wanted, Intrepid Physician Needed
14. 21 JunPHYSICIANS: A “black box” for docs by John Irvine
15. 20 JunTECH/CONSUMERS: Perspectives on the Future of Personal Health Records
16. 20 JunPHYSICIANS/PHARMA: Klepper on oncology
17. 20 JunBLOGS: Healthcare blog 100
18. 19 JunJOB POST: Data analyst – IPRO
19. 19 JunHEALTH2.0/TECH: Another Health2.0 aquisition–Healia snapped up by magazine & publishing giant
20. 19 JunPOLICY: Eye-candy, Channel swimming and care for the uninsured.
21. 18 JunINTERNATIONAL/POLICY: Good summary article
22. 18 JunPHYSICIANS/HEALTH2.0: Sermo AMA interview
23. 18 JunPHARMA/POLICY: Crackpots at Hoover
24. 18 JunHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Quinn rips Weintraub
25. 15 JunHealth 2.0: Priming the pump- Jump starting health care consumerism By Scott Shreeve MD
26. 15 JunHEALTH2.0/CONSUMERS/TECH: Patient groups online are a source and a force
27. 15 JunPHARMA: Two interesting articles on Avandia
28. 14 JunPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: More communism at the Wall Street Journal
29. 14 JunTHCB: Tech section with UPDATE
30. 14 JunBLOGS: Health Wonk Review
31. 14 JunPODCAST/TECH: HEALTH2.0/TECH/PODCAST: Interview with Venky Harinarayan, Founder Kosmix
32. 14 JunQUALITY/POLICYThe NY Times has licked its sore all better!
33. 13 JunPOLICY: Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog
34. 13 JunPOLICY: Jonathan Cohn, on film and in the studio
35. 13 JunPODCAST/TECH: Interview with Luis Machuca, CEO Kryptiq
36. 13 JunTHCB Reader mail
37. 12 JunHEALTH2.0: Knowledge Prostitution
38. 12 JunPOLICY: And just in case you thought things were getting better
39. 12 JunPOLICY: Wow!–sensible stories in the NY Times
40. 12 JunQUALITY/CONSUMERS: Spine site
41. 11 JunPOLICY: Uninsured in LA? Want to tell the BBC?
42. 11 JunHEALTH2.0/TECH: Kosmix unveils new page
43. 11 JunPOLICY/TECH: AP exposes Gingrich, well sorta
44. 11 JunHEALTH2.0/TECH: PeerWisdom vs OrganizedWisdom
45. 11 JunTECH/POLICY: Obama–looking to Neal Patterson for a contribution?
46. 11 JunHOSPITALS: The best way to spend the money?
47. 11 JunHEALTH PLANS: Looks like Bill McGuire and UNH are not out of the woods yet
48. 8 JunTECH: Healthcare Informatics 100 is not very helpful
49. 8 JunPOLICY/POLITICS: Giuliani sorta has a health care plan
50. 6 JunPOLICY: Wow, look who’s returned from the grave (or at least the loony bin)
51. 6 JunTECH/POLICY: Mr Quinn is a little cynical about Dr Brailer
52. 6 JunPOLICY: No smoking in England By Dr. Eric Novack
53. 6 JunHEALTH 2.0 User-Generated Healthcare
54. 6 JunPOLICY/QUALITY: Scales falling from eyes on road to Dartmouth! with UPDATE
55. 6 JunPOLICY: The Cato boys–not in logical tune
56. 5 JunPOLICY: Not Too High on The Hog
57. 5 JunTECH: Fotsch talks sense on PHRs (let’s hope someone’s listening)
58. 4 JunHEALTH2.0: Health2.0 for professionals, by Jos Bakker
59. 4 JunTECH/CONSUMERS: Mental Health–Bloggers Prefer Web Over Therapist by James Harris
60. 1 JunTHCB Sponsorships
61. 1 JunPHARMA/POLICY: Part D Costs–Shurely shome mistake, Ed?
62. 1 JunPOLICY: What about a fair shake for home care workers? by Mary Kay Henry, SEIU

May 2007

1. 31 MayTECH: Community for Connected Health
2. 31 MayBLOGS: Health wonk review
3. 31 MayPOLICY/POLITICS: The cautious approach
4. 31 MayTHCB Reader mail
5. 31 MayTHCB Sponsorships
6. 31 MayTECH: A robot train (very cute)
7. 31 MayTECH/HEALTH2.0: Healthcamp2
8. 31 MayPHARMA: I guess Crawford’s lucky he’s not Chinese
9. 30 MayCONSUMERS: Diabetes Mine: Would You Believe… Doug Burns Going to Trial? WITH UPDATE
10. 30 MayTECH/PODCAST: Interview with Bob Fisher, CEO of Foresight
11. 30 MayHEALTH2.0: PR slop busted, but not really!
12. 30 MayTECH: Put this one down in the somewhat bizarre category
13. 29 MayPOLICY: OMG–WalMart are the good guys!
14. 29 MayPHYSICIANS/CONSUMERS List prices for doctors?
15. 29 MayHOPSITALS/POLICY: Spending on health care is good for the economy, really!
16. 29 MayPHARMA/POLICY: War on drugs a loser
17. 29 MayOFF-TOPIC: Wanna be ethnographed?
18. 25 MayPOLICY: Hoggy on Reggie
19. 25 MayTECH: A good use of Twitter?
20. 25 MayPOLICY/POLITICS: Clinton gets a little more specific
21. 24 MayTECH/CONSUMERS: Musings on IFTF, Health2.0 and social networking
22. 24 MayTECH/HEALTH2.0: The trademark for Health2.0
23. 24 MayTECH/PODCAST: Interview with Bob Fisher, CEO of Foresight
24. 24 MayHEALTH2.0/TECH: And in your Health2.0 moment of zen
25. 24 MayTECH/PODCAST: Generic Medical Devices, really? The interview with Richard Kuntz, CEO
26. 23 MayPOLICY: Cynical quickie
27. 22 MayTHCB: ma ***** @ ********* lt.net is working again
28. 21 MayAbdullah and the Stonefish foot By Dr. Terry Bennett
29. 21 MayTECH: Scott Shreeve, Health 2.0: From Concept to Reality
30. 21 MayPOLICY: Eric Novack responds
31. 21 MayPOLICY: Now I’m just messing with her
32. 18 MayPOLICY: Doing my bit to piss off the unthinking right
33. 18 MayTECH/PODCAST: Generic Medical Devices, really? The interview with Richard Kuntz, CEO
34. 18 MayTECH/CONSUMERS/THCB: Health2.0 Agenda Announcement!
35. 18 MayPOLICY/FUNNIES: Finally a Cato proposal I can really endorse
36. 18 MayPOLICY: Humphrey Taylor is a cynic
37. 17 MayPHARMA: Rost–Pfizer’s Indian problem
38. 17 MayHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Bob L– keeping you in touch on Medicare Advantage
39. 16 MayTECH: Virtual HIMSS show is up
40. 16 MayTECH: Exercise while working
41. 16 MayPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: Marsha Gold, spoilsport communist!
42. 16 MayPOLICY: DOJ/DEA insanity runs amok
43. 16 MayPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: The best health care system in the world!
44. 15 MayTECH/QUALITY: Are Employers the Future Leaders in Chronic Care Management
45. 15 MayTECH: A top 10 list from Quadramed
46. 15 MayTECH: David Pogue inadvertently pimps Whoissick
47. 14 MayHEALTH PLANS: Blue Cross makes about-face on cancellations, with late afternoon UPDATE
48. 14 MayHOSPITALS: Most Innovative Acute Care Hospitals
49. 14 MayPOLICY: Podcast with Jon Kingsdale, Massachusetts Connector
50. 14 MayPODCAST/CONSUMERS/TECH: Interview with Joseph Kvedar, Partners’ Connected Health guru
51. 12 MayINTERNATIONAL: Medical tourism–the Singaporean story
52. 11 MayINDUSTRY: You can’t buy publicity like this
53. 11 MayPHYSICIANS: An Open Letter to Harvard Medical School By Dr. Terry Bennett
54. 11 MayPHYSICIANS: Bennett YouTube Interview
55. 11 MayPOLICY: Debating the Quality of VA Care By Eric Novack
56. 11 MayPOLICY: Freedom of Choice, Good for Education – Good for Healthcare By Eric Novack
57. 10 MayPHARMA: What the Zubillaga affair may suggest, by The Industry Veteran
58. 10 MayPOLICY: The New York Times, sigh
59. 9 MayPHARMA/PHYSICIANS: ESRD centers having the curtain pulled back
60. 9 MayPOLICY: Communism breaks out on Wall Street? (No not really)
61. 8 MayTHCB UPDATE: Reader Mail
62. 7 MayCONSUMERS/QUALITY: HealthGrades awarded $3.6m from Hewitt
63. 7 MayTECH/HEALTH PLANS: AthenaHealth causing trouble again
64. 7 MayPOLICY/POLITICS: Wyden gets a noted conservative to join him
65. 7 MayTECH/CONFERENCE: TieCon East, innovation conference in Boston 15-6 June
66. 7 MayHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Ignagni–arguing out of both sides of her mouth, with UPDATE
67. 7 MayTECH: Quadramed surveys consumers on EMRs et al
68. 7 MayPHARMA/POLICY: DEA insanity continues–Dr. Hurwitz Convicted
69. 4 MayPODCAST/TECH: Interview with Chris Hobson, Orion Health
70. 3 MayTECH: Andy Grove ‘s Prescription By John Irvine
71. 3 MayPOLICY: Slagging off Philip Longman, defending Jon Cohn
72. 2 MayTECH: KP promoting EHRs
73. 2 MayTECH: Medecision launches blog
74. 1 MayPHYSICIANS/PHARMA: Fool me once-shame on you. Fool me twice…..er won’t get fooled again? by The Industry Veteran
75. 1 MayJOB POST: Blue Shield of California
76. 1 MayHOSPITALS: AHA declares war on DRG changes
77. 1 MayPOLICY: Local health reform doesn’t work
78. 1 MayHEALTH PLANS: Last ditch defense of MA extra payments

April 2007

1. 30 AprPODCAST/CONSUMERS/TECH: Interview with Joseph Kvedar, Partners’ Connected Health guru
2. 30 AprTECH/HEALTH PLANS: Interview/Podcast with Mark Ganz, CEO Regence and Luis Machuca, CEO Kryptiq
3. 27 AprTECH/POLICY: Boston Friday dog blogging
4. 26 AprPOLICY: How will you get paid? By Paul Levy
5. 26 AprINTERNATIONAL: Rationing American style
6. 26 AprPHARMA: Fard on Pharma-Non-Profit Cause Alliances
7. 26 AprTHCB: Email problems
8. 25 AprJOB POST: Policy Analyst/Organizer – Healthcare for All
9. 25 AprPOLICY: Ezra Klein’s The Health of Nations
10. 24 AprTECH/THCB: Health2.0 Conference, September 20th, San Francisco
11. 24 AprTECH: Justen Deal rehashed in the WSJ
12. 24 AprPODCAST/TECH: Interview with Chris Hobson, Orion Health
13. 23 AprPOLICY: Introducing CalHealthReform.org by Marian Mulkey
14. 23 AprPOLICY: Is Michael Porter getting better?
15. 23 AprTECH: Interview/Podcast with Peter Neupert, Microsoft
16. 22 AprBLOGS/POLICY: WorldHealthCareBlog
17. 20 AprPOLICY: Criticizing Jonathan Cohn
18. 19 AprBLOGS/PODCASTS: Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director CDC & Peter Neupert, Microsoft
19. 19 AprTECH/PHYSICIANS: The real state of play in eRx, by Jonathan Pearlstein
20. 19 AprBLOGS: HWR up at Healthcare Economist
21. 19 AprTECH/CONSUMERS: Quality, Cost and Connected Health by Joseph Kvedar
22. 18 AprHealth Plans: Pulitzer for WSJ by John Irvine
23. 18 AprTHCB Sponsorship announcement
24. 17 AprTECH: Health 2.0 article
25. 17 AprTECH: AHRQ on eRx
26. 17 AprPOLICY: Blue Shield dumps the realtors whereas Blue Cross dumps on Arnie
27. 17 AprPOLICY: Gratzer vs Cohn at TNR
28. 17 AprPOLICY/POLITICS: Pat Salber on gun laws
29. 16 AprTECH/PHYSICIANS: Sermo starting to kick-butt and take names
30. 16 AprTECH: Things hotting up as Revolution’s official launch coming up
31. 16 AprPOLICY: Crazy Canadian-haters
32. 16 AprBLOGS: Health care blogs & extremely modest fame
33. 14 AprPOLICY: My last word at TPM–competition within social insurance
34. 13 AprTHCB Sponsorship announcement
35. 12 AprPOLICY: HSAs–The master speaks
36. 12 AprPODCAST/PHYSICIANS/QUALITY: Interview with David Seligman, CEO of Best Doctors
37. 12 AprPOLICY: Go read Maggie Mahar at TPMcafe
38. 11 AprPOLICY: And while it’s Jon Cohn week….Health Care Like The Europeans Do It
39. 11 AprPOLICY: Bickering about Sick
40. 11 AprTECH: Getting the eRx Plumbing Right Is Hard Work
41. 10 AprTECH: Baffling press releases #397
42. 10 AprTECH/CONSUMERS: JSK on banks moving into health care
43. 10 AprTECH: #1 health care blogger gets on Apple’s case
44. 10 AprPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: I used to think the WSJ was good
45. 10 AprPOLICY: Sick, the book by Jonathan Cohn
46. 10 AprPODCAST/PHYSICIANS/QUALITY: Interview with David Seligman, CEO of Best Doctors
47. 9 AprBLOGS/CONSUMERS: Amy, #1, stars at Medscape
48. 9 AprJOB POST: Passionate about changing health care?
49. 9 AprPOLICY: Insurance–Huh! What is it good for? (to the tune of “War”)
50. 9 AprTECH/PODCAST: RHIOs, physician messaging et al–the word from Axolotl’s Ray Scott
51. 8 AprPOLICY: Ezra on how to make this time different
52. 8 AprPOLICY: Jonathan Cohn–they love him
53. 7 AprJOB POST: Patient Safety — What could be more important?
54. 6 AprPHYSICIANS: Roy Poses–Academia and used car sales
55. 6 AprPHARMA/POLICY: Is the drug war nearing an end?
56. 6 AprPOLICY: Shock, horror–I almost agree with John Goodman
57. 6 AprHEALTH PLANS: At last the definitive reason to subsidize Medicare Advantage!
58. 6 AprBLOGS: Life of a blog thread
59. 5 AprBLOGS: World healthcare blog
60. 5 AprTECH: Interview with Fred Trotter
61. 5 AprBLOGS: HWR is up at the Health Affairs Blog
62. 4 AprHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Well we know who’s side CMS is on!
63. 4 AprPHARMA/POLICY: John Tierney covers the Hurwitz Trial
64. 3 AprTECH: More on the Pango-InnerWireless Merger
65. 3 AprTECH/PHYSICIANS: What’s wrong with eRx?
66. 3 AprTECH/PODCAST: RHIOs, physician messaging et al–the word from Axolotl’s Ray Scott
67. 3 AprPHARMA: 60 Minutes on the MMA
68. 3 AprTECH/CONSUMERS: Health2.0 mashup site of the week
69. 2 AprHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Lawmakers Should Not Reduce Funds for Medicare Advantage Program, apparently (with quick UPDATE)
70. 2 AprTECH: In which Dmitriy challenges Health2.0, but reveals that he’s challenged, and not just by the calendar
71. 2 AprTECH: Top Health IT innovators 2007
72. 1 AprPOLICY/POLITICS: Universal Health Insurance and the NY Times–all hail Jon Cohn (with brief UPDATE)

March 2007

1. 31 MarPOLICY: Is Healthcare a right? By Eric Novack
2. 31 MarPHARMA: Ecstasy commercial
3. 30 MarHEALTH PLANS: Bob Laszewski and me–right eventually?
4. 30 MarPODCASTS/HEALTH PLANS/TECH: Interview with Stan Nowak, CEO of Silverlink
5. 29 MarINTERNATIONAL: Hospitals, clinics rake in cash with unnecessary medical tests
6. 29 MarPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: Has George changed his tune?
7. 29 MarPOLICY/POLITICS: Solving The American Health Care Crisis
8. 28 MarPBM/PHARMA: The Group Guy
9. 28 MarBOGS: Worldhealthcareblog
10. 28 MarPODCASTS/HEALTH PLANS/TECH: Interview with Stan Nowak, CEO of Silverlink
11. 28 MarHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Individual association problems
12. 28 MarPOLICY/POLITICS: Up at The Grauniad
13. 27 MarTECH/QUALITY: Stents–it’s even worse than we thought, WITH UPDATE from The Industry Veteran
14. 27 MarPHARMA/PYSICIANS: United is getting grumpy at the oncology-industrial complex
15. 27 MarTECH: Geeks only
16. 27 MarHEALTH PLANS: KP’s Halvorson talks–Merlin responds,and I comment
17. 27 MarPOLICY: Massachusetts Update By Eric Novack
18. 27 MarPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: More boring pointless mush from the AEI
19. 26 MarCONSUMERS: Interested in doing a book review?
20. 26 MarQUALITY: Plantar warts, duct tape and the real cure
21. 26 MarHEALTH PLANS/CONSUMERS/POLICY: Administrative costs–bad and will get worse with CDHPs
22. 26 MarPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: Clowns to the left of us, jokers to the right…..
23. 26 MarPHARMA: WSJ’s new blog, NCAA and The Industry Veteran ‘s handicapping
24. 25 MarPHYSICIANS/TECH/QUALITY: Tuesday’s ACC report will hurt the stent market
25. 25 MarPOLICY/POLITICS: Democrats debate health care
26. 23 MarHOSPITALS: Wow, a big new one in San Francisco
27. 23 MarHOSPITALS: HIStalk charity request for destroyed hospital
28. 23 MarPHARMA/THE INDUSTRY: The Rx for the busy traveler
29. 23 MarPHARMA: Media bias against big Pharma? The Industry Veteran responds
30. 23 MarPOLITICS/INDUSTRY: Oooh, vicious but beautiful.
31. 22 MarBLOGS: Health Wonk Review–here live and in person
32. 21 MarJOB POST: Senior VP – Ix Solutions
33. 21 MarPOLICY/POLITICS: Looks Good, Doesn’t Fly
34. 21 MarPOLICY/TECH: Harvard business school prof #3 doesn’t understand economics
35. 21 MarTECH: Does Asset Tracking Live Up to the Hype?
36. 21 MarTHCB JOB MARKET
37. 21 MarBLOGS: Health Wonk Review Submission RULES for march 22
38. 20 MarHOSPITALS/POLICY/QUALITY: Harvard Business Professor #2 doesn’t understand economics
39. 19 MarHEALTH PLANS/QUALITY: Setting up high performance networks leads to lots of trouble
40. 19 MarPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: Universal health care passed in (the) America(s)!
41. 19 MarPOLICY: Lord save us–Reggie is back at it again!
42. 17 MarPOLITICS: Survey–wanna take it?
43. 16 MarPOLICY: Susan Blumenthal–wanting to change the world by studying it?
44. 15 MarJOB BOARD UPDATE
45. 15 MarJOB POST: Release Engineer
46. 15 MarPODCAST/CONSUMERS/TECH: Interview with MaryAnn Stump CEO, Consumer Aware–HealthFacts.org
47. 15 MarPOLITICS: Powell’s speech at HIMSS
48. 15 MarHEALTH PLANS: Guess who said this?
49. 14 MarPODCAST/TECH: Glen Tullman, CEO Allscripts interview–What’s the future for eRx and EHR?
50. 14 MarTECH: Interesting employment agreement
51. 14 MarCONUSMERS/HEALTH PLANS: ‘Consumer-Driven Guy’ Charged With Embezzling Millions in HSA Funds
52. 13 MarPODCAST/TECH: Bryan Dieter , CEO of Purkinjie–EMR for the masses?
53. 12 MarHEALTH PLANS: UnitedHealth keeps gobbling
54. 12 MarTECH: Silverlink–Automating Outreach
55. 12 MarTHCB JOB MARKET
56. 12 MarPODCAST/TECH: John Capobianco, President of Medecision “making the unknown known”
57. 12 MarPODCAST/TECH/CONSUMERS: Bob Lorsch from My MedicalRecords.com
58. 12 MarOFF-TOPIC: Israel Recalls El Salvador Ambassador
59. 9 MarJOB POST: Ultimate Super Hero of UI Designers
60. 9 MarPODCAST/TECH: Interview with the Cisco health care brain trust–Transcript
61. 9 MarHOSPITALS: These things happen By Paul Levy
62. 9 MarJOB POST: New blood needed!
63. 9 MarBLOGS HWR’s latest and greatest
64. 8 MarPODCAST/TECH: Understanding RFID tracking
65. 8 MarHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Sierra– a case study of needed insurance reforms
66. 8 MarPOLICY: Massachusetts Health Plan Update By Eric Novack
67. 7 MarPOLICY/QUALITY/HOSPITALS: Keynsian reporting trumps Smith-ian invisibilty
68. 7 MarCONSUMERS/TECH: Interesting online/offline collaboration
69. 7 MarPOLICY: Can Americans Learn From History? (book)
70. 6 MarTECH: AHRQ to the rescue
71. 6 MarPOLICY/PHYSICIANS: Reducing waste in US health care systems, by Walter Bradley
72. 6 MarPOLICY/QUALITY: Why does Health Care in the USA cost so much? Over-utilization is an important factor by Walter Bradley
73. 6 MarPODCAST/CONSUMERS/TECH: HealthFacts
74. 5 MarPOLICY: A National Disgrace By John Irvine
75. 5 MarPOLICY: In Defense of the VA System
76. 5 MarHOSPITALS: VA perfection revisited By Eric Novack
77. 5 MarBLOGS: Technical note
78. 5 MarPOLICY: The Not So Common Good
79. 5 MarPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: The individual market is screwed
80. 3 MarPOLICY: Breakfast of Champions By Brian Klepper
81. 2 MarINDUSTRY: THCB Job Board
82. 2 MarTECH/HOSPITALS: Voice recognition and instant translation
83. 1 MarTECH/CONSUMERS: Internet health use survey, with UPDATE
84. 1 MarTECH: Matthew’s HIMSS mash-up wrap-up

February 2007

1. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH: Medecision interview, “making the unknown known”
2. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH: Interview with the Cisco health care brains trust
3. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH/CONSUMERS: Bob Lorsch from My MedicalRecords.com
4. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH: Purkinjie–EMR for the masses?
5. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH: Allscripts CEO Interview–What’s the future for eRx and EHR?
6. 28 FebPOLICY/POLITICS: Will Medicare Advantage get slashed? with UPDATE
7. 28 FebTECH: Quick KP HealthConnect update
8. 28 FebLAT: Kaiser doc ordered fatal dose By John Irvine
9. 28 FebTHCB: Sponsorships
10. 28 FebTECH: Self-serving press release of the day
11. 28 FebPBMs: Bob Garris on their trail again?
12. 28 FebBLOGS/TECH: and don’t forget who the real star of Health care IT Blogging is…
13. 28 FebTECH: Michael Millenson….taking the piss
14. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH: Flo and the WOW factor
15. 28 FebPODCAST/TECH: Understanding RFID tracking
16. 27 FebPODCAST/TECH: A bunch more interviews from HIMSS
17. 27 FebPODCAT/TECH: Vocera–Brent Lang interview
18. 27 FebPOLICY: Underfunded? By Eric Novack
19. 26 FebTECH: HIMSS–Balmer, MSFT and some early thoughts
20. 26 FebHEALTH PLANS: Glasscock names female successor at Wellpoint
21. 26 FebBLOGS: What’s a Blog?
22. 26 FebTECH: It’s HIMMS and even USATODAY has noticed
23. 26 FebBLOGS: HWR one year old
24. 26 FebTECH: Trotter wins beer with Bush
25. 26 FebBLOGS: A very big thank you
26. 23 FebPOLICY: Perry Unhappy
27. 23 FebPOLICY: Free Market Healthcare – Fact or Fiction? By Eric Novack
28. 23 FebTECH: Googling the wrong location By John Irvine
29. 22 FebPHARMA: Merck’s Miracle Vaccine –What Is This Story Really About? By Maggie Mahar
30. 22 FebPOLICY: Stopping Health Care “Reform” By Eric Novack
31. 22 FebTHCB: Show your support etc.
32. 21 FebHospitals: Army pledges fixes at Walter Reed By John Irvine
33. 19 FebHealth Policy – A laughing matter By Michael Millenson
34. 19 FebHEALTH PLANS: Shernoff files suit against Blue Shield
35. 19 FebPHYSICIANS: CYA Healthcare By Eric Novack
36. 16 FebHEALTH PLANS: Kaiser transplantation scandal-Will we ever know the truth?
37. 16 FebTECH/INTERNATIONAL: Health 2.0 but Patients in charge
38. 16 FebCONSUMERS/QUALITY: LASIK–not as user friendly as it’s supposed to be
39. 16 FebOFF-TOPIC: Your Friday warm fuzzies story
40. 15 FebTECH/HEALTH PLANS: LA Times, day late and dollar short on Health Connect
41. 14 FebPOLICY: Centrist democratic policy wonks talk shop
42. 13 FebPHARMA: The Future of Non-Profit Drug Development By Merrill Goozner
43. 13 FebPODCAST/TECH/QUALITY: MedEncentive–can a simply “elegant” solution really change health care delivery?
44. 13 FebINTERNATIONAL: Gaming Choose & Book?
45. 13 FebPOLICY: Vic Fuchs still bringing it!
46. 13 FebTECH: HIMSS blogger meet-up
47. 12 FebINTERNATIONAL: Having run ahead on primary care PCP, Brits copying Medicare on hospital P4P
48. 12 FebTECH: WorldDoc CEO Rahul Singal transcript
49. 12 FebHOSPITALS: More patient dumping in Los Angeles?
50. 9 FebBLOGS/OFF-TOPIC: A Brief History Of Football Violence
51. 9 FebPOLICY: Not So Fast By Eric Novack
52. 8 FebBLOGS: Health Wonk Review #25
53. 7 FebPOLICY/TECH: Solving the Market Adoption Problem, by Jess Parks
54. 7 FebPOLICY/POLITICS: Wal-Mart & the SEIU
55. 7 FebTECH: The Magic Ingredient for E-Prescribing? And a trademark grumble
56. 6 FebTECH/HOSPITALS: Cisco healthcare briefing
57. 6 FebPOLICY: Edwards meets Schwarzeneger & uses T word– NFIB flips out
58. 6 FebPBMs: Not responsible for anything much at all?
59. 5 FebTECH/PODCAST: interview with Rahul Singal, CEO of WorldDoc
60. 5 FebPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: A split in the libertarian right? (albeit a Canadian one)
61. 5 FebHOSPITALS: How much is too much?
62. 2 FebTECH: Cisco Innovations in Healthcare IT Discussion Forum
63. 2 FebThe BerkeleyMBA Business of Healthcare Conference
64. 2 FebPHARMA/BLOGS: Jim Edwards torpedoes own career!
65. 2 FebPHYSICIANS/INTERNATIONAL: GPs making hay in the UK
66. 2 FebTECH: Health plan uses novel security solution
67. 1 FebTECH: PHR talk
68. 1 FebPOLICY: Why Healthcare reform won’t work

January 2007

1. 31 JanTECH: Cisco’s briefing
2. 31 JanPOLICY: California Policy Update By John Irvine
3. 31 JanTECH: Social networks in healthcare
4. 30 JanTECH/PHYSICIANS/INDUSTRY: Now the Communists have infiltrated the officer ranks!
5. 30 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: Spitzer calls a spade a spade w/UPDATE
6. 30 JanPHARMA: Off label marketing and the 2008 election, by The Industry Veteran
7. 29 JanDraft
8. 29 JanINTERNATIONAL: Japan’s Health Minister engages mouth, brain not yet in gear
9. 29 JanPOLICY: NCPA–the Manchurian think-tank?
10. 29 JanPOLICY/PHARMA: Doing Drugs the Right Way
11. 26 JanPOLICY: Cato Unbound conversation
12. 26 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: Spitzer has big health care reform plans
13. 25 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: Bush’s Health Plan
14. 25 JanPOLITICS: Obama seems to be coming at Clinton from the left
15. 25 JanBLOGS: HWR up, feisty
16. 25 JanPHARMA/PHYSICIANS: Big joke-Free CME: Pharmed out doesn’t impress The Industry Veteran
17. 24 JanPOLICY/PHARMA/HEALTH PLANS: Michael Cannon doesn’t understand market incentives
18. 24 JanQUALITY/INTERNATIONAL: More confusing international comparisons
19. 23 JanTECH/BLOGS: Case preaches open health care
20. 23 JanHEALTH PLANS: Does this sound in the least familiar?
21. 23 JanTHCB: Advert
22. 22 JanQUALITY/TECH: A nice conversation with Brent James
23. 22 JanTECH/POLICY: Yet another PHR, and some info on me speaking
24. 19 JanPOLICY: The libertarian bickering conintues!
25. 19 JanPOLICY/HOSPITALS: (Google) Mapping NYC Health Care Disparity: 1985-2007, by Mike Connery, The Opportunity Agenda
26. 19 JanTECH: Banks & PHRs?
27. 18 JanPHARMA: Remember the AIDS medicine in Africa fuss?
28. 18 JanHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Meter Reading–How Regulation Might Fail
29. 17 JanPOLICY: Kling’s Response to Holt, Havighurst, and Cohn
30. 17 JanTECH: More on Revolution Health
31. 16 JanTECH: Free eRx from Allscripts and friends, with UPDATE
32. 16 JanTECH: Sermo gets a little more famous
33. 16 JanPOLICY: The Other Losing War
34. 15 JanCONSUMERS/QUALITY: A DIY Approach to the Diabetes Epidemic by Amy Tenderich
35. 12 JanPOLICY: California’s Healthcare Plan: Setting the National Debate By Bart Mongoven
36. 12 JanPOLICY/HEALTH PLANS: Wow, a loony libertarian unwittingly tells the truth on benefit mandates
37. 11 JanPOLITICS: Sacramento, We Have A Problem
38. 11 JanReaction to Arnie-geddon in Californian health care
39. 10 JanBLOGS: Health Wonk Review Hosted This Week on Health Care Renewal
40. 10 JanPOLICY: Me. A loony libertarian?
41. 9 JanQUALITY: All is not well in the DM world
42. 9 JanTECH: JSK’s 2007 Health IT Forecast
43. 9 JanPHYSICIANS: Remember, it’s a FFS world
44. 9 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: I love the guy’s moxie
45. 9 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: It’s all the illegal Austrian socialist’s fault
46. 9 JanTECH: Healthcare Blogger and Reader Meet-up at HIMSS in New Orleans
47. 8 JanHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: And it’s a right, and a left, and another right–I’m not sure he can take any more…
48. 8 JanTECH: Nerd med student builds “the GMR, An EMR That Doesn’t Suck”
49. 8 JanPOLIC: Tom Tommorrow explains how to get health care
50. 8 JanTECH/CONSUMERS/BLOGS: Information Therapy and Other Ways to Change the World
51. 5 JanTECH/CONSUMERS/HEALTH PLANS: Not much employer backing for HSAs
52. 5 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: Iraq, planning and the VA
53. 4 JanPOLICY/PHYSICIANS: A National Health Service for those without medical insurance in the United States by Walter Bradley
54. 3 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: Health care reform all the rage
55. 3 JanPODCAST/TECH: Interview with David Blauer at Click4Care
56. 2 JanBLOGS: No comments please!
57. 2 JanBLOGS:/INDUSTRY/POLICY A little bit of mini-forecasting for 2007
58. 2 JanHEALTH PLANS/POLICY: Underwriting–pernicious and ridiculous
59. 1 JanEnd of year 2006 letter