2008

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December 2008

1. 31 DecCritical of Critical
2. 30 DecAre We Finally Entering the Golden Age of Healthcare Transparency?
3. 30 DecIs Massachusetts a model for national reform?
4. 30 DecHealth and health care in 2009 – a year of managing risks and wild cards
5. 29 DecMy Health Care Reform House Party
6. 28 Dec“Get Well Soon” Wishes for Health Policy Pioneer Paul Ellwood
7. 25 DecMerry Christmas & Happy Hols
8. 24 DecNaive policy makers need not apply
9. 24 DecAARP, online trends health IT and fixing US Healthcare
10. 23 DecNext Steps for Interoperability
11. 23 DecAn EHR We Can All Agree On
12. 23 DecJSK on Health IT in 2009
13. 22 DecThe Connected Medical Home: Health 2.0 Says “Hello” to the Medical Home Model
14. 21 DecProp 8 still reverberates, and bigotry is still with us
15. 21 DecWeighing in on the New FDA Commissioner
16. 21 DecCool Technology of the Week
17. 21 DecConservatives Need to be Part of Health Care Reform
18. 19 DecInterview with Fred Goldstein, US Preventive Medicine
19. 19 DecNow United HealthGroup settles with investors, your Friday teaser
20. 19 DecCalifornia transplant surgeon acquitted
21. 19 DecThe Medicare Ponzi Scheme
22. 19 DecWashington, Please Don’t Bail Out the Health Care Industry
23. 19 DecAn Open Letter to the Obama Health Team
24. 18 DecJack says cover the uninsured & spend less!
25. 18 DecHealth 2.0 Conference is hiring
26. 18 DecePatient Dave & his doc Danny Sands speak out
27. 18 DecThe Hospitalist as Bed Czar: Indispensability, But At What Cost?
28. 17 DecThe Inevitability of Health Care Reform: This Time, the Politics Have Changed
29. 17 DecLow tech ways to improve patient care: sleep and manners
30. 17 DecAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
31. 16 DecA new national privacy and security framework for HIT
32. 16 DecFrom the fiscal to the physical: insured workers try to lower their medical costs
33. 15 DecOn Health Care Reform Stimulating the Economy: The Massachusetts Example
34. 14 DecEMR use: on the steep part of the S curve, or being replaced by a new idea?
35. 14 DecDispatches from IHI’s quality forum
36. 12 DecHealth Wonk Review. Vince K Drag-net’s it in
37. 12 DecSlicing the health reform pie
38. 12 DecShifting costs from public to private payers
39. 12 DecElectronic Medical Records and Obama’s Economic Plan
40. 12 DecOpen source is a transparent Trojan horse
41. 12 DecHealthcare and the Job Market
42. 11 DecTECHNOLOGY
43. 10 DecManagement guru Tom Peters likes Health 2.0, Wennberg, PLM, Millenson, but not the medical establishement
44. 10 DecWho should Obama pick for FDA Commissioner?
45. 10 DecHolland, pay-or-play and the WSJ Opinion page making sense?
46. 10 DecThe Medical Home Bandwagon and the One-Hoss Shay: Expectations and Assumptions
47. 10 DecBad economy leads to poor health behaviors
48. 10 DecHelp RWJF choose the most influential research
49. 9 DecPatientsLikeMe keeps getting more famous
50. 9 DecTransforming medicine and saving lives
51. 9 DecResident Duty Hours and Patient Safety: Did The IOM Get It Right?
52. 9 DecWe have research on treatment efficacy — now let’s use it
53. 8 DecPlus Ca change.gov. . .
54. 8 DecGates Foundation to fund global informatics training
55. 8 DecConfessions of A Physician EMR Champion, Part 2: Empowering Health IT for the Connected Medical Home
56. 8 DecA glimpse of what might have been: Palin announces Alaska health goals
57. 6 DecYou want to tell Obama & Daschle what to do?
58. 5 DecNow, Sleepless in San Francisco
59. 5 DecMoving up the health care value chain
60. 5 DecUsing real-time, real patient data to guide medical evidence
61. 4 DecFibroid Tumors: What You Need to Know
62. 4 DecThe Benefit of the Doubt
63. 4 DecSleepless in Seattle
64. 4 DecWho Will Speak for Independent Physicians at the Reform Table?
65. 4 DecNudging the value glacier
66. 4 DecTechnology should promote patient involvement not replace it
67. 4 DecPatients still choose docs based on word of mouth
68. 3 DecThere’s waste in the medical system–Duh!
69. 3 DecAddressing an epidemic of overtreatment
70. 3 DecAfter 12 months of recession, whither health reform?
71. 2 DecPresidential Rx for Health
72. 2 DecExtracting more value from the health care dollar
73. 2 DecMore on the 5 myths of U.S. health care
74. 2 Dece-patient Dave & his e-doctor describe their journey in participatory medicine
75. 1 DecFact or Fiction: Electronic health records save money
76. 1 DecFighting AIDS for decades

November 2008

1. 30 NovEmbracing palliative care as mainstream medicine
2. 26 NovEngage With Grace
3. 26 NovA “blog rally” to improve the end-of-life journey
4. 26 NovRethinking compassion in medicine
5. 25 NovOpen Wide: Here comes the change you thought would never happen
6. 25 NovSmall Business Coverage: A Report from the Trenches
7. 25 NovHealth care costs are crippling small businesses
8. 25 NovUp in smoke
9. 24 NovThe demands for robotic surgery
10. 24 NovFostering an adult conversation about health reform
11. 24 NovHospitals hit by economic downturn
12. 24 NovElectronic health records provide the foundation for clinical excellence
13. 21 NovAmerica’s CEOs set priorities for Obama Administration
14. 21 NovConsumer-Generated Clinical Trials? Research Minus Science = Gossip
15. 21 NovFighting Alzheimer’s one ribbon at a time
16. 21 NovCould a larger investment in primary care cure the health care system?
17. 20 NovA Great American Smokeout, but where’s the coverage to help people quit?
18. 20 NovThis isn’t the early 1990s
19. 20 NovMore on Health 2.0 & Ix Synergies
20. 20 NovWhy the markets are in a panic over Obama
21. 19 NovDaschle Tapped for HHS Secretary
22. 19 NovThe Obama administration
23. 19 NovBig pharma has big problems
24. 19 NovAn Open letter to Congresstional Budget Office: Keep it straight
25. 19 NovTwo Mea Culpas
26. 18 NovThe Changes We Need
27. 18 NovMoody’s predicts winners & losers in Obama health reform
28. 17 NovAre Hospitalists Recession Proof?
29. 17 NovBaucus’ proposal proves no consensus on key reform issues
30. 17 Nov“Spread the Wealth” Controversy Hits Doctors
31. 17 NovBattling MRSA with transparency
32. 17 NovMedical informatics needs a rock star
33. 17 NovThe Mormon Church has forfeited its right to not pay taxes
34. 14 NovTransparency Works!!! (And better than you can imagine)
35. 14 NovA patient’s perspective: Do doctors read?
36. 14 NovTelehealth right here right now
37. 14 NovHappenings in HIT
38. 13 NovWinners & Losers in HIT
39. 13 NovShreeve brothers named winners of Linux Freedom Award
40. 13 NovHealth Wonk Review Is Up!
41. 13 NovMaxing out on health reform
42. 12 NovBaucus to unveil reform proposal with individual mandate
43. 12 NovWill Democrats muck up any chance for health reform?
44. 12 NovWill layoffs take us closer to single-payer?
45. 12 NovGetting value from medical devices
46. 11 NovHealth 2.0’s impact on the digital divide
47. 11 NovCAP’s Blueprint for reform
48. 11 NovHypermimesis and Healthcare 2.0 – Guidelines for Building Contagiously Healthy Social Networks
49. 10 NovMD Rating Sites: Current State of the Space and Future Prospects
50. 10 NovProposal for a THCB Healthcare Reform Effort
51. 10 NovHuckabee on health & more around the Web
52. 9 NovA little more Engaging with Grace
53. 8 NovDespite Democratic control, major health reform still unlikely
54. 8 NovON THCB This Week …
55. 8 NovWhat health care plans does Baucus have up his sleeve?
56. 7 NovIs much more than we think really possible?
57. 7 NovSocial Solidarity is Key to Meaningful Health Reform
58. 7 NovHealth care information technology in an early Obama Administration
59. 7 NovAt Kaiser, “The EMR is the Foundation of Everything We Do”
60. 7 NovDaniel Palestrant, CEO, Sermo at Health 2.0
61. 6 NovNow, a real bipartisan opportunity in health care exists
62. 6 NovHealth in an Obama world — what we know so far
63. 6 NovGoing Green In Health Care…
64. 6 NovMETRICS: Web 2.0 technologies penetrating marketplace
65. 6 NovThe next president’s health agenda
66. 6 NovIf You Have a Right to Health Care, How Much Care?
67. 6 NovJonathan Bush: athenahealth, paper faxes, adopting ponies & much more
68. 5 NovThe Great American Health 2.0 Motorcycle Tour
69. 5 NovPresident Obama: A victory for health care?
70. 4 NovWhat I want to happen and what I think will happen
71. 4 NovBaseball and Health Care: Only One Is a Spectator Sport
72. 3 NovPolitics 2.0 is a Victory for Health 2.0
73. 3 NovFinally, a reason to support Obama’s health care plan
74. 3 NovCan a Hospital Afford to Share Its Warts with the Public?
75. 2 NovIs Joe the Plumber responsible for our health care mess?
76. 2 NovPharmacy benefit brainstorm: Ultragenerics
77. 1 NovBusy, busy, busy
78. 1 NovConfessions of a Physician EMR Champion

October 2008

1. 31 OctPerhaps Obama will have to do rather more than he says he will
2. 30 OctCan Health Plans Explain Why They Aren’t Re-Empowering Primary Care?
3. 30 OctHealth Wonk Review Is Up!
4. 30 OctPitfalls of VIP Syndrome
5. 29 OctMcCain’s health plan likely going down with him
6. 29 OctSafeway uses incentives and transparency to improve employee health
7. 29 OctThe inconvenient truth
8. 28 Octe-Patient Dave tells his story
9. 28 OctThe latest on technology-enabled DM
10. 28 OctBe careful what you wish for
11. 28 OctEntering the era of participatory medicine
12. 28 OctWill a $5,000-tax credit be the silver bullet to solve health care?
13. 28 OctMake your voice heard!
14. 27 OctSome more reflections on Health 2.0
15. 27 OctFirefighters attack McCain’s health plan
16. 27 OctA Fantasy Brought to You by the New York Times: Medicine Without Risk
17. 27 OctRenewing SCHIP will be first order of business for Congress in 2009
18. 26 OctNews Stories Explore “Political Sincerity” of Health Care Proposals
19. 25 OctHealth care at risk
20. 24 OctHealth 2.0 — the morning after…
21. 23 OctLiveblog Health 2.0: Health-Management Tools for Consumers
22. 23 OctHealth 2.0–Day 2, 3 Health 2.0 CEOs
23. 23 OctSermo and Bloomberg announce strategic partnership
24. 23 OctEngage With Grace
25. 23 OctStay young, keep your brain fit
26. 22 OctHealth 2.0 Liveblog: Consumer Information Aggregators
27. 22 OctHealth 2.0 Liveblog: Clay Shirky
28. 22 OctHealth 2.0, LLC, Launches Health 2.0 Advisors
29. 22 OctHealth technology need not go to backburner during economic downturn
30. 22 OctEthics of the genetic testing marketplace
31. 21 OctReady or not, it’s time for Health 2.0!
32. 21 OctAn Impending Hanging: Will Health 2.0 Be Compromised By The Economic Downturn?
33. 21 OctOverregulating patient safey
34. 21 OctResearchers question publishing ethics of leading economics journal
35. 20 OctYou can lead a horse to evidenced-based medicine but …
36. 20 OctVideo games to revolutionize health and health care
37. 20 OctMRIS: The good, the bad and the useless
38. 20 OctPersonal health records and the law
39. 17 OctFinding ‘Original Faith’ but not in the health care system
40. 17 OctThe toughest job in America
41. 17 OctDo you have an Avatar?
42. 17 OctInnovations in second life
43. 16 OctTracking media coverage of health care
44. 16 OctHealth wonk review
45. 16 OctGetting smarter and greener with electronic medical resources
46. 15 OctHealth Care Reform: The Public Speaks (With Forked Tongue)
47. 15 OctMicrosoft Healthvault: Coke, Pepsi or Intel Inside
48. 15 OctAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
49. 14 Oct7-day countdown to Health 2.0
50. 14 OctSick neighborhoods raise sick people
51. 14 OctJudging States By the Health of Their Children
52. 13 OctWe knew the Swedes hated the Bush Adminstration, but…
53. 13 OctLet’s get real about the economy and health care
54. 13 OctDissecting the Revolution Health-Waterfront Media merger
55. 13 OctW(h)ither thy health benefits?
56. 10 OctMoving forward on genetic testing
57. 10 OctUsing clinical decision support to get the right diagnosis the first time
58. 10 OctSubliminal health education
59. 9 OctTracking media coverage of health care
60. 9 OctHealth care stocks falling, too
61. 9 OctAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
62. 8 OctMillenson on McCain’s Radical Health Care Plan
63. 8 OctTell us what you think
64. 8 OctIs Health Care a Right?
65. 8 OctPresidential candidates on health care
66. 8 OctEconomic stress — bad for your health
67. 7 OctShout out to Adam Singer, physician entrepreneur of the year
68. 7 OctGoogle Health: Is It Good For You?
69. 7 OctEveryday Health & Revolution Health merger staying in 1.0
70. 7 OctOnline cancer resources invaluable for empowering parents of sick children
71. 7 OctSingle-payer folks still determined
72. 7 OctAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
73. 7 OctHealth 2.0 NorthEast mixer TONIGHT in Cambridge, MA
74. 6 OctObama’s new ad is clever, but why aren’t they taking the open shot?
75. 6 OctObama vs. McCain on health care
76. 6 OctEMR implementation — a saving grace or year of hell?
77. 6 OctReader mail: EMR advice from an IT insider
78. 5 OctPlease, can we now re-structure health care, too?
79. 5 OctReader mail: Pitfalls of EMR implementation
80. 3 OctHalf-baked Alaska: Palin short on health care explanations in debate
81. 3 OctHospitals going green
82. 3 OctObama’s Health Plan Under the Microscope and Through a Fair Lens
83. 3 OctHelp for newly unemployed to decipher COBRA options
84. 2 OctThe invisible hand and capitalistic sustainability
85. 2 OctHealth Care and the Broader Economic Crisis
86. 2 OctAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
87. 2 Oct700 billion reasons to read Health Wonk Review
88. 2 OctX2HN event calling for speakers
89. 1 OctKevinMD turns into raving socialist…
90. 1 OctWill tighter credit slow medical technology innovation?
91. 1 OctDo gamers make better surgeons?
92. 1 OctMatthew gets the kicker quote
93. 1 OctBusines ties and MRIs — it’s not rocket science

September 2008

1. 30 SepToo much data but not enough information
2. 30 SepJudging personal health records by their usefulness
3. 29 SepWill We Need a Bailout of the Health Care System, Too?
4. 29 SepHealth 2.0 Update – Monday 9/29/08
5. 29 SepThe Chances of Reform Are Now – You guessed it – Zero
6. 29 SepBig administrator is watching you
7. 29 SepMental health parity & insurance mandates
8. 26 SepCognitive Surplus & Tough Economic Times: An Explosive Cocktail?
9. 26 SepNew blog of women offering fresh ideas
10. 26 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
11. 26 SepMixed reception for hospital ID bracelets
12. 25 SepA Genius Shines…And, Where the Light Doesn’t, Hospitals Don’t
13. 25 SepSome good news in health care, really
14. 25 SepIf you can stay awake, the candidates’ health plans explained
15. 25 SepSpeaking of ordinary folks …
16. 25 SepStudy Shows Unpaid Medical Bills Put Families in Debt
17. 24 SepBill of Health — a Good move
18. 24 SepEvidence of a Need for Change
19. 24 SepDivying the pain
20. 23 SepHealth reform prospects in the wake of Black Sunday
21. 23 SepHealth care expansion? Forget about it
22. 23 SepAddressable Health 2.0 market opportunities
23. 23 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
24. 22 SepHealth Affairs makes an apPaul(y)ing choice
25. 22 SepCost of insurance mandates
26. 20 SepFree Lunch : David Cay Johnston off the leash
27. 19 Sep23andme gets unwanted publicity
28. 19 SepCognitive Dissonance in U.S. Health Care
29. 19 SepMcCain, Obama and Palin show ignorance on economic turmoil
30. 18 SepThe treadmill-desk mashup goes primetime
31. 18 SepHealth Wonk Review is up
32. 18 SepControlling costs is the central problem in U.S. health care
33. 17 SepWeak analysis about the “demise of Health 2.0”
34. 17 SepOn the Road Again: Health 2.0 Motorcycle Tour
35. 17 SepExploring and conquering new health care frontiers
36. 16 SepForcing the candidates to get real on health care change
37. 16 SepAdding layers to Health 2.0
38. 16 SepWhen is the same spending more spending?
39. 16 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
40. 16 SepGolden Rule Founder dies
41. 15 SepHealth 2.0–time to make a move
42. 15 SepThe health search future
43. 15 SepThe problem with astroturf
44. 15 SepWhat’s on the horizon of Medicine 2.0
45. 12 SepHas Steve Poizner gone soft?
46. 12 SepPerils of Pay for Performance
47. 12 SepWonder if your doctor is laughing at you?
48. 12 SepMcGuire not in prison. Reyes is. Anyone understand?
49. 11 SepRemember pensions? The big differences between Obama & McCain’s health care plans
50. 11 SepNo such thing as Free Lunch
51. 11 SepConference to explore innovation in health care
52. 10 SepUsing social networking to breakdown research silos
53. 10 SepThe never ending stent-bypass debate
54. 10 SepHealth2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008
55. 10 SepMaking Medical School More Affordable
56. 10 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
57. 10 SepGrim economic outlook
58. 9 Sep23andMe punk rock partying, price cuts and on vid on D
59. 9 SepHealth 2.0 Road Trip Vroom! Vroom!
60. 9 SepPrivate Medicare plans face uphill battle to prove efficiency
61. 9 SepThe Politics of Pet Food
62. 8 SepPalin’s health care sense on target
63. 8 SepSarah Palin’s limited health care record staunchly free market
64. 8 SepRising health benefits costs slowing
65. 8 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
66. 8 SepSingle-patient hospital rooms don’t obviate need for attitude shifts on safety and quality
67. 6 SepGlobal 2.0: A lesson from Indian pharmacies
68. 5 SepSarah Palin’s limited health care record staunchly free market
69. 5 SepAn international perspective on Medicine 2.0
70. 5 SepPatients lost in the maze
71. 4 SepComplex HIT issues lack absolute answers
72. 4 SepAnother state gov’t. misses the boat on patient-centered care and HIT
73. 4 SepHealth Wonk Review
74. 4 SepWhere does Sarah Palin stand on children’s health coverage?
75. 3 SepAdam Bosworth speaks about Google Health, Keas and everything
76. 3 SepNew report shows health blogosphere going strong
77. 3 SepHealth care lessons from the Titanic
78. 3 SepGoogle’s strategy (mostly outside of health care)
79. 3 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
80. 2 SepHealth 2.0 User-Generated Healthcare
81. 2 SepA long way to go in price and quality transparency
82. 2 SepDo membership practices offer privileges or just reserved for the privileged?
83. 2 SepAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
84. 2 SepMedicare hospital quality reporting steps up in sophistication
85. 1 SepKeep tabs on your digital footprint

August 2008

1. 29 AugAnd if you thought the requirements for Health 2.0 were tough…
2. 29 AugVoila! Uninsured problem solved by not counting them
3. 29 AugObama and Krugman — almost mirror each other
4. 29 AugTwo Boston Health 2.0 companies show a little more
5. 29 AugThe mirage of a “nonprofit” health system
6. 29 AugChecklists save money but adopted at glacial pace
7. 28 AugIs John Goodman joking or just mean?
8. 28 AugBalloon Mania: Happy Birthday Health 2.0
9. 28 AugStanford Med School rejects industry funding for continuing education
10. 28 AugCost-containment missing piece of Mass. health reform
11. 27 AugHealth Reform Prospects Fade as Presidential Campaign Enters Homestretch
12. 26 AugTwo Blues, two different Health 2.0 approaches
13. 26 AugCisco’s Frances Dare talks about Congressional action on health IT
14. 25 AugComparing Biden’s health reform plan to Obama’s
15. 25 AugIn Online Health Content We Trust?
16. 25 AugHello Health open for business
17. 25 AugA few socialist musings for Monday
18. 25 AugMedical debt is increasing even for the insured
19. 25 AugThe first one’s always free….but will you buy a kid a bike?
20. 22 AugWho’d be a pollster, eh
21. 22 AugMerck’s Marketing for HPV Vaccine Trumps Science
22. 22 AugOn Rural Doctoring: The Generalist’s Mind
23. 22 AugReports on Gardasil study offer varying interprations
24. 21 AugChastened and More Sober, Harry and Louise Return
25. 21 AugHealth Wonk Review
26. 21 AugHealth 2.0 on icyou
27. 20 AugPersonal genetic companies back in service
28. 20 AugOn Rural Doctoring: The Landscape
29. 20 AugBack-to-school specials at the retail clinic
30. 19 AugHealth IT policy: the fur is flying
31. 19 AugPay Doctors For the Value They Offer Patients
32. 19 AugHealth care in the YouTube era
33. 19 AugHealth care in the YouTube era
34. 18 AugConnecting the dots between gas and health costs
35. 18 AugHealth reform for ordinary folks
36. 17 AugA Primary Care Paradigm Shift
37. 15 AugFlacks peddle false “reality”
38. 15 AugInappropriate ER use across the board
39. 15 AugPrescribing a dose of healthy skepticism
40. 15 AugFinding the best balance in health reporting
41. 14 AugHealth 2.0 for cancer trials
42. 14 AugThe call for government EHR unification
43. 14 AugPersonalities drive prescribing
44. 13 AugHealth 2.0 guerilla activity at SXSW
45. 13 AugOmnimedix still fighting Dossia owners
46. 13 AugT-Shirt Health 2.0 conference ego surfing
47. 13 AugHealth spending disconnect
48. 13 AugVoters shielded from high health costs don’t see the residual impact
49. 12 AugHappy Fifth Birthday, THCB
50. 11 AugHealthy Howard coverage expansion could inform future reforms
51. 11 AugVolunteer doctors blocked by red tape
52. 11 AugRevolution Health looking to sell?
53. 8 AugViagra prescribed more safely online than in regular practice?
54. 8 AugGaming for health
55. 7 AugDavid Hamilton is very smart
56. 7 AugDude! The $100m VistA Open Source Opportunity
57. 7 AugThree-quarters of Internet users seek health info
58. 7 AugUsing 2.0 tools to improve health communication by 2020
59. 6 AugLittle footsteps toward data mobility?
60. 6 AugHealth Wonk Review is up
61. 6 AugDear Medicare: Happy birthday!
62. 6 Aug2.0 takes off but benefits are not yet fully realized
63. 5 AugNICE job. Cost-effectiveness in the UK
64. 4 AugThe Healthcare MacGuffin?
65. 4 AugHospital offers a window to the world
66. 4 AugHealth Reform is Possible; Voters Still Hold the Power
67. 4 AugDilemma of declining revenues and patient care
68. 1 AugCollabRX aims to make drug development faster and cheaper with power of Internet
69. 1 AugCreating Currency to Care For the Elderly
70. 1 AugThe problems with high-risk pools

July 2008

1. 31 JulThe affordability factor must accompany discussions on health care coverage
2. 31 JulReaders respond to the primary care crisis
3. 30 JulThe $2,500 question
4. 30 JulSEIU’s questionable election strategy
5. 30 JulHealth apps for the iPhone
6. 29 JulWal-Mart launches telemedicine business
7. 29 JulThe result of the primary care crisis
8. 29 JulHerd immunity — vaccinations protect us all
9. 28 JulFrom Description To Action: The Future of Health 2.0 Tools
10. 28 JulIf McCain chooses Romney as a running mate, Obama’s health plan is off-limits to attacks
11. 28 JulMedSphere CEO talks about big goals
12. 25 JulFriday frolicks in Nawlins
13. 25 JulKnol and web publishing challenge medical journals’ stronghold
14. 25 JulMedicare Could Pave the Way for National Reform
15. 25 JulCentury Foundation launches group to study Medicare reform
16. 25 JulAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
17. 24 JulMedicine meets Wiki
18. 24 JulSharing more than they intended — future doctors on Facebook
19. 24 JulCommunication 101: Shedding power imbalances to protect patients
20. 24 JulCalifornia kids may face triple whammy, leading to more uninsured
21. 24 JulHealth Wonks unite
22. 24 JulThe math is wrong
23. 24 JulCCR Symposium: Current and Future Uses for Health Data Exchange
24. 23 JulObama health plan, silliness
25. 23 JulCost containment is the missing link in Obama’s health plan
26. 23 JulDoubtful McCain’s health plan would accomplish any real cost savings
27. 23 JulInformation therapy goes beyond evidenced-based info
28. 22 JulMega Life parent “hurt a lot of people”
29. 22 JulHealth Systems’ Ferocious Challenges
30. 22 JulUsing professional societies to advance participatory medicine
31. 22 JulGood and bad health consequences of high gas prices
32. 21 JulPrimary care crisis is HERE
33. 21 JulDetermination of need rule only goes partway
34. 21 JulAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
35. 21 JulMarketplace: New magazine for “Amateuer Economists”
36. 20 JulShould a surgeon be punished for wrong-site surgery?
37. 18 JulBirthing turf wars
38. 18 JulGovernors saddled with health costs
39. 18 JulInvestigative journalism is good for the nation’s health
40. 17 JulAHIP starts smoking astroturf
41. 17 JulIs Meaningful Health Care (Or Any Other Kind Of) Reform Possible?
42. 17 JulCommonwealth puts the boot in, again
43. 17 JulHospital rankings for positive press or for real?
44. 16 JulInterview with Trizetto & Eliza
45. 16 JulHealth IT supporting our troops
46. 16 JulThe Managed Care Roller Coaster
47. 15 JulState telemedicine networks: a modern anachronism
48. 15 JulThe Two Ted Kennedys
49. 15 JulIt’s all about the billing
50. 14 JulAlready counting down to the next physician fee cut
51. 14 JulWar on terror becomes a war on the desperate
52. 14 JulAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
53. 14 JulPeople with high-deductible plans make riskier decisions
54. 14 JulMy Health Direct
55. 14 JulThe personal tragedies behind the patient safety movement
56. 14 JulMarketplace: Aloha, THCB
57. 11 JulComparative What? Translating Policy Lingo into Something Meaningful
58. 11 JulHow patients get the best care
59. 10 JulTed Kennedy Shows Up to Vote; McCain Absent
60. 10 JulThe Problem with Medicare Advantage
61. 10 JulAnother case of wrong-site surgery: are we averting our eyes from the root causes?
62. 9 JulSenate votes to reign in private Medicare
63. 9 JulDoctors Who Don’t Take Insurance: What Does It Mean for Patients?
64. 9 JulHealth care financing confuses consumers
65. 8 JulOvercoming the challenges facing rural health care
66. 8 JulInterview with Sandeep Agate, REACH Call
67. 8 JulHELP WANTED: Zimmerman seeks revenue consultant
68. 7 JulIf California can’t protect consumers, who can?
69. 7 JulA message you hope to never send
70. 7 JulHow do we disrupt the cycle of rising health costs?
71. 4 JulHealth 2.0 Accelerator — The waiting is over….
72. 4 JulWhat the candidates’ searches say about them
73. 3 JulUnitedHealth trying to regroup for an uncertain future
74. 3 JulHealthcare Unbound, and HHS Genomics Workshop
75. 3 JulMitigating interference between electronic medical devices
76. 3 JulMARKETPLACE: Patient safety barbecue
77. 3 JulAMA and AHIP go head to head with TV ads
78. 2 JulWe need to make some changes to change health care
79. 2 JulConsumer genetic movement: Cease and desist? How about understand and resist!
80. 1 JulDocs get mad, 2.0 style, at Sermo
81. 1 JulMatthew’s top podcasts this year
82. 1 JulGoogle Health and the PHR: Do Consumers Care?
83. 1 JulDispatch from India: Private sector responding to new health care consumers
84. 1 JulThe Feds’ strange love-hate relationship with health IT policy
85. 1 JulUsing virtual reasoning to redefine health care

June 2008

1. 30 JunToday’s news today, doctors, Peel, and individual insurance
2. 30 JunA classic from a cardiologist
3. 30 JunRun for the hills: the doctors are coming
4. 30 JunDoctor fee stalemate exemplifies problems of universal health care
5. 30 JunNY Times examines CT scans and evidenced-based medicine
6. 30 JunDrug advertisements annoying and possibly misleading
7. 27 JunShould Progressive Reformers Talk About Reining in the Cost of Care?
8. 27 JunThe mutli-factorial equation of individual insurance
9. 26 JunMarkle promotes a privacy standard
10. 26 JunUniversal access to high speed Internet
11. 26 JunInternet expert fields questions on participatory medicine
12. 26 JunCheck the WSJ opinion section for more BS on Medicare Advantage
13. 25 JunOnline bullying care management works
14. 25 JunCan Connected Health survive the political economy of health care?
15. 25 JunCongress votes for higher Medicare costs when voting down competition
16. 25 JunLots of Health 2.0 articles indicates that it’s heating up
17. 25 JunExpanding consumer ratings to home caregivers
18. 24 JunHow preventing infections rose to the forefront of the patient safety movement
19. 24 JunConsumers seek health information to solve marketplace problems
20. 23 JunHealth care is not recession-proof
21. 23 JunWhose DNA is it anyway?
22. 23 JunUntangling the electronic health date exchange
23. 22 JunGoing Dutch for Health Reform Ideas
24. 22 JunDiabetes reloaded
25. 21 JunAMA endorses single-payer health care (sort of)
26. 21 JunThe health wonks behind the candidates
27. 21 JunRWJF launches new Web section to share quality strategies
28. 21 JunAmerican Well: the first deal is with Hawaii Blues and HealthVault
29. 20 JunFrom the AHIP fields….
30. 20 JunMA plans won this round but future looks bleak
31. 19 JunMckinsey smells opportunity in explaining health care
32. 19 JunAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
33. 18 JunDoes Bernanke understand health care?
34. 18 JunMARKETPLACE: U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion seeks eHealth fellow
35. 17 JunThe Talking Cure: moving patients to the center of care
36. 17 JunGrumpy doctors, but is it really worse now?
37. 17 JunInterest groups clash over doctor-owned specialty hospitals
38. 17 JunTrusera, out of beta & different enough to be interesting
39. 17 JunI always thought art galleries were a waste of space…
40. 17 JunJOB POST: PRODUCT MANAGER / Mayo Clinic
41. 16 JunState regulators challenge the rights to your DNA
42. 16 JunStats Can’t Explain Everything; The Anecdote Remains Relevant
43. 16 JunWhat do Johnny Cash and employer-based health care have in common?
44. 15 JunHealth costs are small businesses’ No. 1 problem
45. 13 JunObama’s Rx for Change
46. 13 JunAnd the Voters Demand. . . Electronic Medical Records?
47. 13 JunIt’s a Greene world at Ix!
48. 13 JunKaiser, Blues of Mass….health plans & consumers online
49. 13 JunDenials, denials!
50. 13 JunManaging obesity, Japanese style
51. 13 JunDo worker wellness programs violate employee privacy?
52. 13 JunHealth wonk review
53. 12 JunPaul Wallace–Get the patients brain in the game
54. 12 JunLucas Merrow demos Eliza
55. 12 JunPCHIT and patients online…
56. 12 JunMy Group Health and “Killer Apps”
57. 12 JunThe Health IT politics overview (more from Ix)
58. 12 JunThe Massachusetts Question
59. 12 Jun5 Questions…ego surfing on Health 2.0
60. 12 JunInformation Therapy time (again)
61. 10 JunPodcast with Marston Alfred, founder and architect of SugarStats
62. 9 JunKaiser tiptoes into HealthVault & tells THCB about it, with UPDATE
63. 9 JunSapping VistA’s soul
64. 9 JunUntil the middle class truly cares, forget about health reform
65. 8 JunThe Long Baby Boom
66. 8 JunOptimism about the baby boomers
67. 8 JunHow the mainstream media hypes health news
68. 8 JunHyping health stories: journalists need to do better
69. 7 JunBrian May, PhD
70. 6 JunStupid cancer: Young cancer survivors find a voice of their own
71. 5 JunGoogle Health — A serious test drive
72. 4 JunConsumer Reports on Health: Worse Than Average
73. 4 JunObama’s health plan may promise less but accomplish more
74. 4 JunDiabetes Mine, revamped
75. 3 JunMore on consumer targeting for health plans
76. 3 JunMicrotrends, Consumer Health Segmentation, and more ….
77. 3 JunDispatch from India: Tyranny of the IIT
78. 3 JunIn Indian hospital care, the past and future co-exist
79. 2 JunReaders respond to Google Health launch
80. 2 JunInterview with Kerry Hicks, HealthGrades CEO
81. 2 JunWhy diagnostic errors don’t get any respect and what can be done about it
82. 1 JunJOB POST: A.D.A.M. – Vice President of Healthcare Marketing

May 2008

1. 31 MayDefending the benefits of prevention
2. 30 MayE-patients can and will revolutionize health care
3. 30 MayAnalyzing the benefits of PatientsLikeMe social network site
4. 30 MayReal transparency in a socialist nirvana? UK releases hospital death rates
5. 30 MayCBO assesses return on investment of HIT
6. 30 MayAHIP & Health 2.0 — caveat whatever the Latin is for movement
7. 29 MayVision for hospital’s future HIT
8. 29 MayUsing studies to prove virtually anything
9. 29 MayAthena announces payer rankings
10. 29 MayCaring.com & Trusera — two Health 2.0 newbies talk
11. 29 MayAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
12. 29 MaySelf diagnosis in military health care
13. 29 MayMicrosoft Health Vault gearing up
14. 28 MayGoogle Health — A view from the Inside
15. 28 MayLet’s talk about tax exemptions
16. 28 MayThe Innovation xChange
17. 27 MayHealth Plans mark it up and pass it on
18. 27 MayCerner immune to economic troubles, apparently …
19. 27 MayNew in EMRs (chortle, chortle)
20. 26 MayA Google Health Clinical Exam
21. 23 MayGoogle Health beta — What’s really new and different?
22. 23 MayFlorida makes health insurance more affordable. Maybe.
23. 22 MayWhy no e-Prescribing in the ED?
24. 22 MayPenalties are like kissing your sister
25. 22 MayAmerican Cancer gets hip on uninsurance
26. 21 MayAgainst Obama, polls show McCain lags on health care
27. 20 MayGoogle Health finally up and open for business
28. 20 MayHumana’s competition for change
29. 19 MayThe Technology Hype Cycle: Why bad things happen to good technologies
30. 19 MayGoing off the Grid – The Rise of ‘Direct Practice’ Medicine
31. 19 MayMalpractice premiums fall in Massachusetts
32. 18 MayWishing for a smart health search
33. 18 MayJay Parkinson readying for re-launch
34. 18 MayAdvice to future nurses: ask questions, be proud
35. 16 MayHealth care coverage restored — good for patients, maybe too late for plans
36. 16 MayBitter doc wants more respect for primary care
37. 16 MayMore opportunity for online health management
38. 16 MayHealth wonk review
39. 15 MayNew demands of ‘Millennial patients’
40. 15 MayMillenson on doc rating
41. 15 MayImplications of McCain’s plan analyzed at Spot-On
42. 15 MayHealth 2.0 Consciousness Dawns – Even In Jacksonville, FL!
43. 14 MayPOST-MORTEM: California health reform
44. 14 MayA business plan to make pregnancy safer
45. 14 MayMind your manners
46. 13 MayTHCB is proudly sponsored by
47. 13 MayiMedix: Social search that creeps me out
48. 13 MayPodcast with Silverlink and IncentOne
49. 12 MayMore on Physician Reimbursement, CMS, the AMA’s RVS Update Committee (RUC)
50. 12 MayPresidential candidates’ health plans
51. 11 MayStealth marketing: doctors and public radio
52. 9 MayWal-Mart drops drug prices, shakes up market — again
53. 8 MayHealthy Americans Act could be the place of compromise for health reform in 2008
54. 8 MayIndian docs endorse O.J. and oatmeal
55. 8 MayInterview with CEO of Limeade, Henry Albrecht
56. 7 MayInterview with Joseph Kvedar, Partners Center for Connected Health
57. 7 MayHealth Plan Illiteracy: study finds many do not understand their benefits
58. 7 MayThe virtues of virtual visits
59. 6 MaySearching for the price of one appendectomy
60. 6 MayAround the Web in 60 Seconds
61. 6 MayCan “consumerism” work in health care?
62. 6 MayTHCB’s own correspondent in India
63. 6 MayMN lawmakers pass bill to ban sharing info on medical debt
64. 5 MayTwo quick Health 2.0 “on tour” conference appearances
65. 5 MayShould Hospitals Install Bar Coding or CPOE First?
66. 5 MayWSJ analyzes specialist pay
67. 5 MayMarrying for health care
68. 2 MayA Hat Tip to Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock
69. 2 MayThe bizzaro world of McCain’s health care politics
70. 1 MaySeventh Annual Information Therapy Conference
71. 1 MayWho the Health Cares?
72. 1 MayCarePages at BIDMC
73. 1 MayKing of the Serengeti
74. 1 MayWhile I was away….

April 2008

1. 30 AprJohn McCain and The Politics of The Uninsured
2. 30 AprThe 2nd Annual DiabetesMine Design Contest
3. 30 AprAfter A Short Stay In the US, Michelangelo’s David Returns To Florence
4. 30 AprAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
5. 30 AprHealth Plans vs. Banks – Who is trusted more?
6. 29 AprMcCain starting to talk about health care
7. 29 AprElection no big deal for health industries
8. 29 AprThe State of Employer-Sponsored Coverage – Brian Klepper
9. 28 AprRon Paul on health reform: shrink government
10. 28 AprThe Genetic Discrimination Bill Shows Us Just How Hard Health Care Reform Can Be
11. 24 AprThe Wisdom of Patients – Social Media In Health Care
12. 24 AprWikipedia: Time to Pull the Plug
13. 23 AprAmericans’ Confidence in the FDA Falls Sharply
14. 23 AprPersonalized Medicine: Back to the Future
15. 22 AprSnooping at Britney’s Chart: Why Should Docs and Nurses Have Different Rules?
16. 22 AprAn Open Response To HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt – Brian Klepper and Michael Millenson
17. 22 AprAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
18. 22 AprTune Into The Kroll Webcast On The Security of Patient Data – Brian Klepper
19. 21 AprThe Legacy of Dr. Jerome Grossman
20. 21 AprBatalden updates Machiavelli
21. 21 AprDollars to Doughnuts
22. 20 AprQuotable
23. 18 AprMcCain Would Increase Medicare Part D Premiums
24. 17 AprMillennial Health Care Delivery
25. 17 AprAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or less)
26. 17 AprHEALTH 2.0 San Francisco
27. 16 AprMedical Privacy: The Challenge of Behavioral Ad Targeting in Healthcare
28. 16 AprAround the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)
29. 15 AprShould Patient Satisfaction Scores Be Adjusted for Where Patients Shop?
30. 14 AprTHCB is sponsored by …
31. 14 AprQuoteable
32. 14 AprThe Changing of the Guard
33. 14 AprAs I Was Saying…
34. 14 AprTHCB is proudly sponsored by CDW Healthcare
35. 12 AprJohn McCain: Never a Day Without Government Health Insurance
36. 11 AprWhen You Go to an ER and There’s No One There to Take Care of You
37. 11 AprHealth 2.0 Unconference NL
38. 10 AprHealth 1.0h. . .Geez, This Is a Mess
39. 10 AprMost Doctors Want A National Health Plan
40. 9 AprWhy it’s impossible to close a hospital
41. 9 AprIs Non-Profit Business An Oxymoron?
42. 9 AprFourth Annual Games for Health Conference 2008
43. 9 AprWeightism: The newest discrimination in America?
44. 9 AprAn Invitation to DNANYC
45. 8 AprLack of health insurance forces man to become rich, famous pimp
46. 8 AprThe Security of Patient Data
47. 7 AprYou’ve Gotta Spend Money to Save Money …
48. 7 AprKnowledge Like Clear, Clean Water: Muir Gray on Health Care’s Progress
49. 4 AprThe (Non)-Profit Motive
50. 4 AprPatient Ping-Pong: Cholesterol
51. 3 AprHealth Wonk Review – 4/3/08
52. 2 AprOn Corporate Medicine: A Response To Brian Klepper and His Reply
53. 1 AprGuidelines for Contributors
54. 1 AprPractical Advice to Employers On Managing A Health Plan – Lynn Jennings

March 2008

1. 31 MarRatings games
2. 31 MarWhich way to go for health reform? From Birkenstocks to pom-poms
3. 29 MarMedicare releases hospital patient satisfaction data
4. 28 MarDennis Quaid takes on hospital errors
5. 27 MarRebuilding The Medical Home: What Walgreens Surely Sees
6. 27 MarHappy Birthday, Viagra!
7. 26 MarTHCB readers will not be surprised …
8. 26 MarAverage Time of Discharge: Why a Hospital is Not a Hilton
9. 25 MarProsecution in organ harvest case faces hurdles at trial
10. 24 MarEntering Unfamiliar Territory
11. 24 MarCriminal charges filed against transplant surgeon
12. 22 MarA Detailed Analysis of Barack Obama’s Health Care Reform Plan
13. 22 MarA Doctor Grows in Brooklyn
14. 21 MarHealth 2.0: Weighing In With a Reality Check
15. 21 MarMother-Power Online
16. 20 MarLessons From a Sad Error
17. 19 MarA Different Right to Privacy
18. 19 MarNobody Told Me There Would Be Days Like This
19. 15 MarA Second Life on Second Life
20. 14 MarLoving Our Children
21. 14 MarAn overdue change….THCB goes group
22. 13 MarThe Myth of Health Care Consumerism
23. 13 MarHEALTH 2.0: Getting the PHR, Privacy and Deborah Peel issue off my chest
24. 12 MarHEALTH 2.0: Healthline personalizes Aetna (and more)
25. 11 MarHEALTH PLANS: Time to cut a deal?
26. 10 MarHealth 2.0: The Long Tail of Healthcare
27. 10 MarMonday Freedom Watch
28. 7 MarHEALTH PLANS: Three Inconvenient Truths: The Future of Health Plans in a Connected World
29. 7 MarHEALTH PLANS: Ron Wyden on Health plans
30. 6 MarHEALTH 2.0/CONSUMERS: Susannah Fox on e-Patients and Health 2.0
31. 6 MarTECH: Scott & me on Google and Microsoft
32. 6 MarHEALTH 2.0: Indu Subaiya’s take
33. 5 MarHealth 2.0 – An Uncompleted Van Gogh
34. 4 MarThe Unconference LiveBlog, cont’d
35. 3 MarDiving Deep with American Well by Craig Stoltz
36. 3 MarLiveblogging the Health 2.0 “Unconference” by Craig Stoltz
37. 3 MarTECH/HEALTH 2.0: Eliza & Silverlink, strategic healthcom 2.0
38. 3 MarTECH: Drugs & technology–Allscripts and SafeMed
39. 2 MarTECH: Location tracking, RadarFind’s view
40. 2 MarTECH/PODCAST: Microsoft speaks health care
41. 2 MarTECH: Interview with Newt Gingrich
42. 2 MarTECH: Finishing up HIMSS!
43. 1 MarHealth 2.0 Conference — the icyou videos

February 2008

1. 29 FebWhat’s wrong with individual health insurance mandates by Claudia Chaufan
2. 29 FebHealthcare and The Gathering Storm – Brian Klepper
3. 27 FebClinton v. Obama on Healthcare, by Bob Laszewski
4. 27 FebAn Analysis of Senator Hillary Clinton’s Health Plan Proposal by Robert Laszewski
5. 27 FebTECH: Fred Trotter meets Dr. Peel
6. 26 FebTECH/PODCAST: ICW’s Jeremy Coote
7. 26 FebPODCAST/TECH: The new Virtual Palomar West
8. 26 FebHealth 2.0 – Patient-oriented Health Care, by Dan Kogan
9. 25 FebMore on Google and the Cleveland Clinic
10. 25 FebTECH: HIMSS Today
11. 24 FebGoogle, the Cleveland Clinic and the Privacy Zealots
12. 24 FebWhere have all the savings gone, long time passing? by Eric Novack
13. 23 FebHEALTH PLANS: $9 million? OK, We’ll change our tune
14. 22 FebHEALTH PLANS: L.A. sues Healthnet
15. 22 FebPOLITICS: Ghost in the Attack Machine
16. 22 FebTHCB UPDATE
17. 21 FebTECH: Google to Store Patients’ Health Records
18. 21 FebBLOGS: Health Wonk Review, GoozStyle
19. 20 FebHOSPITALS: The SEIU & Paul Levy lovefest continues
20. 20 FebPOLICY: The financial castrophe of uninsurance will get worse
21. 19 FebHEALTH 2.0 Accelerator
22. 19 FebPODCAST: American Well’s Roy Schoenberg
23. 19 FebPHARMA: The ACP does the right thing
24. 18 FebA Blueprint for Healthcare Reform by Maggie Mahar
25. 18 FebWhere will all the employees go? By Eric Novack
26. 16 FebWeb Video Statistics: I Smell a Rat by Craig Stoltz
27. 15 FebPeeling The Healthcare Onion, By George Van Antwerp
28. 15 FebPOLICY: Two awful stories
29. 14 FebHEALTH PLANS: I beat Lisa Girion!
30. 14 FebPHARMA: The statin backlash (or WSJ later than THCB by 5 years!)
31. 14 FebYou can take your $15 fee and … ! by Paul Levy
32. 13 FebHEALTH PLANS: Insurers getting lambasted
33. 13 FebLet’s All Ask Secretary Leavitt To Explain HHS’ Schizophrenia On Medicare Physician Data – Brian Klepper
34. 13 FebPHARMA: Finally, a drug site that everyone can approve of!
35. 13 FebCDC Officials Blocked Public Health Report
36. 12 FebHEALTH PLANS: Wellpoint can’t leave bad enough alone
37. 12 FebHating employer-based insurance, Chelsea Clinton-style by Michael Millenson
38. 11 FebPHYSICIANS: Your data is wrong!
39. 11 FebTECH: Beating up on Maggie’sFarm Blog
40. 11 FebHEALTH PLANS: Who said this….?
41. 11 FebPOLICY: Has the dog’s sore not completely healed?
42. 10 FebSunday Morning Post, by Brian Klepper
43. 8 FebPHARMA: Reprieve for Amgen looking doubtful
44. 8 FebPHARMA: Stunt doubles in pharma DTC?
45. 7 FebINTERNATIONAL: Rational talk about Canadian Health Care
46. 7 FebHEALTH 2.0: Some simple 2.0 Definitions
47. 7 FebBLOGS: Health Wonk Review up at the Health Business Blog
48. 6 FebThe Ethics of CEO Blogging by Paul Levy
49. 5 FebHEALTH 2.0 San Diego Sold Out
50. 5 FebIs Mandated Universal Coverage the Right Way to Achieve Health Reform? The Health Reform Debate We Haven’t Had Yet, by Jeff Goldsmith
51. 5 FebOn Mandates….
52. 5 FebEric Novack’s SuperBowl lesson
53. 5 FebAn Analysis of Senator John McCain’s Health Care Reform Plan By Robert Laszewski
54. 5 FebWhat healthcare ideas did Edwards and Giuliani leave behind?
55. 5 FebPOLICY: The Best-Kept Secret of Campaign ’08: A Bipartisan Solution to Health Reform by Wendy Everett
56. 4 FebPODCAST/TECH: Interview with Todd Cozzens, CEO of Picis
57. 3 FebRising Asthma Rate Leaves Cities Short of Breath, by Dr. David R. Donnersberger, Jr
58. 2 FebBill would make it illegal to feed the obese by Eric Novack
59. 2 Feb‘Health Care That’s Always There’. Really? by Eric Novack
60. 1 FebPOLICY/PHARMA: DEA’s insane persecution of pain patients continues
61. 1 FebBLOGS: Vote rigging? No, not in the primaries…
62. 1 FebPOLICY: Millenson, not too impressed by Hucakbee’s diet mania

January 2008

1. 31 JanQUALITY: Medicare Health Support–Done and more or less dusted
2. 30 JanPOLICY: Plumpy’nut – Brian
3. 30 JanHEALTH 2.0/TECH: Collective intelligence in AthenaHealth
4. 30 JanTHCB Reader
5. 30 JanHEALTH PLANS: WellCare…killing health care some more?
6. 30 JanINTERNATIONAL: Kidneys stolen from kidnap victims
7. 29 JanPODCAST/HEALTH 2.0: Interview with Tony Miller, Carol
8. 29 JanPOLICY/INTERNATIONAL: The new health care system in the Netherlands
9. 29 JanPOLICY/POLITICS: Health insurance without health care by Claudia Chaufan
10. 29 JanPOLICY: Shannon Brownlee is da man!
11. 29 JanQUALITY: Can coughing save your life? Not in Shanghai
12. 28 JanFamilies USA Health Action 2008: An Alternative Plan – Brian
13. 28 JanFamilies USA Health Action 2008: Berwick on Everything Health Care – Brian
14. 28 JanQUALITY: A nice recommendation from the IOM
15. 28 JanTECH: Shawn Jenkins, BenefitFocus interview
16. 28 JanTECH: An Anonymous Bit of Cynicism, by Anonymous
17. 28 JanBLOGS: Is #1 health blogger Amy Tenderich too famous?
18. 28 JanTHCB Reader Mail (from Maggie Mahar & Jeff Goldsmith)
19. 27 JanPOLITICS: Whisper it quietly…
20. 26 JanFamilies USA Health Action 2008: Anthony Fauci on Global Health
21. 26 JanFamilies USA: Tom Daschle on Health Care Reform – Brian Klepper
22. 25 JanQUALITY: Decision aids in the real world
23. 25 JanQUALITY: The sociology & economics of practice patterns & decision aids
24. 25 JanPOLICY: The Lessons of ’94
25. 24 JanQUALITY: Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making research conference
26. 24 JanConcierge Medicine From A Doctor’s Perspective – David R. Donnersberger, MD, JD
27. 24 JanTECH: Google Health getting closer
28. 24 JanNancy Pelosi’s Health Care Address – Brian Klepper
29. 24 JanThe Families USA Health Action 2008 Conference – Brian Klepper
30. 23 JanHEALTH 2.0: NorthEast mixer is tonight
31. 23 JanHEALTH 2.0 San Diego Update
32. 22 JanTECH: Best headline ever?
33. 22 JanHEALTH PLANS/HOSPITALS: Not a smart move
34. 22 JanQUALITY: Last name nepotism? DrGreene on the NY Times
35. 22 JanPOLITICS: Another Zogby poll that’s wrong (but understandably so)
36. 21 JanHEALTH2.0: iMedix gets big nod…
37. 18 JanCode Blue! Republicans leaning left on healthcare! Craig Stoltz
38. 18 JanPOLITICS/TECH: Theocratic fascist scumbag rears ugly head in health care
39. 18 JanHEALTH PLANS: Brocade CEO goes to jail; what about McGuire?
40. 18 JanPOLITICS: On the vacuousity of the primary season
41. 17 JanPHARMA/TECH: Drug interaction checkers and more
42. 17 JanPOLICY: Why you shouldnt be interviewed over the phone…
43. 16 JanWSJ Editorial on Liver Transplants Cherry-Picks the Numbers
44. 16 JanPHARMA: Talking of gotcha’s…
45. 16 JanFour Big Trends – Brian Klepper
46. 15 JanPOLICY: Do mandates matter? with UPDATE
47. 15 JanQUALITY: Mental health–any ideas?
48. 14 JanTECH: Telepresence–very cool & that’s official!
49. 14 JanHOSPITALS: Sunshine is the best disinfectant by Paul Levy
50. 11 JanHEALTH 2.0: Health 2.0 NorthEast Networking Meeting
51. 11 JanQUALITY: CNN’s Glen Beck–not a delighted patient
52. 11 JanCreating a Facebook-like medical record
53. 10 JanPOLICY: Can You Really Mandate People To Buy Health Insurance? by Robert Laszewski
54. 10 JanHealth Wonk Review Is Up! – Brian Klepper
55. 10 JanLeveraging The Doctor As A Trusted Authority – Brian Klepper
56. 10 JanPOLICY: Self-employed, and going it alone
57. 9 JanPOLITICS: Just Saying No to crass politicization
58. 9 JanOn Practical Reforms – Brian Klepper
59. 8 JanPOLICY: Ian Morrison–to be thrown out by the Paisley Fabianists club
60. 8 JanINTERNATIONAL: Those damn froggies beat us again
61. 8 JanPOLICY: It’s official–2 Trillion Dollars
62. 8 JanPODCAST: Interview with Michael O’Neil GetWellNetwork
63. 7 JanPOLITICS: More on the Presidential plan comparison
64. 4 JanHealth Care’s Cold Truth: An Iowa Perspective – Michael Millenson
65. 4 JanOn Medical Miracles – Brian Klepper
66. 4 JanSusan Blumenthal’s Presidential Health Care Plans Update
67. 3 JanPOLITICS: The Crystal Ball – Healthcare reform in California
68. 3 JanTHCB Reader Mail: Maggie Mahar On That Checklist Decision
69. 3 JanThe Politics of Publicly-Funded Health Care – Brian Klepper
70. 2 JanTHCB Reader Mail
71. 2 JanMatthew’s end of year letter