Archive for September, 2009

On my HealthBlog post of June 24th I posed the question, Is it time for Clinical Groupware?  Well, apparently the answer is YES!  Since June, a number of my colleagues have come together to form what is now known as the Clinical Groupware…(read more)

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by Crystal Phend, MedPage Today

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An article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times in late August looked at the idea that one of the keys to providing better medical care at lower costs may be house calls.

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by Patricia B. Allen, MBA, RN

Sensitive Eyes sounds like a good title for a dreamy romance novel… but I was thinking more of your actual eyes being sensitive to things. Maybe I’ll write that romance someday, though!
You may already know if you have sensitive eyes.

On September 22, 1993, President Bill Clinton spoke to a joint session of Congress about the imperative of enacting health reform. It was a powerful speech. Clinton emphasized the need to fix a badly broken system that cost too much and left too many Americans without insurance. He eloquently cited stories of how ordinary Americans [...]

Over the past several months I have been involved with a group in developing West Virginia’s statewide strategic plan for health information technology.
The final draft of the West Virginia Health Information Technology Statewide Strategic Plan, September 2009 is now available for review and comment. Additional comments and feedback on the strategic plan are welcome.

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The following is part of a series of original guest columns by the American Medical Association.

This morning I finally got around to reading the article by David Goldhill, CEO of the Game Show Network, in the Atlantic. How American Health Care Killed My Father is a thought provoking look at the failure of our current health care system.
On the eve of President Obama’s speech to Congress on health care I [...]

The need to bend the curve of rising health care costs is certain. Less certain is the nations political will to take on that difficult task.


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