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Success of value-based care relies too much on physicians

August 23, 2016 By Edgar Wilson Leave a Comment

Success of value-based care relies too much on physicians

That’s the message built-in to most contemporary policy, initiatives, and programs, and the source of much professional atrophy and distress among caregivers. No matter the end goal – increase EHR adoption, shift to quality metrics from volume, record sharing and ...

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Filed Under: 3 Tagged With: ACA, accountable care, doctors, health care, health literacy, healthcare, Obamacare, value-based care

Transparent By Design, Medicine for a Health Insurance Exchange

October 24, 2013 By Leonard Kish Leave a Comment

Transparent By Design, Medicine for a Health Insurance Exchange

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." —Abraham Lincoln This may bring a chuckle given our most recent political discourse, but it's a welcome reminder ...

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Filed Under: Health care Tagged With: ACA, beyond transparency, health insurance exchange, healthcare.gov, HIX, Obamacare, open government, open source

Is a ‘Tech Surge’ the Right Solution for Healthcare.gov?

October 23, 2013 By Jon Mertz Leave a Comment

Is a ‘Tech Surge’ the Right Solution for Healthcare.gov?

Do we really need a “tech surge?” Or, more to the point, do we really need to use an Iraqi war reference when fixing a healthcare website? The Healthcare.gov fiasco cannot get any weirder than instigating a health IT “tech surge” to resolve the challenges with the ...

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Filed Under: Healthcare IT Tagged With: ACA, health IT, Obamacare

Out For Lunch: The Government Closes Down; Insurance Exchange Marketplace Opens

October 8, 2013 By Jennifer Thew, RN, MSJ 1 Comment

Out For Lunch: The Government Closes Down; Insurance Exchange Marketplace Opens

About six months ago, my family decided to get rid of cable because we wanted to minimize the effect television would have on our two-year-old daughter. It makes it easier to keep a handle on what she watches and the amount of time she watches it. She seems content with watching ...

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Filed Under: Health care Tagged With: ACA, affordable care act, buffoons, government, health insurance exchange, HIX, tea party

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[#HITsm chat 11.18.16] Celebrate Passing the #HITsm Torch

November 15, 2016

Moderated by Chad Johnson, @OchoTex, HealthStandards.com Editor and Corepoint Health Senior Marketing Manager. November 18th will be the last #HITsm chat under @HealthStandards. Celebrate ‘Passing the #HITsm torch’ to @techguy @HealthcareScene.

Passing the #HITsm torch

November 10, 2016

The first #HITsm tweet chat was held almost six years ago on Jan 10, 2011. Since that time, we have hosted approximately 280 #HITsm chats. While some of you may have participated in that very first chat (only 15 actually participated), I’m proud to say that the chats and the community have continued to grow […]

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Podcasts

‘Hactivist’ Fred Trotter on the Cancer Moonshot, open source data in healthcare, and more

August 3, 2016

Artificial intelligence is a topic that isn’t going away in the health IT and medical community. One reason it’s come as far as it has is thanks to open sourcing, or shared data. Today’s guest, Fred Trotter, has a lot to say about the Vice President’s Cancer Moonshot initiative – which he was recognized for […]

Sue Schade on gender equality, CIO challenges, and value-based healthcare

July 27, 2016

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