Similar Conclusions on Health IT Via Observation and Via Research:  Is HIT 'Mission Impossible'?Similar Conclusions on Health IT Via Observation and Via Research: Is HIT 'Mission Impossible'?

The Wall Street Journal reported on a study in Health Affairs entitled "A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In U.S. Hospitals" by Harvard researcher Ashish Jha and colleagues.An Aug. 27 WSJ…

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29 Aug 2010

Can a $1 Billion Group of Babies Provide Fair Value in Health Care?Can a $1 Billion Group of Babies Provide Fair Value in Health Care?

The issue of executive compensation in health care seems to be attracting more media attention.A St Louis Post-Dispatch editorial noted how executive compensation for for-profit health insurance CEOs …

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29 Aug 2010

More Examples of US Hospital Market Consolidation: Connecticut and FloridaMore Examples of US Hospital Market Consolidation: Connecticut and Florida

Two recent stories from two different parts of the US continue the theme of ever increasing concentration of power in our health care system.ConnecticutThe Hartford Business Journal reported on growin…

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28 Aug 2010

Cerner's Blitzkrieg on London: Where's the RAF?

In the Battle of Britain in WW2, the Royal Air Force (RAF) heroically repelled a foreign invasion of the UK.The Supermarine Spitfire, key defense tool in the Battle of Britain. (Worked without major…

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27 Aug 2010

Healthcare IT a Sacred Calling?Healthcare IT a Sacred Calling?

At my post Are computers in medicine narcotic? "Why did the National Programme for IT fail?" I observed that the healthcare IT mania/bubble is being driven in part by non-clinical hysterics who be…

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26 Aug 2010

Making a Community Health Agency into the Leaders' Private Sand-BoxMaking a Community Health Agency into the Leaders' Private Sand-Box

As we predicted, it seems that the US Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) increased reporting requirements for not-for-profit organizations are leading to more examples of the coziness now prevalent amon…

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23 Aug 2010

Are computers in medicine narcotic?  Are computers in medicine narcotic? "Why did the National Programme for IT fail?"

I noted an article Why did the National Programme for IT fail? by an "ex-IT person" at the site Smart Healthcare.com in a series entitled "Patient from Hell."Aside from the intoxicant qualities of cr…

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22 Aug 2010
 
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