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Engage With Grace
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 5 days ago
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Last month I had the opportunity to watch Alexandra Drane announce the Engage With Grace: The One Slide Project at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. The idea behind the project is to get people to share just ONE slide that helps them and their loved ones talk about having a purposeful end... (original story)
Blawg Review # 186: Blawgers Are All-A-Twitter
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 14 days ago
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Res Ipsa Blog brings you this week's edition of Blawg Review -- Blawg Review #186. This edition begins with a summary of the raging Twitter Wars and includes a link to a post I did last week discussing some of the legal implications of live tweeting in health care.Check out this week's edition for t... (original story)
The Implications for Live Tweeting Surgery
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 18 days ago
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Yesterday Robert Hendrick, health care disruptor (I mean that in a positive way) and co-founder of change:healthcare, live tweeted his laser ablation surgery at the Surgical Clinic in Nashville. He also tweeted the first installment of his surgery to remove his varicose veins -- Live from the Operat... (original story)
Medicare PHR Pilot Project
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 18 days ago
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HealthcareIT News reports on the announcement of a Medicare personal health record (PHR) pilot project that will be made available to Medicare beneficiaries in Arizona and Utah.The four PHR companies selected out of almost 40 who applied to participate in the pilot are: Google Health, HealthTrio, No... (original story)
Why Is Healthcare So Expensive?
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 19 days ago
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A simplified view of Why is Healthcare So Expensive? from Stay Smart Stay Healthy. Stay Smart Stay Healthy is a Humana new-media venture designed to deliver guidance, and to support awareness and understanding of the healthcare industry.Our goal is simple: to educate consumers on the healthcare syst... (original story)
Predicting Flu Season With Google Flu Trends
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 20 days ago
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Google Flu Trends uses search terms as an indicator of flu activity by state.According to the Google.org Flu Trends the aggregated search data can estimate flu activity in a state up to two weeks faster than traditional systems. The chart comparison with CDC data is impressive at showing the consist... (original story)
The Health Cloud
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 20 days ago
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Tim Sturgill, MD JD at symtym provides an explanation and insight into the potential shift from silo'ed EHRs controlled by multiple providers to a Health Cloud centralized around a single PHR.The result of such a shift lessens the need for complex health information exchanges to process and communic... (original story)
Purkinje: Another SaaS EHR
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 20 days ago
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Justen Deal in his post, Purkinje: stealth fighter, introduced me to another SasS focused Electronic Health Record (EHR) and practice management service provider called Purkinje. Interesting read on the company and its history.The principle owner of Purkinje is John Doerr, a partner in Kleiner, Perk... (original story)
World War II Honoree: LeMoyne Coffield
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 20 days ago
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On this Veterans Day I give thanks to all military veterans who have served their county. Please take time today at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to thank a family member, friend or colleague who served their county.Thanks to my sister Becky who submitted information to the Nationa... (original story)
WV Lawyer Disciplinary Board Seeks Comments on Metadata and Wholly-Owned Subsidary Law Firms
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 20 days ago
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The Lawyer Disciplinary Board of the West Virginia State Bar is seeking public comment by February 27,2009, on two draft Legal Ethics Opinions (LEO). The two LEO's were reviewed by the Board at the October 24, 2008 meeting. Draft L.E.O. 2009-01 What Is Metadata and Why Should Lawyers Be Cautious? T... (original story)
Potential Data Breach and Extortion at Express Scripts
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 23 days ago
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The WSJ Health Blogs reports about a potential data breach at Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America. More from Express Scripts on the Facts, FAQs and Other Resources.The potential data breach came to Express Scripts attention after having received... (original story)
Health 2.0: Stay Focused on the Goals
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 25 days ago
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Ben Heywood, co-founder of PatientsLikeMe, outlines simple (but difficult) goals that those in the health 2.0 space must accomplish. Based on his post I take it that he highlighted these during his keynote address at the second Health 2.0 Northeast conference.His simple but eloquent message to the h... (original story)
Health 2.0 Conference
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 25 days ago
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Next week I'm headed to San Fransisco to attend the Health 2.0: User Generated Healthcare Conference.Looking forward to attending, seeing old and meeting new colleagues interested in the world of health 2.0. I will be involved in the Health 2.0 Accelerator meet and greet on Tuesday (Oct. 21) and w... (original story)
The Rise of the Personal Health Record
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 25 days ago
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The October edition of the Health Lawyers News, a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), contains an article I co-authored with Jud DeLoss, a principal in the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty, who blogs at Minnesota Health IT. On the eve of the Health 2.0 Conference next week the... (original story)
Health Care Cost Rising In 2009
Posted from Health Care Law Blog 25 days ago
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Sandra Block of USA Today Money reports that the average amount employees will pay for health care is expected to increase 8.9% in 2009. Her column also provides good advice on how to try to control your health care expenses.According to the Hewitt Associates report the average amount employees will... (original story)
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