HHS names former CareSciences CEO as health care IT czar

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Health Care IT Czar Speaks

Health Care IT Czar Speaks 05/19/2004 02:52 PM
On the job only a few days, Dr. David Brailer made his first major speech to attendees of an industry conference entitled "Toward Electronic Patient Records" in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. this morning.

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites 11/10/2003 10:50 PM
AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and Health Law Sites
http: //www.healthlawyers.org/weblinks/weblinks_health.cfm

American Health Lawyers Association comprehensive set of links to selected healthcare and health law sites.

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies 06/05/2005 11:58 PM
Under the direction of Dr. Pat Ladewig, Dean, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University established the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Mark Meaney, Executive Director, stated that the goals of the Center include the examination of the ethical and social implications of emerging biotechnologies such as nanobiotechnologies, pharmacogenomics, and stem cell research. [PRWEB May 22, 2005]

Study: U.S. health care not always the
best

Study: U.S. health care not always the
best 05/04/2004 02:01 PM

More health care have-nots

More health care have-nots 07/01/2004 01:45 PM

The Health Care Implosion

The Health Care Implosion 05/25/2004 01:22 PM

Mercury News: Health costs hurting more small businesses. The cost of health insurance -- ranked the top concern of small businesses since 1986 -- still holds that dubious distinction, a new nationwide survey shows. But the percentage of firms affected by those costs has grown substantially.

The health care system, or at least the insurance system through which our health-care dollars flow, is in a slow-motion collapse. This story is just one more data point. Sooner or later, we'll have to make a choice. Should the U.S. go to national health care, as every single other industrialized nation provides for its citizens? Or should we go to a totally free-market system -- not the bogus pretense of one we have now -- that leaves millions without care of any kind? Or something else? The insurance industry is systematically excluding people who will someday need care -- shifting costs wherever possible to taxpayers. This may be rational capitalism, but it's lousy public policy. I'm working on some columns on this topic. Let me know what you think.

Health care conundrum

Health care conundrum 06/20/2004 03:53 AM
Boston Globe Jun 20 2004 7:13AM GMT

Health-Care Opportunity

Health-Care Opportunity 02/11/2004 03:12 PM
Health Net looks like a value-priced managed care company.

Here's to Your (Cheaper) Health Care

Here's to Your (Cheaper) Health Care 09/16/2004 03:27 PM
More Americans are looking to Canada for ideas on fixing the health-care crisis.

GE Bets on Health Care

GE Bets on Health Care 04/13/2004 02:20 PM
Closing a $9.5 billion deal for the U.K.'s Amersham assures a major role for GE Healthcare.

World Health Care Congress

World Health Care Congress 01/25/2004 11:41 AM
I'm in DC in a hotel with a nice view of the J. Edgar Hoover building. Facilitating a Socialtext Eventspace for the World Health Care Congress. The World Health Care Congress is the first focused and inclusive conference to determine...

America's Health Care Mess

America's Health Care Mess 07/14/2004 03:30 PM
Another chapter in the health care meltdown: Sometime in the next few weeks, barring a surprising turn of events, the state of California will formally approve the merger of two health insurance giants. An Indiana company called Anthem will acquire WellPoint Health Networks, the Southern California outfit that owns Blue Cross of California, for about $16.4 billion. The deal has drawn harsh criticism for many reasons. Not least is the display of raw greed by the insider executives who stand to collect somewhere between $200 million and $600 million in payouts after the buyout is concluded. More...

"lgf: Kerry: Lying About Health Care"

"lgf: Kerry: Lying About Health Care" 08/22/2004 04:11 AM

XP SP2 puts the squeeze on health care

XP SP2 puts the squeeze on health care 08/10/2004 09:44 PM
You think IBM has problems? How about being a hospital dependent upon devices that run Windows? They want to have the latest Windows security patches installed, but how can they when the device manufacturers haven't certified that their products run...

Kerry Focuses on Health Care (AP)

Kerry Focuses on Health Care (AP) 05/11/2004 02:10 AM
AP - Democrat John Kerry is focusing on health care reform in a very complex environment, one complicated by the furor at home and abroad over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers.

IBM chalks up two health care wins

IBM chalks up two health care wins 08/18/2004 06:40 PM
The deals with a university medical center and a California health care provider come two weeks after a win with the Mayo Clinic.

Health care gets more high-tech

Health care gets more high-tech 04/10/2005 12:54 PM
Chicago Tribune Apr 10 2005 2:26PM GMT

Renaissance Health Improves Patient Care
with IT

Renaissance Health Improves Patient Care
with IT 09/16/2004 09:16 PM
The small physician practice is working with Greenway Medical Technologies, a small IT company funded by doctors, to help serve patients' diverse needs.

Kerry releases health care study

Kerry releases health care study 05/10/2004 02:41 PM

Health care system a national tragedy

Health care system a national tragedy 07/14/2004 07:00 AM
SiliconValley.com Jul 14 2004 10:01AM GMT

AP Poll: Health Care, Terror Worries
U.S. (AP)

AP Poll: Health Care, Terror Worries
U.S. (AP) 01/19/2004 02:51 AM
AP - Concerns over health care and unemployment have edged higher in the public's consciousness over the last year as worries about the overall economy eased, an Associated Press poll found.

Schwarzenegger Budget Denies Some Health
Care

Schwarzenegger Budget Denies Some Health
Care 01/17/2004 10:38 PM
Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed capping enrollment in Healthy Families, a state-federal health insurance program for the near-poor, at the current level.

Health Care Premiums Jump 11.2 Percent
(AP)

Health Care Premiums Jump 11.2 Percent
(AP) 09/09/2004 09:08 AM
AP - Health care costs continued to surge this year as family premiums in employer-sponsored plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year of double-digit growth, according to a new study.

Clinton Counts Health Care Among
Failures (AP)

Clinton Counts Health Care Among
Failures (AP) 06/20/2004 07:06 PM
AP - For Bill Clinton, his greatest failures as president have nothing to do with the scandal over his affair with a White House intern. "I'm sorry on the home front that we didn't get health care and that we didn't reform Social Security," the former president told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview aired Sunday.

VA Health Care Faces Wave of Returning
GIs (AP)

VA Health Care Faces Wave of Returning
GIs (AP) 05/16/2004 08:57 PM
AP - More than 20,000 soldiers have sought care from the Veterans Affairs Department since returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. With thousands more expected to seek benefits and health care, the VA faces its biggest challenge since the early 1990s.

Saddam Hussein, an example for health
care reform

Saddam Hussein, an example for health
care reform 03/17/2005 03:24 AM

Over breakfast at a favorite little French cafe in Harvard Square today a friend who is getting a master's in Public Health at Harvard mentioned that under Saddam Hussein Iraq's entire health care system had a budget of $18 million and that under U.S. occupation this has subsequently grown to $1.8 billion.  How well did Saddam do with his $18 mil?  http: //www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html shows Iraqi life expectancy at birth to be 68 years versus the U.S.'s 77 years. Those extra 9 years are nice, of course, but they come at a cost of about $1.9 trillion per year or 100,000 times Saddam's budget.

Health-Care Costs' Slow Rise

Health-Care Costs' Slow Rise 02/19/2004 08:07 AM
Health-care costs remain a growing problem for many U.S. employers and their employees.

F/OSS: Let's drop the K-12 campaign,
champion health care

F/OSS: Let's drop the K-12 campaign,
champion health care 04/30/2004 07:09 PM
Listening to one of last week's recorded CFP plenaries, I was struck by how often open source advocates point to the need for ubiquitous computing resources in K-12 schools. Given the evidence to the contrary, this is not a compelling...

Briefly: IBM chalks up two health care
wins

Briefly: IBM chalks up two health care
wins 08/18/2004 06:40 PM
roundup Plus: Vonage users dial 311 for city info...Mozilla makes Japanese push...Macromedia offers Flash video tool.

SBC workers start strike over health
care

SBC workers start strike over health
care 05/21/2004 02:33 PM

Study: Health Care Providers to Spend
More on IT

Study: Health Care Providers to Spend
More on IT 06/30/2004 02:46 PM
Fatal medical errors and stronger government support are driving major providers' plans to boost IT budgets by more than 10 percent in the next few years, the Datamonitor report suggests.

Wide U.S. Inquiry Into Purchasing for
Health Care

Wide U.S. Inquiry Into Purchasing for
Health Care 08/20/2004 11:43 PM
The case appears to be focused on whether hospitals are fraudulently overcharging Medicare and other programs for goods.

Canada to boost Inuit health care

Canada to boost Inuit health care 09/13/2004 09:45 PM
Prime Minister Paul Martin announces plans to improve health care for Canada's indigenous people.

Canada Looks for Ways to Fix Its Health
Care System

Canada Looks for Ways to Fix Its Health
Care System 09/12/2004 03:10 AM
Polls indicate that public confidence in Canada's health insurance system is eroding, although politicians remain reticent to privatize services.

Rush for Colonoscopies Taxes Health Care
(AP)

Rush for Colonoscopies Taxes Health Care
(AP) 08/01/2004 05:16 AM
AP - Recommendations from medical specialists that healthy adults be screened for colon cancer has resulted in hundreds of thousands of people seeking colonoscopies, producing long waits for the test and straining hospital resources.

New Site Compares 16,000 Health Care
Facilites

New Site Compares 16,000 Health Care
Facilites 07/29/2004 01:43 PM
JCAHO, The nation's largest hospital accrediting body, has launched a Web site called "QualityCheck", designed to let doctors and the public compare the quality of medical care at thousands of facilities.

Growth in Health Care Spending Again
Drops (AP)

Growth in Health Care Spending Again
Drops (AP) 06/09/2004 07:36 AM
AP - The rate of growth in health care spending fell for the second year in a row in 2003 as demand for health services dropped because workers were forced to pick up more of the tab for their care and a surge from a change in managed care policies ebbed.

Effort to Fix Health Care Reveals Some
Critics

Effort to Fix Health Care Reveals Some
Critics 08/10/2004 11:05 PM
Some doctors are critical of a new program in Washington state that has lowered costs by assigning nurses and creating electronic patient records.

Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care
Advance Planning

Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care
Advance Planning 04/18/2005 08:38 AM


Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
http://www.abanet.org/agin g/toolkit/

The Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning is made available from the American Bar Association's Commission on Law and Aging. If you are looking at this tool kit, you are either thinking of making a health care advance directive (such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care), or you may have already signed one. In either case, you should be aware that just having a written advance directive by itself does not ensure that your wishes will be understood and respected. Studies have shown that standard advance directive forms do little to influence end-of-life decisions without: 1) informed, thoughtful reflection about your wishes and values, and 2) personal communication between you and your likely decision-makers before a crisis occurs. Good advance planning for health care decisions is, in reality, a continuing conversation - about values, priorities, the meaning of one's life, and quality of life. To help you in this process, this tool kit contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources. There are 10 tools in all, each clearly labeled and user-friendly. The tool kit does not create a formal advance directive for you. Instead, it helps you do the much harder job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you in the face of serious illness. This has been added Elder Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. This will be added to Legal Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.
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