By ROB LAMBERTS, MD
Like many of the big ideas that catch on in business, patient engagement is an elusive idea – too often used without much thought and wheeled out at meetings as the dramatic conclusion of a Powerpoint presentation. Too bad most of the people talking about patient engagement don't have the first idea what they're talking about. Dr. Rob Lamberts offers us all a little remedial patient engagement training.
BY JAAN SIDOROV, MD
Thanks to Obamacare ACOs are healthcare's flavor of the year. People are talking about using acos for everything from fighting the obesity epidemic to organizing . There's a lot of potential here. But they can't be all things to all people, argues Jaan Sidorov. Be wary of scope creep. Be very wary.
By J.D. KLEINKE
Wisconsin Paul Ryan has built a career by standing next to Medicare spending charts and waving a pointer telegenically. When Ryan released his latest plan to say the country by saving Medicare last weekend, critics were lit. The issue? Parts of the proposal rely on the administration's approach insurance exchanges to keep costs down. Which makes sense, argues economist JD Kleinke, after all the whole idea was a Republican idea. But don't quote us on that.
By DAN DIAMOND
"You have to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it" Nancy Pelosi once famously remarked of the Obama administration's health reform law. Now that Obamacare implementation is officially underway, it's become clear that lawmakers may have been overly optimistic about some key assumptions behind the law. Analyst Dan Diamond talked to five health care visionaries including former CMS head Don Berwick and Washington and Lee professor Timothy Jost about what they think Obamacare got right and what might need, shall we say, a little gentle tweaking.
By EDMUND BILLINGS, MD
Open source software is everywhere we look. From the handy free image editor on your desktop to the web-based content management system your IT department uses to manage your website, open source technology is everywhere. It has advantages. It's cheap. It's web-based and it's usually reliable. Shouldn't open source be radically transforming healthcare in the way it's saving other industries? Maybe so: Edmund Billings weighs in the reasons open source may turn out to be the HIT giant killer after all.
By SUZANNE DELBANCO & FRANCOIS DE BRANTES
With consumers hungry for information on pricing for medical services and politicians writing the T-word into every piece of legislation they can think, we're asking a lot of transparency. The release of a new report card rating state transparency laws suggests we have a long way to go.
By ERNESTO RAMIREZ & GARY WOLF
Early adopters are high on the data driven-potential of tracking devices and gizmos that let users collect and interpret personal health data. New products are popping up everywhere, from the Apple store to the pages of health magazines. But how many people are really using these technologies? Quantified Selfers argue the numbers are higher. Wired Editor Gary Wolf responds to Pew research on the latest statistics.
By GLEN TULLMAN
Glen Tullman's ouster this past December made headlines and was one of the first signs that the future might not be smooth sailing for the electronic medical record vendors. The critics are being critics. There are still reasons for encouragement, the ex-Allscripts CEO writes in an opinion piece.
By LESLIE KERNISAN, MD
Supporters argue the current generation of electronic medical records only begins to tap the potential of this much touted and talked about technology. Doing electronic medical records right may involve taking a new look at how information is structured argues THCB contributor Leslie Kernisan.
By HAYWARD K. ZWERLING, MD
Faced with reports questioning Washington's support for EMR vendors and suggestions that a lack of regulation may hurt the industry, some critics have called for a rethink of federal support for the electronic medical record industry. But is a time out really the answer? The answer isn't killing technology. It's coming up with better technology, respond supporters.
By JOE FLOWER
With a crowded consumer app marketplace and an evolving mobile market, the much-heralded app revolution launched by Steve Jobs is having decidedly mixed success. But apps look likely to have a greater impact in specialized markets, particularly in healthcare Hospital executives and other healthcare decision makers will do well to take note. argues healthcare expert Joe Flower.
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