Rerun: Happy 6th birthday to the Health Business Blog

The Health Business Blog is on vacation this week and re-running some classic posts. This one is from March 2011, the sixth birthday of the Health Business Blog. — The Health Business Blog turns six years old today. Continuing a tradition I established with birthdays one, two, three, four andfive I have picked out a favorite post from each month. Thanks for continuing to read the blog! March 2010: Clinical decision support and meaningful use: Perspective from Zynx Health CEO Dr. Scott Weingarten Physicians and hospitals that implement electronic health records (EHR) are sometimes disappointed with the results. In many cases, EHRs are used largely to convert paper information into electronic form, which is a costly and cumbersome process. But when advanced clinical decision support is added, significant improvements are attainable. Zynx Health CEO, Scott Weingarten explains in this podcast. April 2010: Cost control is coming to town A major criticism leveled at the health reform law is that it doesn’t do enough to control costs. Yet experience with a similar breed of health reform in Massachusetts indicates that the cost control issue will come to the fore sooner rather than later. Four news stories reinforced my conviction about this. May 2010: In praise of low medical loss ratios The new health insurance reform law requires health plans to pay out at least 80 or 85 percent of premiums in medical expenses, depending on whether they are selling to individuals/s...
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