The Uncertainty Bomb
By PAUL KECKLEY
I like certainty and routine. I like my daily Tall Dark Roast with no room for cream at 5 am at Starbucks. I like the same restaurants, the same suits and ties and the same TV shows. Holidays throw me off and I get bored quickly when I have down time.
For six years, the healthcare industry in the U.S. has been adjusting to its new normal based on the regulatory framework of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It became routine to discuss the volume to value, accountable care organizations, bundled payments, Medicaid expansion and Healthcare.gov. We were certain they’d be around for years to come.
Then came th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
What will the Trump era bring to health IT?
Many organizations have asked me to comment on the impact of the Trump presidency on health care and health care IT. I served the Bush administration for four years and the Obama administration for six years. I know that change in Washington happens incrementally. There is always an evolution, not a revolution, regardless of speechmaking hyperbole.
What am I doing in Massachusetts? I’m staying the course, continuing my focus on social networking for healthcare, mobile, care management analytics, cloud, and security while leaving the strategic plan/budget as is.
I have no inside information and no involvemen...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/john-halamka" rel="tag" > John Halamka, MD < /a > Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs
What Does the Trump Presidency Imply for Healthcare and Healthcare IT?
Many organizations have asked me to comment on the impact of the Trump Presidency on Healthcare and Healthcare IT. I served the Bush administration for 4 years and the Obama administration for 6 years. I know that change in Washington happens incrementally. There is always an evolution, not a revolution, regardless of speechmaking hyperbole.What am I doing in Massachusetts? I ’m staying the course, continuing my focus on social networking for healthcare, mobile, care management analytics, cloud, and security while leaving the strategic plan/budget as is.I have no inside information and no inv...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
A Plan for Changing Times
NIMH ’ s new Strategic Plan for Research is a broad roadmap for the Institute ’ s priorities for the next five years; Dr. Insel provides context and an overview. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - November 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Insel Source Type: blogs
FDA Criticized for Moving Too Slowly
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a frequent target of Congressional critics, sometimes for good reason. Earlier this year, Congress targeted the FDA after two highly critical reports were issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), suggesting that the FDA isn’t properly planning how to keep pace with medical science.
One report states that the FDA lacks goals, targets, and time frames for keeping up with scientific advances, while failing to track the money it spends on these efforts. The other report found fault with the FDA’s strategic plan, which is supposed to speed approval of drugs and devices...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 3, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
A Plan for Changing Times
NIMH ’ s new Strategic Plan for Research is a broad roadmap for the Institute ’ s priorities for the next five years; Dr. Insel provides context and an overview. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - October 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Insel Source Type: blogs
Create a Path to ASHA Leadership Via Related Professional Organizations
Have you ever wondered how to become a member of the ASHA Board of Directors … or ASHA president, for that matter? It won’t happen overnight, but you can move step-by-step along the long path to leadership. There are a number of pathways for achieving an ASHA leadership position; one travels through related professional organizations (RPOs).
Several RPOs focus on constituents in communication sciences and disorders. These professional groups collaborate with ASHA. Some examples include the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH), Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Dis...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 29, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Tommie Robinson, Jr. Tags: Advocacy leadership Professional Development Source Type: blogs
By The Numbers: Our Progress In Digitizing Health Care
Over the past seven years, the United States has seen a historic health IT transformation, moving from a primarily paper-based health system to one where virtually everyone has a digital footprint of their care because of the dramatic uptake of electronic health records (EHRs). Recent data have helped quantify just how rapidly technology has transformed clinical settings. Today, nearly all hospitals (96 percent) and nearly eight in 10 (78 percent) physicians use certified EHRs. This transformation is the result of 2009’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, when fewer than one in 1...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Karen DeSalvo and Vindell Washington Tags: Featured Health IT Hospitals Organization and Delivery EHRs electronic health records Health Data Source Type: blogs
From Pipedream to Reality: 4 Simple Steps To Make It Happen
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“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities” JRR Tolkien
“Sail round the world …!”
Sound familiar? It’s a common answer to the question – ‘What would you do if anything was possible?’
It’s exactly what Heidi said to me on a self-confidence course about 18 months ago. Then in the next breath she called it a pipedream … “impossible in reality because I’ve...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike McClement Tags: confidence featured philosophy productivity tips psychology self improvement best quotes build confidence find your passion goals how to make your dream come true objectives pickthebrain self confidence self esteem top self i Source Type: blogs
Liposomes for Medicine: Q & A with President of Taiwan Liposome Company
Liposomes, the microsocopic lipid vesicles that scientists have been making in great variety, are rapidly entering clinical medicine and are expected to improve how many diseases are treated. The Taiwan Liposome Company specializes in developing liposomes to improve how drugs are delivered. While we here at Medgadget normally don’t cover pharmaceuticals, anything that’s engineered at the nanoscale should interest our audience and we wanted to ask one of the commercial leaders in this field a bit about the industry. George Yeh is the President of Taiwan Liposome Company (TLC) and we thank him for fielding our qu...
Source: Medgadget - August 24, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
This Isn't Working
I haven ' t gotten enough sleep for the past several nights. Why? Because I wake up uncomfortable and can ' t sleep. Maybe its because we slept in a different bed for two weeks at the rental. Or because I haven ' t been to the gym for two weeks because we were away. Or because I floated around in the ocean most days. All I know is everything hurts. And it sucks.However, I have a plan:Take a sleeping pillTake a pain pillFind a really boring book to put me to sleepSo now I will take my great strategic plan and implement it and catch up on some Zzzzssss. I hope (Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog)
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 14, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: lack of sleep pain levels Source Type: blogs
Acquisitions & mergers: Securing PHI a priority
Wed, 8/10/2016 - 12:00pmCollin Jones0 Commentsvar addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: " UA-317164-6 " };In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), buyers must perform due diligence with a rigorous cybersecurity assessment, to make sure the companies get the value they are paying for. Before pursuing a divestiture or sale, sellers also should examine cybersecurity practices to help reduce time and costs, avoid surprises and sweeten deals.Read the full article at:www.cio.comThe recent article on ensuring cybersecurity in mergers and acquisitions from CIO.com, given a...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - August 10, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: collin.jones Source Type: blogs
The Enterprisers Project: Healthcare CIOs need a strategic IT plan
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Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
On The Foundation Freeway: Entering And Exiting Priority Areas With Caution
All funders, no matter their size, have big dreams and limited resources. I have yet to meet grantmakers—even the largest ones—that think they have sufficient money to tackle the myriad challenges that exist.
This is certainly true for the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth). With an endowment of close to $300 million, we are usually considered a mid-size foundation. Yet, these dollars pale in comparison with the health and health care needs of a large and diverse state like New York.
The state is home to more than 19 million people, including large populations of low-income and elderly people, immigrants, non...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - July 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: David Sandman Tags: GrantWatch Hospitals Insurance and Coverage Medicaid and CHIP Consumers Diabetes health insurance Health Philanthropy Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW Health Reform Healthy Communities New York State Payment Primary Care Source Type: blogs
