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Sally Davies, chief medical officer: private persuasion

The first woman to hold the senior advisory role on how to operate in a male-dominated environment How do you describe the way you operate and how much of that is influenced by you being the first woman to hold the post of chief medical officer? As chief medical officer, I'm an independent adviser...

Posted to News by Healthcare Network | guardian.co.uk on Fri, Jun 14 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Healthcare Network, Guardian Professional, Public Leaders Network, Policy, Politics, Central government, Interviews, Leadership and management, Civil service, Women in Leadership
How Much Does Health Care Cost? More Than You Can – or Want – to Imagine

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Thu, Jun 13 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Policy, Politics, Health care professionals, Health care & health policy, Health Care Cost, Wendy Lynch, entitlements
No meaningful use help for nursing homes

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Thu, Jun 6 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Health IT, HITECH, Health information technology, Emergency medicine, electronic health records, Twitter, Pediatrics, Mental health, Medical research, Psychiatric hospital, Politics, People in healthcare, Technology in healthcare, Payment, Nursing Homes, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Aging, anti-aging & longevity, health information exchanges, long term care, Running a Hospital, Paul Levy, crowdsourcing, subsidies, chronic conditions, Holly Jarek, Seven Hills Pediatric Center, pediatric nursing home, complex, rehabilitation hospitals
Another side of health care

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Wed, Jun 5 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Medicare, Medicaid, Pediatrics, Medical research, Politics, People in healthcare, Family and kids, Payment, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Cognition & the brain, Lobbying, Running a Hospital, Paul Levy, health care costs, Complexity, high utilizers, subsidies, neonatal intensive care unit, chronic conditions, trauma care, Holly Jarek, developmental disabilities, Seven Hills Pediatric Center, special education, pediatric nursing home
Wellness, Nondiscrimination and Evidence-Based Public Policy

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sun, Jun 2 2013
Filed under: Filed under: accountable care organizations, ACOs, David Harlow, evidence-based medicine, Regulation, Medical research, Politics, People in healthcare, wellness, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Payment, Forbes, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Medicine: wellness & disease, Al Lewis, Change Management, Dan Munro, Massachussets health care, behavior change, health care costs, workplace wellness, health care incentives, discrimination, The Health Care Blog, value-based model, health coaches, lawsuits, HealthBlawg, health care utilization, cost-shifting, Vik Khanna, RAND Health, Jeff Immelt, Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans
One of these three is not like the others

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sun, Jun 2 2013
Filed under: Filed under: CMS, Politics, Obama Administration, poverty, Technology in healthcare, District of Columbia, Washington Post, Payment, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, NPR, Ezekiel Emanuel, proton beam therapy, Medical Ethics, SAFETY NET AND HEALTH, Running a Hospital, Paul Levy, Johns Hopkins, Low income healthcare recipients, expensive technology, status quo, value in health care, health care waste, profits, corruption, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Huron Healthcare, United Medical Center
The U.S. Health Care Debate in Five Bullet Points

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Fri, May 31 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Patient Safety, Health Care Quality, Politics, People in healthcare, Health care professionals, Germany, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, surgical complications, Obamacare, Bundled Payment, Jaan Sidorov, health care costs, Disease Management Care Blog, US healthcare system, risk management, vouchers, bipartisan, GDP, readmission, global health, partisanship, national debt, gain-sharing, public payer option, Hauptstadtkongreß
The Politicizing of Preventive Health Care: Whither the US Preventive Health Services Task Force?

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sun, May 19 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Mammography, Patient Safety, evidence-based medicine, Congress, Politics, People in healthcare, Health care professionals, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, shared decision-making, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Medicine: wellness & disease, Jaan Sidorov, US Preventive Services Task Force, Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA, Disease Management Care Blog, health insurance companies, unnecessary medical testing
Guiding Principles for Person-Centered Health Care Reform

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Wed, May 15 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Medicare, Medicaid, accountable care organizations, ACOs, Institute for Health Technology Transformation, Patient Safety, Health Care Quality, Politics, People in healthcare, Health care professionals, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Payment, antitrust, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, transparency, iHT2, health care costs, private insurance companies, fee-for-service reimbursement, person-centered health care, value-based model, Brookings Institution, value in health care, Bipartisan Policy Center, Healthcare Data Exchange, Medicare Comprehensive Care, Kim Phan, Simpson-Bowles
The Oregon Medicaid Experiment: Good Study, Bad Politics

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Thu, May 9 2013
Filed under: Filed under: diabetes, Congress, depression, Medical research, Politics, People in healthcare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Payment, cholesterol, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, high blood pressure, Change Management, health outcomes, Jaan Sidorov, Oregon Medicaid, health care costs, Disease Management Care Blog, Triple Aim, access to health insurance as precursor to good health, readmission, cardiac risk
Giving Voice

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Mon, Apr 29 2013
Filed under: Filed under: hospitals, video, Politics, People in healthcare, Health care professionals, United Kingdom, Payment, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Cognition & the brain, health outcomes, Running a Hospital, Paul Levy, health care costs, empathy, Effectiveness/Efficiency, communication skills, health care waste, quality of life, patience, language therapy, rehabilitation, swallowing skills, speech therapy
On Dementia, Cost-of-Living Adjustments, and the Right Way to Reform Programs for the Elderly

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sun, Apr 28 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Medicare, Medicaid, Congress, social security, Politics, People in healthcare, Alzheimer's, Payment, life expectancy, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, Aging, anti-aging & longevity, Cognition & the brain, President Obama, dementia, health care costs, retirement, The Government We Deserve, Gene Steuerle, elderly, cost-of-living adjustments
Why Medicare Cuts Will Quietly Kill Seniors

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sat, Apr 27 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Reimbursement, Medicare reimbursements, Patient Safety, Politics, People in healthcare, Cancer, Health care professionals, Budget, coordinated care, Payment, Death and Dying, Medicare cuts, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, denial of coverage for cancer patients, Millenson, heart attacks, health outcomes, Medical Ethics, Bundled Payment, unnecessary services, deficit, The Health Care Blog, health care waste, sequestration
Who Are These Guys? Why the PCORI Picks Matter a Lot More Than You Probably Realize.

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sat, Apr 6 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Patient Engagement, Congress, Politics, People in healthcare, George Washington University, Health care & health policy, Politics & public policy, transparency, Lobbying, Millenson, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Society for Participatory Medicine, PCORI, The Health Care Blog
Why Only Business Can Save America From Health Care

Posted to News by The Doctor Weighs In on Sun, Mar 24 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Politics, Health care professionals, influence, Payment, Health care & health policy, Klepper, Lobbying, Health Care Cost, Conflict

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