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Hat's off to the Wall Street Journal for mentioning this. Great topic and I'm going to rant and bring a few more details of this entire issue to light here. As any readers of this blog know I am a tech person that work with medical professionals and others to bring this to light and...
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Open up a concierge practice, well this physician was canceled by one carrier. Other carriers have done the same in other instances. Read the full story for all the details. Physicians all over are changing business models and when they select to charge and give the patient the time...
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For those of you who read the blog here and are not aware of what a "Carnival" is, it represents a collection of some of the top blogging posts in a period of time assembled in one place to review and read. Today, Highlight Health is hosting the carnival and I am delighted that...
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When you stop and think about it, there are some real similarities here. Anyone who has ever purchased property knows what an Escrow account is. It is a third party used to to hold money and release it to fund a loan, until everything is verified and the loan process completes. Personal...
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This is not the first time this issue has been in the news in the last couple of years, but the dollars, or lack of dollars perhaps bring this to light once more, and once more it all comes back to money. There are some interesting efforts going on to try and combat the problem, such as Aetna paying...
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This does present a very good question, myself I have run tired of all the stuff on TV these days, but this is being done with a show that has a good cause, so I guess we shall all see if it is a fit. The Internet is such a wealth of information as well, and through YouTube, you can find videos, educational...
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This is somewhat of a return from times in the past, but many companies are seeing it as a way to reduce costs and provide medical care to employees at work, not just emergency care, but regular physician care. Yes there would be privacy concerns here too, as how much of this information could find it's...
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How long will that new knee or hip last and what failure or issues can be predicted? There is a study looking at this issue right now. We have all heard and seen the videos with squeaking hips, knees, etc. and some with by far worse issues. Some fail overall, but not many, but the issue is...
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A great interview from Robert Scoble, sit down and watch when you have time to listen to all. Does healthcare enter here, you bet. Do we want the government to stay in the dark ages? Maybe, as they might spy on us, but we don't mind Google and Microsoft doing it...does the government...
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A picture is worth 1000 words. I have recently had some conversations with health care clinicians, administrators, etc. about the Personal health records of Google and Microsoft Health Vault and this shows clearly how Beth Israel Deaconess has integrated the system with their own internal system...