Time moves quickly inside the Beltway. It was just last week that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told a press briefing that Congressional leaders “will get to this a little later,” referencing the creation of any new government-run insurance program.
Apparently “a little later” was yesterday when Senator Charles […]
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The final discussion of the day dealt with population health. Dr. Karen Davis (Commonwealth Fund), Randel K. Johnson (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) and Dr. Reed Tuckson (UnitedHealth Group) made up the panel.
Dr. Davis reviewed various metrics of population health across nations and she mentioned Health IT. Apparently, EMR/Health IT adoption is at […]
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The first keynote of the day was on sustainable healthcare. The panel included Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus (Grameen Bank and Grameen Health_Bangladesh and Frank Rijsberman (Google). Mr. Yunus provided a holistic view of healthcare reform in the developing world. He talked about the need to raise income of the poor, […]
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The fourth keynote dealt with market forces. The panel included Steve Burd (Safeway), Newt Gingrich and Gary Ahlquist (Booz and Company). The question of Health IT actually came up in the discussion. The question was how to assure adoption and interoperability without bureaucracy. Speaker Gingrich advocated that the government […]
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The third keynote discussion included Jim Clifton (Gallup), Jim Guest (Consumers Union), Newt Gingrich, and Regina Herzlinger (Harvard Business School). This discussion talked about consumer behavior and its importance in good health. This leads to 2 questions how do we change culture to better utilize Health IT and how can Health IT […]
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The first keynote discussion of Dr. Dora Hughes (HHS), Mr. Bruce Bodaken (Blue Shield of CA) and Dr. John Kingsdale (Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority) brought some critical insight. Particularly, Dr. Hughes talked about President Obama’s 8 principles of Healthcare Reform. The President’s intent is that any plan must abide by […]
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The boundaries of the healthcare reform debate took another dimension this week as representatives of two large health insurance trade groups sent a message to Congress that said they were now willing to drop #8220;risk rating#8217; of health insurance policies. The offer from America#8217;s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Blue Cross and […]
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I feel I can now give an opinion on the final version of the stimulus. First, will it create jobs right away? It will not. However, I never felt Health IT was stimulative in nature but rather an investment. It will yield jobs and better healthcare in the future.
However, […]
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Two things have transpired in the last several weeks: the stimulus passed and former Sen. Daschle withdrew as HHS nominee. I think that what we in the Health IT community are not realizing is that these events are related and affect us. The purpose of the stimulus is to create […]
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First off, my name is Joe Ingemi and I am new blogger for the World Healthcare Congress. My area of expertise (and I use that term loosely) is political and governmental initiatives in the Health IT sector. I like to see what the federal, state and local governments are doing (or not […]
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