by Mollie McDowell | Jul 20, 2015 | Other
July 20, 2015 Choosing the right surgeon can be a matter of life or death, but how reliable is this Surgeon Score Card database that took the Interwebs by storm? Some sing its praises while others cry methodological foul. In other matters of life and death—the first...
by Mollie McDowell | Jun 29, 2015 | Other
June 29, 2015 SCOTUS stole the show last week with two huge rulings affecting healthcare’s future. King v. Burwell went the way of Obamacare, with subsidies remaining intact, while the long-awaited marriage equality ruling promises to alter the health insurance...
by Mollie McDowell | Jun 15, 2015 | Rock Weekly
June 15, 2015 Or is medicine impeding the use of technology? Last week, the AMA delayed setting telemedicine guidelines, even though virtual visits continue to gain steam. And while 78% of office-based physicians use an EHR, 70% don’t believe it was worth it. Bob...
by Mollie McDowell | Jun 8, 2015 | Rock Weekly
June 8, 2015 Digital health kicked off the month of June with its third IPO of 2015: Evolent Health, which earned a pretty $195M in its first day of trading. And in Googleverse news: the tech giant is expanding its Baseline pilot to define human health, Sergey...
by Mollie McDowell | Jun 1, 2015 | Rock Weekly
June 1, 2015 What takes up 50% more of a doctor’s time than caring for patients, was supposed to save $77B for healthcare, just got a funding boost from CMS, and had sweeping changes proposed from AMIA last week? The EHR. A valuable tool or a total disaster?...
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