Crossover Health

21 Aug Microcapitation: Prometheus Catches Fire

Posted at 06:23h in For Employers, Health Finance, Healthcare, Innovation, Quality, Value by michelle 0 Comments

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Prometheus (prə-mē'thē-əs) n. A Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humankind, for which Zeus chained him to a rock and sent an eagle to eat his liver, which grew back daily. A personification of the unconquerable will opposing greater power, forever chained and...

20 Aug Utah leads out with new virtual health insurance exchange

Posted at 23:54h in For Employers, Innovation, Insurance, Value by michelle 9 Comments

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Exchange (ĭks-chānj') n. To give in return for something received; trade To give and receive reciprocally; interchange A place where things are exchanged, especially a center where securities or commodities are bought and sold There have been several interesting health finance innovations that have been announced recently...

05 Aug CLEAR! Shocking Google Health Back to Life

Posted at 16:10h in Conferences, For Employers, Innovation, Irony by michelle 6 Comments

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* This is the second part of my commentary on the June HealthVault Connected Care Conference in Seattle. I hope to use this post to motivate my good friends at Google Health into taking a much more public, visible, and proactive role in the health...

05 Aug Microsoft Vaults Ahead into the Personal Health Information Space

Posted at 15:33h in Conferences, For Employers, Health 2.0, Innovation by michelle 0 Comments

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* I am out at the Eli Lilly Health 2.0 Summit and just finished a presentation by Microsoft Health Services team. It was an interesting presentation, if but for nothing else to show their worldwide commitment to health. It reminded me of the June Health...

05 Aug #FAIL! Proprietary EHR LockIn through CCHIT Certification

Posted at 15:16h in EHR, For Employers, Innovation by michelle 3 Comments

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* I just found several blog posts that I had written but never posted. Sorry that these are late but there are still worthy of a link or two. I just saw some serious lame legislation proposed out of New Jersey by some ill-informed congressional...

08 Jul CODE RED – How Proprietary HIT Vendors May Screw Up Health Reform

Posted at 13:32h in Change Agents, For Employers, Open Source, VistA by michelle 10 Comments

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CODE RED (kōd rĕd) n. A system of hospital codes used world wide to alert staff to emergency conditions Codes intended to convey essential information quickly with minimal understanding "Code Red" typically implies catastrophic, life threatening emergency I had the privilege to meet with Phil Longman several years back...

08 Jul CPT Codes-Why physicians always get screwed, thanks AMA

Posted at 12:32h in Direct Practice, For Employers, Innovation, Irony, Medical Home, Value by michelle 2 Comments

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CPT Codes Set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology Established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing specific items and services provided in delivering health care. Daniel Palestrant comes right back from his opening salvo of last...

02 Jul Whats the new spelling for the AMA? S-E-R-M-O

Posted at 18:58h in Change Agents, Consumerism, EHR, For Employers by michelle 6 Comments

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Spelling (spĕl'ĭng) n. The forming of words with letters in an accepted order; orthography. The art or study of orthography or the way in which a word is spelled. Whoa . . . just ahead of a 21% cut in physician salaries we have an epic battle shaping...

23 Jun The Myth of Prevention and EHR's?

Posted at 16:31h in EHR, For Employers, Healthcare, Prevention, Quality, Transparency by michelle 0 Comments

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Prevention (prĭ-vĕn 'shən) n. Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease Intended or used to prevent or hinder; acting as an obstacle Carried out to deter expected aggression by hostile forces. I was just referred this article which I found to be thoughtfully...

16 Jun #FAIL! Proprietary EHR Lock In through CCHIT

Posted at 23:35h in EHR, For Employers, Industry, Leadership by michelle 3 Comments

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Lame (lām) adj. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory: I just saw some seriously lame legislation proposed out of New Jersey by some ill-informed congressional lackey MANDATING that all EHR’s be certified through CCHIT. This is...

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21 Aug Microcapitation: Prometheus Catches Fire

20 Aug Utah leads out with new virtual health insurance exchange

05 Aug CLEAR! Shocking Google Health Back to Life

05 Aug Microsoft Vaults Ahead into the Personal Health Information Space

05 Aug #FAIL! Proprietary EHR LockIn through CCHIT Certification

08 Jul CODE RED – How Proprietary HIT Vendors May Screw Up Health Reform

08 Jul CPT Codes-Why physicians always get screwed, thanks AMA

02 Jul Whats the new spelling for the AMA? S-E-R-M-O

23 Jun The Myth of Prevention and EHR's?

16 Jun #FAIL! Proprietary EHR Lock In through CCHIT