Healthcare

08 Dec Democratizing Concierge Medicine: First Look at Current Health

Posted at 12:11h in Change Agents, Consumerism, Current Health, Direct Practice, Entrepreneurship, For Employers, Healthcare, Innovation, Medical Home, Value by michelle 2 Comments

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Current Health (kûr'ənt helth) n. Membership based, comprehensive primary care practice based in San Francisco area with plans to spread branded clinics throughout the West. Millennial version of the classic vision of a trusted physician who makes house calls. As I have mentioned previously, I have been...

05 Dec Short Selling: Why the Long View is Critical for Health 2.0

Posted at 21:39h in Consumerism, For Employers, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Innovation, Transparency by michelle 8 Comments

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Short Sell (shôrt sĕl) n. 1. The sale of a security that one does not own but has borrowed in anticipation of making a profit by paying for it after its price has fallen. 2. A short seller will make money if the stock goes down...

19 Oct Going Digital: Introducing Mitzi Reaugh of NBC Digital Health Network

Posted at 07:25h in Conferences, For Employers, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Industry, Innovation by michelle 4 Comments

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Digital (dĭj'ĭ-tl) adj. 1. Of or relating to a device that can read, write, or store information that is represented in numerical form. 2. Expressed in numerical form, especially for use by a computer. As part of my preparations for the upcoming Health 2.0 conference, I had the...

01 Oct Capitalism in Health Care – Do you still believe?

Posted at 07:35h in For Employers, General, Healthcare, Industry, Irony by michelle 5 Comments

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Capitalism (kăp'ĭ-tl-ĭz'əm) 1. An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production. 2. Descriptive of a system that encourages private investment and business, compared to a government-controlled economy where investment money is obtained from private sources...

27 Aug Membership-based Practices: Does It Have It’s Privileges or is it just for The Privileged?

Posted at 08:45h in Direct Practice, For Employers, Healthcare, Innovation, Value by michelle 3 Comments

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Membership (mĕm'bər-shĭp) The state of being a member The total number of members in a group I have watched the meteoric rise of popular term “Medical Home”. While I personally dislike this phrase, it has caught on in the popular vernacular and looks like it is...

27 Aug Speaking Circuit: Coming to a Conference Near You

Posted at 08:15h in Conferences, For Employers, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Innovation, Open Source, Transparency, Value by michelle 1 Comment

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Circuit (sûr'kĭt) n. A path or route the complete traversal of which without local change of direction requires returning to the starting point. An association of theaters in which plays, acts, or films move from theater to theater for presentation. A group of nightclubs, show halls,...

27 Aug Perot on the Prowl: Observations on Press Release Arithmetic

Posted at 06:57h in For Employers, Healthcare, Open Source, Quality by michelle 1 Comment

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Prowl (proul) v. 1. To roam stealthily, with predatory intent, as in search of prey or plunder 2. Actively looking for somethin HISTalk just recorded its 1.5 millionth hit. Besides the snarky commentary, HISTalk (and the lovely new addition of HERTalk) has continued to gain readership...

15 May Going off the Grid – The Rise of "Direct Practice" Medicine

Posted at 22:06h in Change Agents, Entrepreneurship, For Employers, Healthcare, Innovation, Transparency, Value by michelle 11 Comments

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Grid (grĭd) n. Something resembling a framework of crisscrossed parallel bars, as in rigidity or organization An interconnected system for the distribution of electricity or electromagnetic signals over a wide area, especially a network of high-tension cables and power stations. The interconnected system employed by the Medico-Industrial...

29 Apr True Insurance: Removing the Moral Hazard

Posted at 04:55h in For Employers, Healthcare, Innovation, Insurance by michelle 3 Comments

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True (trū) adj. 1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous 2. Real; genuine, rightful; legitimate, fundamental, or essential 3. Accurately shaped or fitted and conforms to rule, standard or pattern I recently came across an article so good that I thought it should be republished in...

23 Apr Millenial Patients: Care Delivery for the Next Generation of Patients

Posted at 08:31h in Consumerism, Crossover, For Employers, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Innovation, Value by michelle 4 Comments

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Generation (jĕn'ə-rā'shən) n. A group of individuals born and living about the same time. A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes. A stage or period of sequential technological development and innovation. * This is a reposting of the article I...