Connection (kə-nĕk'shən) n. The act of connecting. The state of being connected An association or relationship Sermo finally makes the connection between all the health insurance reform conversations and the inevitable consequence of pushing a large percentage of providers toward a cash based practice. I have highlighted the...
Afterburner (af·tər′bər·nər) n. A device for augmenting the thrust of a jet engine by burning additional fuel in the uncombined oxygen in the gases from the turbine The augmentation of thrust obtained by afterburning may be well over 40% of the normal thrust and at supersonic flight...
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...
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...
* 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...
* 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...
* 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...
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...
Twitterview (twĭt'ər vyū) n. A twitterview is a combination of the terms Twitter and interview. The Twitter medium of 140 characters forces a concise style of interviewing and response. The public can join in on the conversation and become participants themselves by following along or tracking hashtags. On...
Tragedy (trăj'ĭ-dē) n. A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life A tragic aspect or element. A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw,...