Ready or not, there are robots in your future. And some of them will be for health care. There has been growing concern that the rise of robots, along with artificial intelligence (AI), will create huge impacts on jobs. Within the last few months both McKinsey and PwC have issued white papers on the topic. The former found that nearly half of jobs have the potential to be automated (although most not totally), while the latter expects 38% of U.S. jobs at at high risk of automation within 20 years. Health care is not high on most lists of sectors whose jobs are soonest to be heavily impacted by robots, but it is on the list -- and it will happen...
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The Health Disparity of Information Access
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn | Healthcare IT News | January 23, 2017
Access to healthcare is underpinned in large part on a health consumer’s access to information about available health care services, their location, price, and if the patient is very fortunate to glean, quality. As people take on more responsibility for managing their health care utilization and financing in America, their access to information that is easy-to-find, clear, comprehensive and current is critical to personal and public health outcomes...
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The IT VistA Gets Larger
Joseph Conn | ModernHealthcare.com | January 15, 2012
The 24th meeting of the WorldVistA community wrapped up a three-day run Sunday at University of California Davis. WorldVistA is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2002 to promote the use of an open-source version of the VistA system outside the Veterans Affairs Department, where the VA has been developing the EHR for more than 30 years. Read More »
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The Little-Known Decision-Makers for Medicare Physicians Fees
Uwe E. Reinhardt | The New York Times | December 10, 2010
Have you ever heard of the RUC? If not, you are not part of the small circle of cognoscenti who know what makes the world go ’round – at least in Medicare. To enter the circle, read on. Read More »
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The Outlook For “Obamacare” In Two Maps
Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein | ProPublica | November 8, 2012
It wasn’t just President Barack Obama who won Tuesday. His signature health care plan did as well. But while the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains alive, less clear is how its various mandates will proceed and who will participate. Read More »
The Promise of Electronic Health Records
John Halamka | Government Health IT | December 5, 2011
Last week, Don Berwick completed his 17 month tenure as administrator of Medicare and Medicaid. The nation should be grateful that such a visionary was at the helm. The nation should be frustrated that he was never confirmed. Read More »
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The Robots Are Coming...to Healthcare!
By Kim Bellard | June 6, 2017
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The Salaries Of Health Executives: What Can Doctors Do?
Kevin R.Campbell | KevinMD.com | May 29, 2014
... Health care costs in the U.S. remain above those of all other industrialized countries while physician salaries continue to fall. Even though the U.S. spends more dollars per capita on health care than any other country on earth, our outcomes, when compared to other nations, remain mediocre at best...
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The Storm Has Passed, But Puerto Rico’s Health Faces Prolonged Recovery
Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Rachel Bluth | Kaiser Health News | October 16, 2017
As President Donald Trump signals impatience to wind down emergency aid to Puerto Rico, the challenges wrought by Hurricane Maria to the health of Puerto Ricans and the island’s fragile health system are in many ways just beginning. Three weeks after that direct hit, nearly four dozen deaths are associated with the storm. But the true toll on Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million residents is likely to involve sickness and loss of life that will only become apparent in the coming months and in indirect ways...
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Today's 'Meaningful Use' Standard for Medication Orders by Hospitals May Save Few Lives; Later Stages May Do More
Spencer S. Jones | Health Affairs | September 1, 2011
The federal government is currently offering bonus payments through Medicare and Medicaid to hospitals, physicians, and other eligible health professionals who meet new standards for “meaningful use” of health information technology. Whether these incentives will improve care, reduce errors, and improve patient safety as intended remains uncertain. Read More »
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Todd Park—Changing Behavior and Changing Policies Panel (Part 3)
Unlisted | Stanford Social Innovation Review | October 11, 2011
Two megatrends are locking in: Massive incentive change and information liberation, says Todd Park, CTO of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The federal programs must lead the way in changing from fee-for-service to incentives for value in healthcare. Read More »
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Tool Aims at Tracking Doc Shortage
Mary Merrill | Healthcare IT News | September 8, 2011
The Physicians Foundation has awarded a two-year $750K grant to aid in the development of a Web-based projection model that will be designed to be continually updated with new data to track ongoing physician workforce needs across the country. The nonprofit organization awarded the grant to the Cecil G. Read More »
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Treasury Prints Money, HHS Burns It
Tom Temin | Federal News Radio | September 7, 2016
Like invasive vines, so-called improper payments seem totally resistant to agency efforts to cut them down. You won’t find it on the home page, where most agencies put only happy news, but Health and Human Services has warned improper payments through Medicaid are rising fast. They’ll hit an estimated 11.5 percent this year, or $30 billion. The rate last year was 9.8 percent. The dollars were about $15 billion in 2013...
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Vendors Compete to Add EHRs, Provider Data Exchange to Blue Button Initiative
Unknown | U.S. Medicine | September 1, 2011
When VA went live with its Blue Button download format last year, the goal was to give veterans the ability to download their personal-health information directly from their MyHealtheVet account. A new initiative announced this summer will expand that capability to private health-care records. Read More »
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Vermont Moving Forward With Its Own Flavor of Health Reform
Kaiser Health News Staff | Government Health IT | January 19, 2012
Vermont lawmakers are taking steps to move the state toward a publicly-financed insurance program and craft a state health exchange, which is required by the 2010 federal health law and which state officials hope to use as the groundwork for their eventual move to a unique single-payer system. Read More »
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Veterans Without VA Health Care Eligible For Medicaid Through Obamacare
Esther Bergdahl | Medill Reports: Chicago | June 5, 2013
When Daniel Cruz left the U.S. Marine Corps in August 2006, he became one of thousands of Illinois veterans without health insurance, despite being eligible for coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More »
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