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Health Care Legislation: Possible Macro Trends by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy It is very difficult to gauge the ultimate outcome of proposed health care legislation, but several common themes do allow one to make educated guesses on trends. The trends:A ... Read on »

Budget Deficits by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy If one accepts the findings of David Leonhardt's June 9, 2009 New York Times analysis, the stimulus package and the proposed Obama initiatives in energy, health care, and edu ... Read on »

e-Patient Dave by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy "....I didn't highlight a lot of administrative data. Administrative data, it is true, what we have today, but one caveat for you. You read the Boston Globe, and you will see ... Read on »

Joe Bugajski: The Data Model That Nearly Killed Me - what does this mean for "meaningful use"? by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Danny Sands posted to Facebook a link to a blog posting (March 17) at Syleum.com written by Joe Bugasjski and entitled "The Data Model That Nearly Killed Me." Follow this link ... Read on »

Update on the MidSouth eHealth Alliance - Memphis Health Information Exchange by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy While national experts urge "implement now" and press releases announce early award of non-profit status, some established exchanges - Memphis included - are wondering what th ... Read on »

States or Regions? by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Current legislative language offers some choices between state and regional efforts. This is a sensible thing for the usual reasons: Change always has a strong local component ... Read on »

Physician EMR Adoption and Attitudes; and What Will Dr. Blumethal Do? by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Several recent publications describe once again the large "practice variation" in EMR adoption at least as seen through the eyes of surveys. A brief overview of ARRA written b ... Read on »

Mandl and Kohane on Health Care Information Technology by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In a March 26, 2009 article in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled "No Small Change for the Health Information Economy, Kenneth D. Mandl and Isaac S. Kohane emphasize ... Read on »

Ruth Marcus: Five Hard Pieces of Health Reform by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In a March 22, 2009 Washington Post op-ed piece, entitled " Crunch Time for Health Care Reform," the columnist Ruth Marcus raises five questions that must be answered. Elabora ... Read on »

Do Other Countries Have the Answer by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy John Goodman, a proponent of health savings accounts and prolific author, writes (March 19) in the Health Affairs blog about a paper he wrote with Linda Gorman, Devon Herrick, ... Read on »

David Blumenthal: A Bibliography by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Dr. David Blumenthal's return to the federal arena brings strong policy experience into the tasks required of ARRA. At Harvard, Dr. Blumenthal was part of a diverse group who ... Read on »

Disrupt and Prosper? by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy At a fascinating meeting today, I again heard physicians express concern that the HITECH EHR programs could lead to inappropriate intrusion by third parties. Third parties l ... Read on »

Health Affairs Policy Briefing, Washington, March 10 by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The journal Health Affairs held a briefing introducing their March issue featuring health care information technology. Follow this link to the Health IT IssueFollow this link ... Read on »

Obama's Eight Principles by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy At this juncture, it is difficult to discern what an outcome from the March 5 White House Summit. It is difficult to find even a list of the attendees. But frequent mention of ... Read on »

Dear Mr President (Government Health IT) - February 2009 by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The following is reprinted from a series in Government Health IT: Follow this link to entire set of essaysJanuary 26, 2009Build Version 1.0 first Don’t automate until you achi ... Read on »

UMass NGA Report by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A report produced by the University of Massachusetts was released today. It is entitled "Public Governance Models for a Sustainable Health Information Exchange Industry." Foll ... Read on »

Governor Phil Bredesen a Member in NGA Task Force on Health Care Reform by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On February 23, 2009, the National Governors' Association appointed a task force to address Health Care Reform. "The Task Force is designed to identify and define gubernatoria ... Read on »

Visualizing the Stimulus Bill - the Hive Group by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy During an informal talk, Rob Kolodner showed an interesting graphic developed by the Hive Group to visualize the ARRA. It's worth a look. http://www.hivegroup.com/stimulus/Rob ... Read on »

Phil Bredesen and TennCare: Links Concerning the Medicaid Crisis by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Given the coverage of Governor Bredesen in the last few days, it seems valuable to provide some links that emphasize the dire state of the Medicaid program in the first part o ... Read on »

Bipartisan Agreement and Impact on Health IT (Saturday morning, 2-February) by Dr. Mark Frisse Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The bipartisan agreement announced tonight to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will update a number of provisions in the underlying bill (S. Amendment ... Read on »

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