Obama’s NICE will limit health choices and options
Make no mistake, as budgetary restraints become greater, the politicians in Washington will look ever more feverishly for methodologies designed…
Feds release summary of HIT plan
The government has released it's summary of funding and expenditures for the implementation of the HIT strategy included in the…
HIT Adoption, Implementation, Control – Caution Ahead
Perhaps the most chilling comment buried in Dr. Blumenthal musing is as follow: "That means taking advantage of embedded clinical…
Comparative Effectiveness is really about the money
Comparative effectiveness is what medicine has been doing since its modern inception some 2,500+ years ago. In the last century,…
Pay for Performance (P4P) moves forward under CMS
First, who will determine what is "effective" health care? Second, while we may all feel we know what safety, efficiency,…
Health Reform will require patients & doctors input but . . .
Are reforms necessary . . . yes. However, many of the reforms needed are common sense, low cost items that…