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Building a High Performance Engine for Healthcare: Why Cloud Computing Architecture Matters

 Cloud computing will have an immense impact on the economics of managing health plans in the months and years to come.  Organizations in the public and private sectors are scrambling for n...

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Friday, May 18, 2012 11:34 AM GMT

Hospital CEO discusses Supreme Court ruling, presidential election

Paul Hensler is certainly not alone in saying that public health officials are “living in a time of incredible uncertainty.”Election Feature Content:  No Feature ...
Friday, May 18, 2012 10:15 AM GMT

A.M. Vitals: FDA OKs Generic Plavix

Also: A CDC report says drowning is the No. 1 cause of injury death in children aged 1-4; researchers map the genetic code of 21 breast cancers; and food companies and consumer groups press for stalle...
Friday, May 18, 2012 10:04 AM GMT

Call for Presentations - ATA Fall Forum in New Orleans | Medicine and Technology [part of HCPLive]

ATA (American Telemedicine Association) is seeking innovative presentations on cutting-edge telemedicine applications and the future of remote healthcare. Abstracts accepted through July 1, 2012. To ...
Friday, May 18, 2012 10:00 AM GMT

HIT Journalist becomes patient advocate after seeing the danger of uncoordinated care and poorly designed workflows--Ileana Balcu

Neil Versel, a HIT journalist, relates a very touching story of his father’s care at two different hospitals: one was uncoordinated and prone to errors and near misses, another one was quite a g...
Friday, May 18, 2012 8:56 AM GMT

The pharmaceutical landscape for 2012 and beyond: balancing cost with care, and incentives for health behaviors

Transparency, data-based pharmacy decisions, incentivizing patient behavior, and outcomes-based payments will reshape the environment for marketing pharmaceutical drugs in and beyond 2012. Two reports...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:40 PM GMT

Cost versus worth of technology in healthcare

Two articles caught my attention this week amid of the flurry of news about jobs, the market and the economy. The first, Not retiring at 65: Physician goes from anti-EHR to pro-ACO , was about a 65 ye...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012 1:00 AM GMT

Health Care Costs: A Primer

This primer on health care spending in the United States reviews the growth in health care spending since 1970 and the impact of health care costs on families and employers.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:26 PM GMT

Gabby Giffords Is the Reality Star of US Healthcare [posted on MCOLblog.com]

I’m told that one should not mix stories in a blog, but, as a serial disruptor, I’m about to do just that.  I’m inspired by Representative Giffords and see her story as a frame for some ideas ...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:39 PM GMT

A Smarter Planet — The Social Traffic Conundrum: An IBM vPanel...

The Social Traffic Conundrum: An IBM vPanel Interactive Dialogue Date: Wednesday, September 22, 4pm ET Location: The IBM New Intelligence Video Studio, http://www.livestream.com/newintelligence Descri...
Wednesday, December 31, 1969 7:00 PM GMT

Francis Collins at TEDMED 2012

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