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Let's Hope This Bores You

By Kim Bellard | October 8, 2017

I think I know what is wrong with health care: not enough people are bored. These are stressful times for health care. There's a never-ending stream of innovation, constant pressures about costs, concerns about the quality of care, conflicting research findings, ongoing uncertainty about how we should finance what coverage for which people, and new business models and organizational structures. There's too much to take in, and everyone in health care is working too hard, too long.  Honestly, who has time to be bored? But that's a problem. We usually think of being bored as a bad thing. You don't often find people saying they're looking to be bored. You don't find many activities that bill themselves as being boring...

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Maine Doctor Cuts Prices In Half By Refusing Health Insurance

Kristen Butler | UPI.com | May 29, 2013

Maine doctor Michael Ciampi stopped accepting insurance enabling him to cut prices in half and make house calls. Read More »

MaineHealth To Go Live With New EHR, Speech Tech

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | October 2, 2012

As it rolls out a new electronic health record system across eight hospitals, MaineHealth will also deploy speech recognition technology to make it easier and quicker to fill in the patient chart. Read More »

Mainstreaming ME Research: The 8th Invest In ME International ME Conference, 2013

Mark Berry | Phoenix Rising | June 2, 2013

Mark Berry reports from London on the 8th Invest in ME International ME Conference. Read More »

Malaria Detection Device To Be Field Tested A Year Ahead Of Schedule

Greg Slabodkin | FierceMobileHealthcare | April 29, 2013

A European Union-funded mHealth project to develop a mobile device using nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance will be ready for field testing in 2013--a year ahead of schedule--according to a university announcement. Read More »

Managed Cost, Mismanaged Care

Meade Klingensmith | Remapping Debate | February 13, 2013

This is the first in a series of articles examining the phenomenon by which health care policy has come to be dominated by a single-minded desire for cost control, while concerns about maximizing the quality of care have been downgraded or ignored entirely.

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Meaningful Use May Unintentionally Increase Care Disparities

Marla Durben Hirsch | FierceEMR | November 6, 2013

I read with great interest this week my colleague Ron Shinkman's thought-provoking commentary about how the 25 states that have refused to expand Medicaid eligibility pursuant to the Affordable Care Act and rejected billions of federal dollars could ultimately degrade the quality of their patients' care. [...] Read More »

Meaningful Use The Stats [Infographic Wednesdays]

Fred Pennic | HIT Consultant | August 8, 2012

Greenway Medical infographic provides a visual overview of Meaningful Use EHR Incentive Program payments, registration, and attestations. Read More »

Measuring EHR pain points: High Cost, Poor Functionality Outweigh Benefits, Ease Of Access

Michael McBride | Medical Economics | February 10, 2014

Medical Economics collected hundreds of comments from physicians about electronic health record (EHR) systems. While respondents noted the benefits EHRs provide in functions such as e-prescribing and mobile applications, they say cumbersome systems have drained cash from their practices, and worsened patient care because of inefficiencies. Read More »

MedeAnalytics Study Shows How U.K. Healthcare System Could Save $2 Billion Annually — Findings Could Hold Important Lessons For U.S. System

Press Release | MedeAnalytics | June 3, 2013

Groundbreaking study identifies eight key metrics that could bend cost curve in U.S., U.K. Read More »

Medicare Bills Rise As Records Turn Electronic

Reed Abelson, Julie Creswell, and Griff Palmer | New York Times | September 21, 2012

But, in reality, the move to electronic health records may be contributing to billions of dollars in higher costs for Medicare, private insurers and patients by making it easier for hospitals and physicians to bill more for their services, whether or not they provide additional care.
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Medicare Paid Doctors, Hospitals $6.3 Billion To Adopt E-Health Records

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | October 24, 2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid out $6.3 billion to hospitals and medical professionals in 2012 to adopt electronic health record systems, the Government Accountability Office reported Thursday. Read More »

MGMA Survey: Physician Practices Report Increased Information Technology Costs

Press Release | MGMA-ACMPE | September 10, 2013

Information technology costs are on the rise, as physician practices adopt and optimize electronic health records (EHRs). Since 2008, medical practices' annual expenditures per full-time-equivalent (FTE) physician for information technology costs have climbed 27.8 percent, from a median of $15,211 in 2008 to a reported $19,439 in 2012 [...]. Read More »

Military Health Leaders Turn To PCMH Amid Crisis

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | November 11, 2013

Patient-centered medical home models being tested in the Military Health System could offer lessons in team-based care for civilian providers, who are similarly challenged by an aging population with complex chronic conditions, according to researchers writing in Health Affairs. Read More »

Military Redefines Medical Home Model

Anthony Brino | Healthcare IT News | November 12, 2013

Patient-centered medical home models, an approach to care underpinned by healthcare IT, being tested in the Military Health System could offer lessons in team-based care for civilian providers, who are similarly challenged by an aging population with complex chronic conditions, according to researchers writing in Health Affairs. Read More »