discussion at Mt. Sinai Hospital, to talk about our nations health care system and the importance of health insurance reform, including health information technology infrastructure and preventative care, with US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at Health and Human Services, and health [...]

discussion at Mt. Sinai Hospital, to talk about our nations health care system and the importance of health insurance reform, including health information technology infrastructure and preventative care, with US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at Health and Human Services, and health [...]

discussion at Mt. Sinai Hospital, to talk about our nations health care system and the importance of health insurance reform, including health information technology infrastructure and preventative care, with US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at Health and Human Services, and health [...]

Government-based overhaul has completely monopolized the debate on healthcare. Here are seven examples of successful market-based healthcare alternatives that you should know about. Government healthcare reform sure gets a lot of media attention. In just the last month alone there have been about 13,000 new stories containing the word “government” and the phrase “healthcare reform.” [...]

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems have been recognized by the U.S. Government as a core component to national healthcare reform. Beginning in 2011, physicians and hospitals will begin receiving government incentives if they are “meaningful EHR users.” Though the definition of “meaningful users” is still under debate, the reason behind the definition is clear. It [...]

All signs point to Congress passing a comprehensive health care reform bill in 2009, potentially expanding health insurance coverage to 46 million uninsured Americans. This objective will be achieved through a combination of Medicaid eligibility expansions as well as the creation of a new health insurance exchange – basically a new health insurance market place [...]

when people talk about healthcare in the US they seldom bring up the multitude of cultural issues. Namely, black men regardless of income or education, do not like to get prostate examinations, which is one of the reasons why they have a higher incidents of prostate cancer deaths than whites (btw, white Americans have the [...]

How Electronic Records Help Health ReformIntegration of electronic record keeping can help reduce overall health care expenses by limiting administrative costs, ensuring that duplicate procedures are avoided and checking for allergies and other medical sensitivities across a database. Optimally, the system aims to help medical professionals make better decisions based upon lab results, X-Rays, medical [...]

In recent times, there have been extraordinary events that put a pause on routine and threw our country into animated conversation but they have mostly been about bad news – 9/11, the invasion of Iraq and most recently the Wall Street bailout. The election was neither bad news nor a distraction like a celebrity meltdown, [...]