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Much of the conversation and debate about physician EHR adoption has centered on the single issue of the (high) cost of purchase. However, we'd like to suggest that the situation is much more complex and involves several more subtle variables. Consider, for example, uncertainty about the future.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/message-americas-physicians-purchasing-ehr-technology-shaky-state-affairs

Prescriptions: Managing Disease Without Insurance

Blog | prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com | Oct 23, 2009

A study finds that the uninsured are less likely than the insured to manage such chronic conditions as hypertension and high cholesterol.

http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/managing-disease-without-insurance/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Death Panel

Blog | schott.blogs.nytimes.com | Aug 10, 2009

Sarah Palin's uncompromising description of the bureaucrats she claims will ration treatment under Barack Obama's health care plan.

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/death-panel/

A Common Sense American Health Reform Plan

Blog | economix.blogs.nytimes.com | Jul 31, 2009

An economist's list of the (impossible) design parameters that an acceptable health reform proposal would have to incorporate in order to conform with Americans' idea of "common sense" in health care.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/a-common-sense-american-health-reform-plan/

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The New Old Age: Behind the Locked Door

Blog | newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com | Jul 15, 2009

As my mother’s caregiver and advocate in the dark ages — 2000 to 2003, to be exact — I’ve envied those of you currently in this parallel universe. You have all these caregiver support groups; you have classes and other services (online and off) that didn’t exist back then.

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/behind-the-locked-door/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Drugs not always the best prescription

Blog | www.6minutes.com.au | Jun 18, 2009

I accepted a new admission at the nursing home last week. Like many of the previous admissions, the lady was transferred from a teaching hospital and arrived with a one page handwritten summary of her three weeks in hospital. It was difficult to decipher her medication list.

http://www.6minutes.com.au/annette_blog/blogposts.asp?postid=791

Medicare: The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future

Blog | blog.bioethics.net | Apr 19, 2009

No, I'm not a health policy analyst. Neither is the average American. But neither are we stupid. That's why I resent op-ed columns like the one in the Wall Street Journal that read like this: "Here's something that has gotten...

http://blog.bioethics.net/2009/04/medicare-the-ghosts-of-christmases-past-present-an/

Report: Medicare Pays Too Much for Some New Generics (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Blog | blogs.wsj.com | Aug 27, 2008

When a drug goes generic, the price plunges. But the formula Medicare uses to pay for certain drugs is slow to reflect that price drop, which means the program winds up overpaying for months. Read all about it in this report out today from Health and Human Services' inspector general. The report

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/27/report-medicare-pays-too-much-for-some-new-generics/?mod=yahoo_hs

Irish Medical Times | The Irish Medical Times Blog | Putting the elderly out of sight

Blog | www.IMT.ie | Jul 17, 2008

Anyway, is it any coincidence that I read this story the day before the Supreme Court's decision to strike down risk equalisation, and both Mary Harney's and the VHI's cautious but chilling warnings about the fate of the elderly as a result?

http://www.IMT.ie/blogs/irish-Medical-Times-Blog/2008/07/putting-the-elderly-out-of-sig.html