- Disruptive Women in Health Care » Blog Archive » Cancer Schmancer – Quote: "Doctors are bludgeoned by big business health insurance companies to go the least expensive route of diagnostic testing. They are trained to think, “If you hear hooves galloping, don’t look for zebra because it’s probably a horse.” But if you happen to be a zebra, you’re in big trouble!" This is how doctors are taught to think, and if they don't have the tools / ability to listen to patients (time, technology, training), the likelihood that things appear to be horses increases.
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Disruptive Women in Health Care » Blog Archive » Cancer Schmancer
November 30th, 2008 | Popularity: 14% 0 comments | Leave a replySteve Jobs and Leadership Philosophy; Health Plans and AMA less EHR supportive?; Two Health2.0 Services
March 10th, 2008 | Popularity: 62% 0 comments | Leave a replyMarch 4th through March 6th:
- Steve Jobs speaks out – On his marathon Monday meetings (9) – FORTUNE – a weekly check and adjust at Apple
- S.F. equity firm launches health initiative with CalPERS, GE, others – San Francisco Business Times: – Maybe this will help California lead in Health IT.
- AMNews: March 10, 2008. Insurer finds EMRs won’t pay off for its doctors … American Medical News – Less health plans are requiring EHR adoption for P4P, and the AMA doesn’t have a policy requiring physicians to adopt them either.
- Virgin HealthMiles – As demonstrated at Health 2.0 – a pedometer program that includes a pedometer that uploads data to the Virgin HealthMiles website
- i2y – As featured at the Health 2.0 Conference. For the 68,000 GenX and GenY individuals who are diagnosed with cancer every year.
Data on EHR penetration; Digital Divide shrinking; Oncologists and empathetic moments
January 2nd, 2008 | Popularity: 18% 0 comments | Leave a replyPCHIT links for December 29th through December 30th:
- News Release: Electronic Health Records Still Not Routine Part of Medical Practice, Says New Study – Link to RWJF Report with best estimates of EHR adoption. No word on PHR adoption, but good framework for considering adoption of PCHIT, too.
- The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation: Mind the Gap – A very nice set of slides looking at differences in broadband and Internet use by income, ethnicity, gender and education.
- Oncologist Communication About Emotion During Visits With Patients With Advanced Cancer — Pollak et al. 25 (36): 5748 — Journal of Clinical Oncology – Oncologists infrequently responded with “continuers” when presented with empathetic opportunities by ill patients. How could the availability of a PHR impact this – what could an anlalysis of pre-visit/post visit secure e-mail show in terms of continuers for empathetic moments?
