Ted Eytan, MD

e-Health. Patient empowerment. Washington, DC.

Posts Tagged ‘cigna’

The RUC Speaks of Medical Home;Gathering Data on Hypertension;HealthPlan-Hospital Conflict in Arizona

May 13th, 2008 | Popularity: 55%

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May 6th through May 7th:

The Happy Hospitalist: This Deserves The Middle Finger – I guess it is controversial (the RUC report on Medical Home Reimbursement)
AMA (RBRVS) RUC Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project recommendations – RUC and Medical Home. Might this be controversial?
reportonbusiness.com: Asking ‘why’ again and again is harder than you think, but it works – Good description of the 5 Why's Exercise
What is Hypertension? – WrongDiagnosis.com – Factoids about Hypertension, useful in planning a community intervension
Cigna clients seek answers after expiration –
Cigna ends pact with hospitals, leaves thousands in the lurch – This local story has not made the national news. I wonder why?

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AMA on NPR; Patients judge quality by presence of an EHR; CCHIT Expansion Plans for 2009

April 5th, 2008 | Popularity: 82%

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Topics – e-Visits @ TransforMED – Transforming Medical Practices – Article on whether the tipping point has been reached for e-visits
WordPress Plugin: SIMILE Timeline at freshlabs journal – Nice visualization tool
Doctor-Patient ‘Web Visits’ Spur Privacy Concerns : NPR – Should the American Medical Association always present the contrarian view around patient access? I don’t agree with the implication that cell phone / telephone is “most secure.” Anyone who has been in an airport recently would probably agree.
WSJ.com/Harris Interactive Study Asks: Are There Fair and Reliable Ways to Assess Healthcare Quality? – Patients are saying that having an EHR is a “fair” assessment of quality
Expansion of CCHIT Certification for 2009 (PDF Presentation) – Overview of CCHIT’s work to date and future strategy. Disclaimer: I am on the Foundations Workgroup
Meet the Press — Robert Scoble — The Blogosphere | Fast Company – How Tim Ferriss used the blogosphere to his advantage
News – Diversity gap found among state’s doctors – sacbee.com – “Not just a civil rights issue, a public health issue”
YouTube – Microsoft Surface Parody – Why not use the device the size of a small car? The peril and promise of on demand video in shaping your message.

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Better walking in DC; BIDMC going LEAN?; CEO Blogging; Best Companies 2008

February 7th, 2008 | Popularity: 71%

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February 4th through February 6th:

DC Moves for Safer Sidewalks – Get There – Washington government takes a step toward promoting walkability. Sidewalks stay open for business.Walkers rejoice!
Apple //c – a photoset on Flickr – The OOB experience of an unopened AppleIIc computer. Remember when technology was fun? It still is. And I never even learned to program in Pascal.
Ryanair’s Changing Altitude – Efficient cost management and charging for everything keeps margins high at RyanAir – a great example of “copy how we think” in terms of being like Southwest
Running a hospital: More on fetching and work-arounds – BIDMC launches an improvement methodology called SPIRIT. Looks like it’s at least partially based on LEAN?
The Health Care Blog: Bad Medicine: How The AMA Undermined Primary Care in America – Brian Klepper – Analysis of RBRVS and impact on primary care.
The ethics of CEO blogging – Nice discussion from Paul Levy about the approach that a CEO takes to blogging. I’m in support!
Insurers Begin To Reimburse for Online Visits, Concerns Remain – Nice profile of Kaiser Permanente’s program.
Marriot Rolls Out Web-Based PHR System to Employees Nationwide – iHealthBeat – An employer-sponsored PHR. Will the lack of connection to the health care team be an issue?
KUOW: Program Archive: Patient Safety, January, 2008 – Dr. Matt Handley, from Group Health Cooperative, is featured
Best Companies 2008 – FORTUNE Magazine’s Top 100 Employers to Work For – The 2008 list is out. From an HR/Leadership perspective, it is interesting to look at some of the most important qualifications for being on the list, such as support for diversity.