Posts Tagged ‘policy’

Sorry Works!

November 11th, 2009 | Popularity: 3%
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Sorry Works! – List of states with apology laws.

ICMCC Blog: Observations 29 September 2009: Kennedy takes the wrong turn on EHR

October 2nd, 2009 | Popularity: 3%
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ICMCC Blog: Observations 29 September 2009: Kennedy takes the wrong turn on EHR – “I do understand the reason why Patrick Kennedy made this proposal, but it should not be about excluding information. The discussion should be about access.”


Kaiser Permanente Social Media Policy now publicly available

September 16th, 2009 | Popularity: 5%
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In what we have been affectionately been referring to as “operation rooftop” (as in, shout it from the… ), the Kaiser Permanente Social Media Policy is now viewable publicly at the KP Newscenter website.

I think this is great because

  • The policy was developed in consultation with organizations inside and outside of health care, and can serve as a template for other health care organizations (many of whom are working to create these policies).
  • The policy itself supports, rather than discourages, the use of social media in a responsible, organization-preserving way. This is a good direction, in my opinion, for an organization to take in thinking about social media use.

See what you think.


When Does a Social Media Policy Go Too Far? Ask the Associated Press

June 30th, 2009 | Popularity: 3%
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D.C. Summer Jobs Contractor Fired for Posts on Twitter – washingtonpost.com

June 30th, 2009 | Popularity: 4%
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Airforceblog – Blog Assessment Flowchart

June 17th, 2009 | Popularity: 2%
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Social Media Policy Examples | 123 Social Media

June 17th, 2009 | Popularity: 3%
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Now Reading: Delivery System Reform: Action Steps and Pay-Per-Value Approaches

December 8th, 2008 | Popularity: 25%
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This is a white paper published on the Mayo Clinic Health Policy blog about approaches to delivery system reform, with a significant focus on reimbursement. I read it because I’m joining colleagues from Kaiser Permanente at the World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (and if you’d like, you can hear a podcast of CEO George Halvosron here).

The reason I decided to post this paper on my blog is I think it’s an accessible (easy to read), basic and reasoned approach to changing the way we deliver care in our patients’ interest. It goes beyond medical home thinking (while including those principles) to include more aspects of care, including inpatient and outpatient care, and includes what I think is a pretty reasonable timeline for this happening.

There is a section on “Patient-Centered Use of Information Technology” that says information must be made available to “doctors and patients.” I think the people who read this blog and others can further flesh out the details of a fully accountable health care system. I also really liked the discussion of “Episode-Based Payments for Hospitalized Patients.” I think this would enhance care coordination, and I have seen the impact of hospital care reimbursement being isolated from the overall hospital care episode, which doesn’t end when the patient leaves the hospital.

Some of the recommendations are to be expected considering the organizations who provided the perspective, such as support for group medical practice. At the same time, I think the paper has good relevance and offers realistic ideas for all care environments, which is why I’m posting it here. It’s pretty manageable lengthwise, so I’d encourage others to read it and post their thoughts on it – do the ideas look reasonable/rational in whatever care system you work in/ get care from?

Here’s the link to the post on the Mayo Clinic Health Policy blog if you’d like to post your comments there (and feel free to post there instead of here)

Adding more voices to “HIT before HIE”; Free samples Do Not Support the Safety Net

January 5th, 2008 | Popularity: 46%
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Background on health plans and small practices; Working on our special report

December 27th, 2007 | Popularity: 24%
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Today’s links are representative of the fact that we aren’t doing observations right now. Instead, we are preparing our first 90 day interim report for our partners. This means looking back on the last 90 days, and putting together our impressions at the interface between patient and health system, along with relevant background and policy information. We’ll post that here, of course.

PCHIT links for December 24th through December 26th: