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Finally, Research Solves Scarecrow’s Problem

By Peggy Salvatore MBA “If I only had a brain.” – Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz Here’s the latest place where research, technology, medicine and biology meet in new and amazing ways. From The Guardian on August 18, 2015: An almost … Continue reading

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Health Wonk Review: The More Things Change, The More They Cost

By Peggy Salvatore MBA When you look out over the healthcare landscape the last few years, you see nothing but uncharted territory. That goes for science and payment systems. Let’s start with very different change on the far horizon. (If … Continue reading

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Looking for Healthcare’s Leading Edge

By Peggy Salvatore Health technology has become massively disruptive. Previously unimaginable leaps in personal healthcare are currently widely accepted, and that has completely changed the trajectory of where health information technology is headed. Yet entrenched entities are clinging to the … Continue reading

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Health Wonk Review: Hot Summer Nights, Cool Summer Drinks with Hank Stern

  Hank introduces us to the concept of the “Designated Blogger” in this roundup of Midsummer Wonkery.  

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The 21st Century Cures Act: Using Energy to Pay for Healthcare?

By Peggy Salvatore I liked what I had heard about the 21st Century Cures Act. It seems like a good thing, about time, getting the FDA to streamline the drug and medical device approval process. The logic behind the bill … Continue reading

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Live! From Boston Health News! It’s Health Wonk Review!

…starring Tinker Ready. With special guests to be revealed upon opening this link!  

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Decrying the end of the private physician practice? Not so fast!

by Peggy Salvatore I spent the better part of a decade writing training about the healthcare system. I use the term “better part” literally, as it is fascinating to closely watch the ebb and flow of different payment and treatment … Continue reading

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Summertime! Health Wonk Review

Louise Norris hosts a hot-off-the-presses edition: Summertime! Health Wonk Review at Colorado Health Insurance Insider. It’s an eclectic edition in her signature style – love the photos!  You can find a link to the post here.

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Pre-Memorial Day Edition of Health Wonk Review

Julie Ferguson of Workers’ Comp Insider gave us a roundup of health wonkery before we head off to a long weekend to remember those who died serving in our armed services. Read her roundup here. And remember to remember.

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The Internet of Healthcare Things @Point of Care

We are oh-so-close to there. By Peggy Salvatore For those of you who follow the Health System Ed blog, you know this doesn’t happen often. I am speechless. I just got off the phone with Dr. Sandeep Pulim, the CMIO … Continue reading

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