Category Archives: health policy
Holiday 2015 Edition of Health Wonk Review
Happy Holidays from Health Wonk Review, as we celebrate another year of news and commentary…okay, mostly commentary. Here’s our last blast for 2015. Many thanks to Julie Ferguson of … Continue reading
Challenge: Consumer Healthware and the Glut of Unstructured Patient Data
By Peggy Salvatore Remember the good old days, when times were simpler, and health technology was all about electronic patient records? Not today. The world of health technology is about telemedicine, wearables, data collection and privacy. The vast amount of … Continue reading
HWR Healthcare on Parade Edition: It’s beginning to look a lot like…chaos!
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is traditionally the official kickoff to the holiday season. Here at Health Wonk Review, a representative selection of healthcare issues is on parade this … Continue reading
A Patient’s Bill of Rights: Possible Counterbalance to Value-Based Payment
Last week’s blog explored the relationship between collection of patient data and value-based payment for patient outcomes. The fact that payments will be driven by data is one of the lesser recognized drivers of data collection, but it is of … Continue reading
A Norman Rockwell Counting Our Blessings Edition of Health Wonk Review
Such a beautiful, American scene! Freedom From Want by Norman Rockwell. Many special thanks to Brad Wright for this lovely Thanksgiving Day Count Our Blessings Edition of Health Wonk Review. (Eeek, I have … Continue reading
Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: Where are the incentives?
He always resides in the details, and you know who “he” is Last month, HHS released its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 . Until this week, I had only read some stories about it. This week, I read it. … Continue reading
HHS Forging Ahead with Health IT Plans B, C and D
By Peggy Salvatore Yesterday, just as I was turning out the lights in my office, two breaking Health IT news stories came in over the proverbial transom. The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONCHIT) announced that it … Continue reading
Fall Colors Edition of Health Wonk Review
It’s a beautiful day in Colorado. So says Louise Norris of Health Insurance Colorado who hosts this colorful fall edition of Health Wonk Review. Join Louise, and the rest of the crew of policy wonks, for a romp through the … Continue reading
“Post-implementation era”: Feds Release Health IT Strategic Plan through 2020
By Peggy Salvatore The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology completed its nearly year-long study delivering a wide-ranging, ambitious and forward-looking Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2015-2020 – a plan described by ONC as “one that puts the … Continue reading
Health Wonk Review: The Selfie Edition
Get your Selfie stick ready to take a photo of your expression as you work your way through this edition of Health Wonk Review. You’ll capture a smile on your face, I’m sure. For pure delight, nothing matches this roundup … Continue reading
