Category Archives: health reform

Join us at ePharma Summit 2016 in New York City Next Month

By Peggy Salvatore MBA For the next two months, Health System Ed will be blogging about the ePharma Summit 2016 that will be held in NYC from February 29 to March2. Check out the conference details here. With my background … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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