Just noticed a new global ranking service for health care related blogs inspired by Todd Andlik's Power 150. It's called healhtcare100.com. My Health Care Law Blog comes in at 41 out of top 100.
The list includes many of the top health blogs and is well worth scanning if you are interested in what is happening in the world of health and medical blogs. Find out more about edrugsearch.com, the sponsor of the global ranking by checking out their "about us" page. Cary Byrd, founder of the company, gets points for his creation of the global ranking as a way to drive traffic and make others aware of edrugsearch.com. Good classic marketing to bloggers.
Where Does Your State Rank On Health-System Performance
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Business Week features a new survey by the Commonwealth Fund that ranks the health-systems performance of all 50 states and DC in "The Sorry States of Health Care." The full report detail can be found here at the Commonwealth Fund website.
West Virginia comes in at 44 of 51 in the survey. (full details on West Virginia here and here). The state ranking was a product of aggregating measurements in 32 benchmarks spread across five categories: access to health care (determined by the number of insured residents); quality of care; unnecessary hospital use and procedures; equity of access based on income and ethnicity; and the overall health of the population.
The survey statistics on the need to increase preventative care and high levels of avoidable hospital admissions struck me an interesting (but not surprising).
West Virginia comes in at 44 of 51 in the survey. (full details on West Virginia here and here). The state ranking was a product of aggregating measurements in 32 benchmarks spread across five categories: access to health care (determined by the number of insured residents); quality of care; unnecessary hospital use and procedures; equity of access based on income and ethnicity; and the overall health of the population.
Here come the aging boomers . . .
Nick gives us all a little education about what impact baby boomers will have on the health care system. Always great insight (and writing) from Nick.
Add to this what I haved called the Pig in a Python health care effect and it is going to make the delivery of what Nick and his generation expect very difficult. By the time I roll through the system (I'm the tail end of the baby boomers being born in 1966) who knows what the system will look like. Will it be bankrupt? How much will I be paying? Will there be a surplus of of health care workers to take care of me?
Add to this what I haved called the Pig in a Python health care effect and it is going to make the delivery of what Nick and his generation expect very difficult. By the time I roll through the system (I'm the tail end of the baby boomers being born in 1966) who knows what the system will look like. Will it be bankrupt? How much will I be paying? Will there be a surplus of of health care workers to take care of me?
Scoble On Google Privacy Discussion
Monday, 11 June 2007
Scoble has a good round up of the ongoing discussion about Google's ranking in the recent Privacy International Report titled, A Race to the Bottom: Privacy Ranking of Internet Service Companies and Privacy International's Open Letter to Google.
Scott Shreeve, MD On Sermo and Knowledge Prostitution
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Scott Shreeve, MD one of my favorite Health 2.0 thinkers skeptically examines Sermo's business model of incentive pay for physician opinions and gives us non-physicians a glimpse (with screen shots) of how Sermo works in his post, "Change Agents: Knowledge Prostitution."I've followed and posted about Sermo's development over the last year. Recently Sermo entered into a strategic affiliation with the AMA mashing up the old school health care industry with Health 2.0.
As these new health care business models evolve they raise all sorts of interesting legal questions for health care lawyers. For example, what impact will the recent outing of flea have on the reluctance of physicians to post recommendations/comments on sites like Sermo? Could specific content posts by physicians ultimately be used against them in future litigation to highlight prior inconsistent statements by the physician on a particular course of action or treatment? As Sermo continues to grow what impact will this online collaboration have on the definition of standard of care? How will Sermo respond when it receives a subpeona for records in a pending health care related class action or medical malpractice action? Just a few of the many questions that come to mind.
David Harlow at HealthBlawg looks at some of the same issues and explores others in his post on "the strange case of the arrogant physician, and related musings on the propriety physician blogging and other online behavior. "
Health 2.0 Unser Generated Healthcare Update Conference - September 20, 2007
Thursday, 7 June 2007
Final arrangements for the Health 2.0 - User Generated Healthcare Conference in San Francisco are now available from co-organizer, Matthew Holt of The Health Care Blog. The conference will be held at the Hilton San Francisco on September 20, 2007.
I had the pleasure of participating on a panel discussion with Matthew at the Healthcare Blogging Summit 2007 and am a regular reader of his health blog. He and co-organizer, Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA have put together an outstanding and comprehensive list of speakers for the event. Check out the summary and agenda.
Anyone interested in the emerging Health 2.0 movement and its impact on health care delivery should not miss the event. I've already calendared the date and plan to attend.
I had the pleasure of participating on a panel discussion with Matthew at the Healthcare Blogging Summit 2007 and am a regular reader of his health blog. He and co-organizer, Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA have put together an outstanding and comprehensive list of speakers for the event. Check out the summary and agenda.
Anyone interested in the emerging Health 2.0 movement and its impact on health care delivery should not miss the event. I've already calendared the date and plan to attend.
The Blawgers Blogger Bill Gratsch Hosts Blawg Review #111
Monday, 4 June 2007
Blawg Review #111 is up at Bill Gratsch's Blawg, a listing of legal blogs, podcasts and newsfeeds. Bill's edition of Blawg Review takes you on a tour of blawgs -- from there, to here, to where?
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