Robert Pearl, MD, has a story about a follow-up conversation with his adult daughter after encouraging her to consult a physician about a seemingly minor problem she had been experiencing with one of her fingers. “She said she had taken my advice,” notes Pearl, who serves as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group. “I answered that I was happy to hear that, and asked her which doctor she had seen. She told me that she hadn’t actually made a visit, but instead had had a consultation via computer and that everything was fine.”
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If Richard Afable, MD, MPH, president and CEO of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, California, told you he was closing down the largest orthopedics programs in California and entering into an orthopedics specialty hospital joint venture with his physicians, you might think about sending him job leads.
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"The big change in the world is that patients are taking control." The remarks from TEDMED's Jay Walker at last week's World Health Care Congress captured the prevailing sentiment of the conference for medical and healthcare executives.
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This three-part interview from World Health Care Congress with Markus Fromherz, chief innovation officer of Xerox Healthcare, covers some of the most exciting healthcare research and development going on at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center. Part one includes Markus’ thoughts on moving paper data to digital and describes the process in three layers – gaining access, drawing insight and taking action from what was learned.
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Last week, I had a chance to sit down with Dr. Hawk right after his presentation at the World Health Care Congress (WHCC). Dr. Hawk is the Vice-President and Division Head for Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. He’s been there since late 2007 when he came from the National Cancer Institute.
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Matthew Holt sat down with McKesson at the World Health Care Congress 2012. Medical Director of McKesson Health Solutions Douglas Moeller, MD and McKesson VP of Enterprise Architecture and Technology Bob Franceschini explained what they’re doing to keep up with evolving payment methods.
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Cultivation of new delivery models - not just technologies - should be a priority as medtech firms seek to provide to Medtronic Inc. CEO Omar Ishrank.
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At the annual World Health Care Congress this week near Washington, D.C., Verizon Communications announced a partnership with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks. As their first order of business, the two companies will build a system called the Cancer Action Knowledge Network to supply physicians with current cancer treatment protocols at the point of care.
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For some reason whenever I get to meet with George Halvorson, the CEO of Kaiser, I get this feeling of being at a fireside chat. He’s such an impressive force within healthcare yet he’s so personable. We met yesterday at the World Health Care Congress in DC and discussed a variety of topics that have been on my mind recently. I’m continually amazed at his ability to pull recent studies and data to respond to questions without any preparation. (I’m sure I’m in good company as even Todd Park who was on a panel with him discussed his “fan boy” feeling.) (You can see an older post about his book which I met with him about last time.)
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For hospital providers and executives, the ability to align various technology initiatives in order to reach multiple goals can help solidify a facility's reputation as an IT leader.
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That’s what Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Prize-winning economist who proliferated the concept of microcredits, will tell you about most diagnostic medical devices. He recalls arguing with now-Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) CEO Omar Ishrak as they worked together to create a smaller ultrasound device for rural areas in Bangladesh. Ishrak brought back a tablet-sized product and Yunus said it was too small.
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I had the opportunity to listen to some heads of HR a few weeks ago and then sit in on an employer session yesterday at the World Healthcare Congress here in DC. It was interesting the common themes that clearly were emerging from the presentations by PEBTF and CalPERs along with the event I was at before.
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Yesterday, I sat down with Laurel Pickering, MPH who is the President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health. This was a great follow-up to the session she moderated with PEBTF and CalPERs and allowed me to validate my list of focus areas for employers. (Note: I did not use a tape recorder and have translated our dialogue into the discussion below so while it is based on my discussions with Laurel these should not be considered specific quotes.)
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As the healthcare industry shifts to value-based purchasing (VBP), there's "no silver bullet" to achieve better value, according to Shari M. Ling, deputy chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the 9th Annual World Health Care Congress in National Harbor, Md., yesterday.
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An Indian hospital group that started a joint venture with TriMedx to service medical technology in India is pushing a high-volume, low-cost model to make health care more accessible for the poor.
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Oxon Hill, Md.— A Chrysler Group LLC official said Monday the automaker is keeping its health care costs in check by emphasizing preventive care and wellness — and urging workers and spouses to get annual physicals.
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By the end of this year, the planet Earth will have more mobile devices than people, one of several factors driving telecommunications companies to make a big bet on wireless health, according to a telecom executive.
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