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Health Internet - The New Consumer-Friendly NHIN

By Adrian Gropper Consumer directed HIE will become the most visible aspect of health IT stimulus and could lead a shift to consumer-directed health plans, increased interest in wellness programs and family-centered collaboration for the young, old and seriously ill....
October 9, 2009 in Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Information Therapy, Technology | Permalink | Comments (9)

Innovation and Absence of Evidence vs. Evidence of Absence

By Joshua Seidman Jon Gabel from the National Opinion Research Center has an excellent op-ed piece in today’s New York Times. The basic argument is summarized in his conclusion: “The Congressional Budget Office’s integrity is beyond questioning. But the record...
August 28, 2009 in Congress, Economics, Information Therapy, Reform | Permalink | Comments (0)

IDEO and Ix Innovation Design

By ARNA IONESCU Next week Matthew will be in a workshop with the folks from design firm IDEO and our friends from the Ix Center. In preparation we're posting this article from IDEO's Arna Ionescu who was at the recent...
July 31, 2009 in IDEO, Information Therapy | Permalink | Comments (2)

A Declaration of Health Independence

By DONALD W. KEMPER When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for individuals to dissolve their professional bands of medical dependency and to assume among their obligations the primary responsibility for their own health to which the...
July 6, 2009 in Information Therapy | Permalink | Comments (8)

Creative thinking about the CER agenda

By JOSHUA SEIDMAN This week the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its list of the top 100 topics that should be addressed in comparative effectiveness research (CER) now — thanks to $1.1 billion in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act...
July 3, 2009 in Comparative Effectiveness Research, Information Therapy, IOM | Permalink | Comments (5)