* This is the second part of my commentary on the June HealthVault Connected Care Conference in Seattle. I hope to use this post to motivate my good friends at Google Health into taking a much more public, visible, and proactive role in the health conversation. More importantly, it is a call to Google HQ [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Irony’
July 8, 2009
CPT Codes-Why physicians always get screwed, thanks AMA
CPT Codes
Set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology
Established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing specific items and services provided in delivering health care.
Daniel Palestrant comes right back from his opening salvo of last week to continue his crusade against the AMA. In another [...]
March 12, 2009
Ferrari Medicine: We don’t need more horsepower
Horsepower (hôrs’pou‘ər) n.
A unit of power in the U.S. Customary System, equal to 745.7 watts or 33,000 foot-pounds per minute.
The power exerted by a horse in pulling
I had the opportunit to present to the Managed Care Executive Group yesterday in Chandler, AZ. In a beautiful desert setting, this group of executive IT folks from [...]
February 10, 2009
“An Unnecessary Effort”: Wuesthoff Health Pays for EOB’s
Unnecessary (ŭn-nĕs’ĭ-sĕr‘ē) adj.
Not necessary; needless.
Serving no useful purpose or function
You have got to love it, huh? Did you see the most recent series of lawsuits just announced by the AMA. They must just be loving the opportunity to pile on their arch nemesis insurance companies at a time when their very future is in question. [...]
January 13, 2009
Mary Jerome: The Rosa Parks of Transparency
Scheme (skēm) n.
A systematic plan of action
A secret or devious plan
An orderly combination of related parts
“Usual and customary” just became “Transparency and consistency”
The United Health Group, in what will become a sweeping decision (interesting interview with author here) within the Health Insurance industry, was just levied a $50M wrist slap by New York [...]
January 12, 2009
Sales Objection #2: MUMPS is Dead (No, its actually EPIC)
Epic (ĕp‘ĭk) n.
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
A series of events considered appropriate to an epic
Epic is a beautiful surfing slang word to describe a day, a swell, or a ride that is totally out of the ordinary, transcending into [...]
November 12, 2008
$50M Men Win 2008 Linux Medical News Freedom Award
Revolution (rĕv‘ə-lū’shən) n.
The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.
A sudden or momentous change in a situation
I am deeply honored and profoundly grateful to be recognized, along with my brother Steve Shreeve, as the 2008 winner of the Linux Medical News Freedom Award. While this is a niche award in [...]
October 9, 2008
Going Back to Cali: From ‘Cease and Desist’ to This?
California (Kal ee for neah) n.
The most populous state in the United States of America
Bell weather state for multiple social, cultural, and legal issues
Currently governed by the Governator and a health regulatory staff that needs some technology tutoring
Three months ago, there was a huge hubbub about genetic testing in California. In a dramatic effort, albeit [...]
October 4, 2008
Health Fool Point Oh!
Disintegrate (dĭs-ĭn‘tĭ-grāt‘) v.
To become reduced to components, fragments, or particles.
To lose cohesion or unity
To decompose, decay, or undergo a nuclear transformation.
Ouch.
I remember attending a high school football game as a wide-eyed sixth grader. Not only did I get to hang with the big kids, but I got to see big kid things like my [...]
October 1, 2008
Capitalism in Health Care – Do you still believe?
Capitalism (kăp’ĭ-tl-ĭz’əm)
1. An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production.
2. Descriptive of a system that encourages private investment and business, compared to a government-controlled economy where investment money is obtained from private sources (shareholders).
I, along with everyone else, has been walking around [...]
