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Health Wonk Review: money talks, but IT helps

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Neil Versel

The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is hot off the digital presses, with Joe Paduda taking hosting duties on his Managed Care Matters blog. And managed care does matter in this trip around the health blogosphere, with most of … Continue reading →

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New Media Meetup at HIMSS13

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Neil Versel

Next week at HIMSS13, John Lynn, el queso grande of the Healthcare Scene blog network, of which I am a member, is hosting his fourth annual New Media Meetup, and readers of this and all affiliated blogs are invited. It’s … Continue reading →

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When you talk health reform, don’t forget quality and IT, in that order

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Neil Versel

In my previous post, I was perhaps a bit too critical of Maggie Mahar in her hosting of last week’s Health Wonk Review. I noted that there was not a word about health IT in that rundown, but that’s not … Continue reading →

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Health Wonk Review: Special SCOTUS edition

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Neil Versel

To the surprise of nobody, the healthcare blogosphere was busy last week in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Because of this, Joe Paduda at Managed Care Matters put together a … Continue reading →

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A dubious honor from Health Wonk Review

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Neil Versel

For the very first time, I captured the top spot on the biweekly Health Wonk Review blog carnival, this time hosted by Dr. Jaan Sidorov of the Disease Management Care Blog. Unfortunately, I had to endure my dad’s untimely death … Continue reading →

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HIMSS12 sets record for tweets

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

The folks at HIMSS are claiming that the 2012 conference in Las Vegas a couple months ago set a world record for the most tweets at a health conference. (I’m checking to see who keeps such records.) By the numbers, … Continue reading →

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Might as well cash in on fervor over new iPad

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’m not one to sell myself out, but I read a story in satirical newspaper The Onion today with the following headline: “This Article Generating Thousands Of Dollars In Ad Revenue Simply By Mentioning New iPad.” An excerpt: “Furthermore, any … Continue reading →

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Video: ‘Meet the Bloggers’ panel from HIMSS12

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Neil Versel

As promised,  there is some video from the “Meet the Bloggers” panel I appeared on, and it comes to us from Dr. Chuck Webster of EHR Workflow Inc. and the EHR.BZ Report. (You may know him from his previous job as … Continue reading →

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HIMSS12 notes

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’ve just returned home from HIMSS12. As usual, it was a grueling week, made more grueling by the fact that I arrived a day earlier than usual. But I do have to say that this was the least stressful HIMSS … Continue reading →

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Not so elementary, my dear Watson

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Neil Versel

In just the last few hours, I’ve seen a huge wave of pushback and doubt about Watson, the IBM supercomputer, being used for clinical decision support. Yesterday, I covered a “healthcare leadership exchange” at IBM’s new Healthcare Innovation Lab in … Continue reading →

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