Category Archives: Health Care Innovation

“We’ll Leave the Light On for You” Edition of Health Wonk Review at DMCB

Jaan Siderov hosts this week’s edition of Health Wonk Review at his Disease Management Care Blog. Posts cover a wide range of topics, from insurance exchanges to HIV prevention, and from hospital quality to doctor-patient relationships and prescription drug monitoring. … Continue reading

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Spring Hath Sprung! Edition of Health Wonk Review

Get a full bouquet’s worth of health journalism and blogging at this week’s edition of Health Wonk Review, hosted by Hank Stern at InsureBlog. Topics range from the Choosing Wisely campaign, the physician “brain drain,” commercial insurers’ role in driving … Continue reading

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UMich Medical Device Wiki Lets Low-Income Nations Know What Technologies Are Out There

Posted on Medgadget by Scott Jung on Apr 26, 2012 •   We here at Medgadget are huge fans of the innovative, but low-cost medical devices that undergraduate and graduate school students develop for their senior projects. We applaud the … Continue reading

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“Scrubs” and Wing of Zock: Parallels in Pop Culture

By Sarah Sonies When we first began developing this blog, we considered each element carefully: content, contributors, mission. But one crucial element eluded us: a name. How do you pick a name for a new project that aligns with the … Continue reading

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Fostering Innovation in Academic Medicine

A conversation with Chris Coburn, Executive Director for Innovation, Cleveland Clinic By Jennifer J. Salopek  Your job title is Executive Director for Innovation. Are you the first to hold that title, and what message does it send about innovation at … Continue reading

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Who are the “Duals”?

By Coleen Kivlahan, MD, MSPH Dual. Usually “dual” reflects a positive state or condition: dual citizenship, dual degrees, dual ownership.  But for the dual eligible’s, or “duals” those 10 million Americans who receive their health care from both Medicare and … Continue reading

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Blogging for National Healthcare Decisions Day: A Rally for Our Loved Ones and Ourselves

As part of National Health Care Decisions Day (NHDD), the Wing of Zock is participating in a blog rally to help those across America have conversations about advanced care with their loved ones. We have teamed up with NHDD to participate in … Continue reading

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“Choosing Wisely” Brings a New Care Conversation to the Table

On April 4, nine specialty organizations made public their lists of unnecessary tests performed that lack effectiveness and are, according to the Medical Professionalism Blog, a “poor use of health care resources”. The “Choosing Wisely” campaign, an initiative led by … Continue reading

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Hospitals Should Learn from Hotels

Posted March 23, 2012 By Kent Bottles, MD Theresa Brown, an oncology, nurse wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times on March 15, 2012 titled Hospitals Aren’t Hotels. In it she questioned the wisdom of using patient satisfaction … Continue reading

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Former Solicitor General Katyal Peers into His Crystal Ball

By Jennifer J. Salopek Neal Katyal, former acting U.S. Solicitor General, addressed attendees at a AAMC meeting in Miami last week. Medical school faculty members, deans, and hospital CEOs listened raptly as Katyal spoke on the eve of opening arguments … Continue reading

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