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Friday frolicks in Nawlins

Health Care Blog, The | 1 hour 49 minutes ago

By Matthew Holt I'm in New Orleans taking the day off (shhh wife is sleeping, don't wake her yet!). Yesterday I gave a talk about Health 2.0 to a very confused looking group of state legislators at the National Conference of...


Google Launches Knol - Authoritative Knowledge

eHealth John Sharp | 3 hours 20 minutes ago

On the official Google Blog, some of the reasons for the development of Knol are explained. It looks like an opportunity to have vetted content which has a name of an authority on the topic assigned to it. This is different than a lot of the anonymous content on the web, and a different approach than Wikipedia which uses many authors who compete for defining topics. However, the tool does allow for "moderated collaboration", meaning that someone can suggest a change to a Knol which the author...


Around the Web in 60 Seconds (Or Less)

Health Care Blog, The | 4 hours 32 minutes ago

ABC: A Rhode Island man arrested this week for drunk driving had a potentially lethal blood-alcohol level at the highest ever recorded by police. LA Times: Physicians and entrepreneurs team up to launch Medpedia -- a Wikipedia for medical issues....


Knol and web publishing challenge medical journals' hold on scientific publishing

Health Care Blog, The | 4 hours 32 minutes ago

By Bob Wachter Yesterday, Google launched Knol, immediately branded as Google s answer to Wikipedia. As health care adviser to the project, I ll say a few words about Knol, but focus on how it and other forms of electronic self-publishing...


Medicare could pave the way for national reform

Health Care Blog, The | 5 hours 30 minutes ago

By Maggie Mahar Thanks the unbridled rise in health care prices, Medicare is going broke. As I mentioned in a recent post, four years ago the Medicare trust fund that pays for hospital stays started to run out of money....


Health Wonks unite

Health Care Blog, The | 20 hours 28 minutes ago

The bi-weekly review of the best from health bloggers is up over at Health Business Blog.

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Health Care Blog, The
Everything you wanted to know about the health care system. But were afraid to ask.


David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog
New developments in health care law and policy together with the observations and analysis of David Harlow


Medinnovation Blog
Medical technologies and medical innovation blog


Health Affairs blog
Just another WordPress weblog


eHealth John Sharp
eHealth and health IT blog from an IT Project Manager for a major medical center


Hospital Impact
What will it take for hospitals to be the best run organizations on the face of the planet?


e-HealthExpert.org
An open forum to support the development of expertise in the field of e-Health


Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog
Blog about improving healthcare quality through information technology and consumer education


HIT Transition Weblog, The
Analysis and perspective on standards development, policy and implementation in Healthcare IT from Marty Jensen and Michael Christopher of HITTG.


HIStalk
Healthcare IT news and opinion


RHIO Monitor/Trusted.MD
Trusted.MD Network - RHIO Monitor


Candid CIO
Will Weider shares what he has learned through his mistakes and other crazy things in the life of a healthcare CIO.