MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'business model'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934120&cid=t_230174_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FcJTiMD0imrw%2F By Julian SanchezIn his famous “Petition of the Candlemakers,” the great classical liberal thinker Frederic Bastiat lampooned the protectionist arguments of his day by imagining a campaign—launched by the producers of artificial illumination—against “ruinous competition” from that “merciless” scab… the sun. Via In These Times and the Lawyers, Guns & Money blog, I see that someone forgot to explain to the Newspaper Guild and National Writers Union that Bastiat’s petition was, you know, satire. Borrowing a page from writer Jon Tasini, whose meritless lawsuit against the Huffington Post was roundly and justly ridiculed back in April, those two groups are advocating a boycott of the opinion and news site. They complain that, though HuffPo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934120 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:53:24 +0100 4934120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753803&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FxLWKxHLiDZs%2F Healthcare needs positive role models for innovation…and we have a real-time mentor in Netflix. If you have a Netflix subscription, you probably identify with the company as providing a convenient DVD rental service — order on the web, the DVD arrives by mail, send it back in the handy pre-paid envelope when you’re done. Today’s ReadWriteWeb describes Netflix’ latest letter to shareholders and explains how the company is preparing for the demise of DVDs: (more…) Tags: business model, disruptive innovation (Source: e-CareManagement) e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753803 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:52:16 +0100 4753803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696719&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FC4I7Th9bops%2F My guess is you’ve probably never asked yourself this question. A quick preview: Technical barriers aren’t the limiting factors to Facebook becoming a care coordination platform. Facebook’s company DNA won’t play well in health care. Could Facebook become the care coordination platform of the future? If not Facebook, then what? 1) Technical barriers aren’t the limiting factors to Facebook as a care coordination platform. Can you imagine Facebook as a care coordination platform? I don’t think it’s much of a stretch. Facebook already has 650 million people on its network with a myriad of tools that allow for one-to-one or group interactions. What would it take to make Facebook a viable care coordination platform? More servers to handle the volume ... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696719 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:13:18 +0100 4696719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676747&cid=t_230174_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew-medworm-blast-service.html Last week I spoked to Denise Silber who was looking for media partners for the Doctors 2.0 conference that she is organising in Paris in June this year. I suggested that I put out a simple message with hyperlink promoting the conference via all the unsponsored MedWorm feeds.Less than one week later I ran an exact search in Google on the text used in the message:"Find out about the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris, June 22-23rd. The call is now on for posters and the start-up contest."It returned approximately 109,000 indexed pages from across the web containing this text (and the hyperlink most of the time, except for the cases where the hyperlinks were stripped out of the RSS feeds). Here's the evidence.Isn't that amazing? And this is just a glimpse of the MedWorm feed distribution... Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676747 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:10:00 +0100 4676747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642904&cid=t_230174_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F0QQzVJEBqjI%2F Lots of Staffers Leaving The Daily Already. Filed under: electronic life Tagged: iPad, Subscription business model, The Daily (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642904 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:14:55 +0100 4642904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592719&cid=t_230174_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FFfcrzzTIkKg%2F I went in to my local Barnes & Noble the other day and found that things had changed considerably. The first thing I noticed when I walked in the front door was a huge display for their Nook book reader. It was a large exhibit which blocked your entrance to the rest of the store. The Nook’s were available with different options and a huge array of covers and accessories. As I walked past the display, the rest of the store came into focus. Instead of books, I was greeted with all sorts of games, kits, and flashy marketing. I felt like I was in a toy store. The visual stimulation was almost overwhelming. It was like a blog post in ALL CAPS… Everything was shouting at me. I went to the business book section and found it had been ignored. Most of the books were in the shelf so... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592719 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:15:04 +0100 4592719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139462&cid=t_230174_147_f&fid=39273&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FqOWGUOMuYWk%2Ftwitter-tests-ads-on-hootsuite.html Twitter has released ads into the Twitter streams of users using HootSuite in an effort to find a sustainable business model. According to AdAge, in the next step after Promoted Tweet, targeted promotional tweets will appear in the streams of users who follow certain Twitter handles. They will start with HootSuite, which is a base of approximately 175 million users, then, should it be successful, expand to other third party Twitter applications and Twitter.com. Will Pharma be able to take advantage of this new advertising platform? How can this new platform benefit Pharma advertisers? Join us at the 10th Annual ePharma Summit to discuss the latest updates in the social media world as they relate to you and your business. Attend our full day Social Media Bootcamp workshops and get a 360 d... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139462 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0100 4139462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065337&cid=t_230174_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fmedworm-business-model-tough-descisions.html Prompted by @markhawker via Twitter I had another look at the MedWorm 'enterprise design pattern'. Clearly it is essential that I find a way of ensuring that MedWorm's processing capability is used to maximum efficiency, to ensure that MedWorm can pay for itself as it grows. So I had another think about where most of the processing power is getting used up on MedWorm, and came to the tough conclusion that I will have to bring in a subscription model.MedWorm will remain completely free to use, except for one bit of functionality, that of customized RSS feeds. At the moment there are (many) hundreds of RSS feeds for you to pull out of MedWorm that are precompiled every day, based on optimised queries for individual topics and data types. You can find them simply by browsing MedWorm - every p... Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065337 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:25:00 +0100 4065337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040639&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FIylw5SfKtIQ%2F Wha…?  why are we talking about Verizon…isn’t is a healthcare blog? When a major, multinational company does a complete turnaround on its operating and business model, it’s worth noting and examining the reasons behind the switch. Wireless Week reported on a presentation made at the CTIA conference this week by Verizon COO, Lowell McAdam: In a nod to the future, McAdam also said Verizon Wireless will scratch its “walled garden” approach because “in a 4G world, we need to turn that guarded model inside out.” The operator will transform its business model, he said, because it realizes that innovation in applications and use will come from outside the company.  Verizon will open its network, applications and location technologies to outside develope... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040639 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:30:46 +0100 4040639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902947&cid=t_230174_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F25%2Fproof-positive-generosity-as-a-business-model%2F Good works are links that form a chain of love. — Mother Teresa My nickname is eleven-fifty-nine. That is the time I show up at the bank on Saturdays. They close at noon. I know the tellers. They laugh each week when I come in. I laugh too. I always promise I will try to get there earlier next week. I never do.   Life just gets in the way. I went to the bank this past Friday. It is my writing day, and I was writing what you are now reading. I got there about 10 a.m. The tellers laughed, checked their imaginary or real watches and wondered out loud what day it was. I told them not to expect this from me again. As I filled out the deposit slip, an unkempt, scraggly man carrying a satchel got in line. I noticed the tellers paying attention to him and his sack. My anti-terrorism parano... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902947 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:39:58 +0100 3902947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471884&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2Flz5D9nw2Izc%2F We concluded our last post in this series with a blunt prediction that “key physicians will sit on the sidelines” and that clinician non-adoption of EHR technology is a potential “deal-breaker for the success of HITECH”. While this might sound like a criticism of the way HITECH has been implemented, it’s not intended that way — it’s a commentary on 1) the complexity and scope of change that will be required to make HITECH successful, and 2) the level of protective entrenchment existing American health care today. Rather, we believe that the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT – Dr. David Blumenthal and his staff — have done a superb job in interpreting and defining key aspects of HITECH legislation. We’re big fans. For those of you who have been fo... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471884 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:56:39 +0100 3471884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012474&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FmQyPb5p5cGU%2F Medicare announced today that it is extending its Personal Health Record (PHR) pilot project for residents of Utah and Arizona. This is a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. Those of you who read my blog know that I’m a big fan of PHRs, but you have to know when you’re backing the wrong approach. What’s wrong with this pilot project? A lot: (more…) Tags: business model, EHRs/PHRs, HIE, Medicare, platform (Source: e-CareManagement) e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012474 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:09:35 +0100 3012474 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003871&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FE-Jk96eOPWk%2F Last week I asked whether Medicare’s Biggest Change in 40 Years is on the horizon. That post described and discussed implications of Medicare’s new direction for the medical home — the shelving of Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD) and the refocusing on the recently announced Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Initiative (MAPCI). In that post I touched briefly on the potential for MAPCI to create effective networks at multiple levels — contracting networks, health IT networks, social and collaborative care networks.  I’d like to expand a bit today… So, why is Medicare’s participation in MAPCI  and other regional collaboratives such a big deal? Here’s my hypothesis: Medicare’s non-participation (to-date) in regional payer/provider collaboratives has been a rate... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003871 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:53:23 +0100 3003871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2981183&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FaeujPdqyGRU%2F The King of the Cats has just acknowledged that indeed cats and dogs should co-exist peacefully. Dr. John Halamka — Vice Chair of the HIT Standards Committee of the ONC and one of the most vocal and influential figures in health IT — writes a blog post this morning entitled “The Genius of AND”. Halamka reasonably summarizes the essence of the debate about standards and interoperability as being between “the healthcare informatics crowd” (cats) and the “Internet crowd” (dogs): He notes that the debate shouldn’t be about one or the other POV prevailing (“either/or”), but about integrating both points of view (“and”): ..we need to embrace both approaches – the right tool for the right job depending on what you want to achieve. For provider to provider communi... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2981183 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:39:16 +0100 2981183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943908&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2Fsny5F8u6dgs%2F Earlier this week CMS issued a typically cryptic Announcement indicating that they were shelving the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD) and instead would focus on the recently announced Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Initiative (MAPCI). My blog post from Tuesday provides details and asks the question “What does all this mean?” Today’s blog post will tackle: Medicare’s biggest change in 40 years? The rise of MAPCI The fall of MMHD Implications/discussion Medicare’s Biggest Change in 40 Years? (more…) Tags: business model, care coordination, care management, conference, EHR, health plan, health reform, HIE, hospital, meaningful use, medical home, Medicare, Medicare Medical Home Demonstration, multipayer, network effect, primary care, readmission (Source: e-C... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2943908 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:35:37 +0100 2943908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931085&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F5FVQDknxCBw%2F I just received an email from CMS announcing the latest official word on the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration (MMHD): 10/26/2009 – In Washington, the efforts to reform health care and health insurance include proposed legislative language that would have an impact on the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration as described in section 204 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 and amended by section 133 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. Specifically, section 1302 of House Bill 3200 contains a provision to repeal this demonstration and replace it with an independent practitioner-based medical home pilot described further in the bill. In addition, the House bill includes a second medical home pilot to evaluate community-based medical home models... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931085 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:59:21 +0100 2931085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790321&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2Fqn6AlRE1xgg%2F By Vince Kuraitis and Steven Waldren MD, MS.  Dr Waldren is Director of the Center for Health Information Technology at the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP). Two issues have rightfully surfaced front and center in the public’s understanding of HITECH Act implementation: ” definition of “Meaningful Use” of EHRs, and ” definition of “certification” process for EHRs …and we applaud the progress of the workgroups and the HIT Policy Committee in addressing these issues constructively. However…a THIRD issue lurks – “Data harmonization at the expense of data liquidity“, or put another way – “misplaced pursuit of one (and only one) language at the expense of practical communication.” On August 20, the HI... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790321 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:18:03 +0100 2790321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737833&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FbH0pN3YZ4vc%2F This post is a foundational overview of characteristics of network industries.  Much of the terminology will deserve deeper discussion, but we have to start somewhere. In his book The Economics of Network Industries, Professor Oz Shy lists four characteristics of network industries. The main characteristics of these markets which distinguish them from the market for grain, dairy products, apples, and treasury bonds are: Complementarity, compatibility and standards Consumption externalities [network effects] Switching costs and lock-in Significant economies of scale in production In this essay, I’ll quote from Dr. Shy in explaining each of these characteristics.  I’ll also offer a few thoughts as to how these characteristics apply to healthcare. More specifically, I’ll dis... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737833 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:01:13 +0100 2737833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719776&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2Fjp_2OUrAwoQ%2F   “We need to make care linkages a core competency of American health care.”  George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospital   There’s a double meaning to the title of this new series: Healthcare Crosses the Chasm to the Network Economy At the level of technology, it’s a reference to Geoffrey Moore’s bestselling business/technology book — “Crossing the Chasm”. The Chasm here is the huge gap between early adopters of technology and mainstream users. The book describes the process of bringing specific technologies into mainstream usage. At the level of clinical care, its a reference to the landmark 2001 report by the Institute of Medicine — “Crossing the Chasm”.  Here, the Chasm is a reference to the quality/safety... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719776 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:09:37 +0100 2719776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2664008&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F9FbayybjEJQ%2F                 Economists call it “The Penguin Problem”  — No one moves unless everyone moves, so no one moves.  The role of user expectations is crucial in getting penguins to move off of ice floes and in the successful adoption of new network technologies.  I’ll cover two main points in today’s essay: How “The Penguin Problem” Helps Explain Low EHR (electronic health record) Adoption To-Date How Recent Federal Actions Are Setting Higher Expectations for EHR Adoption The Penguin Problem and Low EHR Adoption To-Date While not the only factor, the role of user expectations is a crucial element in explaining the adoption of new network technologies. Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann explains: (more…) Tags: business model, care management... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2664008 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:37:24 +0100 2664008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641350&cid=t_230174_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FsdbX7BfA2F8%2F “Qualcomm pulls the plug on LifeComm”  announced Brian Dolan of mobihealthnews recently.  As demonstrated by e-CareManagement blog readership, there has been a lot of interest in LifeCOMM.  My first blog post on LifeCOMM in 2007 has been single the most commented on post and the second most widely read blog post. It’s taken me a while to sift through my thoughts and feelings about saying “Goodbye” to LifeCOMM. At first I was deeply disappointed, but after further reflection think that LifeCOMM wasn’t the right type of platform for today’s consumer mobile health market. Disappointment My first reaction was one of disappointment. (more…) Tags: business model, Google Health, HealthVault, HIE, HITECH, interoperability, LifeCOMM, network effect, platform, wireless (So... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641350 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:44:23 +0100 2641350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2258168&cid=t_230174_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F10%2F2008-was-the-year-of-social-networking%2F According to a Nielsen Company report just released, 2008 was the year that social networking really took hold in the world, surpassing email usage and growing the fastest not amongst the youngest Internet users, but the middle-aged — those in the 35 - 49 year old age range. While search engines and general interest portals like Yahoo! still have the largest reach (85 percent), “member communities” — which includes not only popular social networking websites like Facebook, but also blogging websites — reached 66.8%. This was the largest increase — 5.4% — of any sector measured from Dec. 2007 to Dec. 2008, and double the increase of any other sector. Even though email was surpassed by these “member communities” websites (including blogs)... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2258168 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:00:03 +0100 2258168