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 'deaconess medical center'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:35:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181803&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fphysician-organizes-a-price-list-of-56-common-medical-tests%2F2011.08.31 I am smacking myself on the forehead and saying, “Why didn’t I think of this?”  Dr. Richard Parker, Medical Director at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,  has sent out a list to his physician colleagues of 56 common medical tests and procedures.  What is revolutionary is that there are prices next to each item.  You non-physicians may be surprised to know that we doctors have no idea what the tests or drugs we order actually cost.  Unless we get billed as a patient, we are as clueless as you are. As I wrote before, the ostrich excuse just won’t fly any more.  We all need to be aware of the cost of care and have skin in the game.  Some will argue that price can’t be the only driver.  I’ve heard physicians say you can’t compare one price ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181803 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:00:00 +0100 5181803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4723995&cid=t_241623_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fattestation-experience This morning at 8am the CMS attestation website went live. At 8:30am, I completed the attestation for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Here's an overview of the experience. At the top of the Attestation page, you'll see the link "Click here to attest." No sticky read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4723995 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:11:54 +0100 4723995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429019&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-dietary-guidelines-offer-little-new-guidance%2F2011.02.02 There isn’t much new in the latest iteration of the “Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” Three years in the making, the 2010 guidelines (released a tad late, on January 31, 2011) offer the usual advice about eating less of the bad stuff (salt; saturated fat, trans fats, and cholesterol; and refined grains) and more of the good stuff (fruits and vegetables; whole grains; seafood, beans, and other lean protein; and unsaturated fats). I’ve listed the 23 main recommendations below. You can also find them on the “Dietary Guidelines” website. The guidelines do break some new ground. They state loudly and clearly that overweight and obesity are a leading nutrition problem in the United States, and that a healthy diet can help people achieve a healthy weight. They also r... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429019 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:00:27 +0100 4429019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998994&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fimproved-ipad-usability-on-hospital-wards%2F2010.09.23 We recently reported our interview with Dr. Henry Feldman of the Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston and his experience using the iPad as his sole computing device while attending on the wards. Overall, his experience was positive, while accessing the hospital networks, using clinical applications and questions about security. Be sure also to check out Future Docs blog and Dr. Arora’s experience using the iPad on the wards to get more real-world perspectives on using the iPad on the wards. Among the few difficulties Dr. Feldman had, one was that typing long notes on the glass keyboard was cumbersome, requiring the use a desktop computer for admission and discharge notes. This may now turn out to be one of the easiest problems to solve, if two recently announced iPad cases are any indication... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998994 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:00:05 +0100 3998994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889082&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-heart-health-risks-of-being-a-couch-potato%2F2010.08.20 We’ve all made the excuses: You can’t face the drive to the gym, you’re too tired at night, getting up in the morning is a chore, or it’s too hot or cold outside. So you cozy up on the couch in front of the television. If you’re a couch potato, you’re a gambler — with your life. Unfortunately you’ll need a big sofa because you’re not the only one whose heart isn’t in physical activity. About 60 percent of adults in the U.S. are not getting the exercise they need, according to a report from the U.S. Surgeon General. It’s time to get up and face — or better yet, dance to — the music! Here are a few facts that may get you moving for your heart’s sake. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Health in 30* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889082 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:55 +0100 3889082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790772&cid=t_241623_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fwhy-do-doctors-bad-mouth-other-doctors.html Many patients find that the doctor you go to for a second opinion will often be very critical of the first doctor. When a new doctor criticises what the old one did, patients feel frustrated, because they feel it reflects badly on their choice of a doctor.Why are doctors so happy to criticise their colleagues and peers at the drop of a hat ?Some of this is simply a power game. Doctors do their best to try to look good for their patients, and by demonstrating the errors and shortcomings of the earlier doctors, they are emphasising how much good they are ! The hidden subtext is - You made the right decision when you came to me - I am the best !Some of this is simple oneupmanship. Doctors are highly competitive and proud of their intellectual prowess and surgical skills. They take delight in ... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790772 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:45:00 +0100 3790772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718398&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealth-highlights-from-the-new-media-academic-summit%2F2010.07.01 I recently spoke at the panel on transparency at Edelman’s New Media Academic Summit. Ben Boyd was the moderator and Ellen Miller from the Sunlight Foundation was my fellow panelist. Reviewing some of the #nmas10 tweets from the audience, I figured I should provide some links for the anecdotes I mentioned: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy’s blog is still the starting point when talking about transparency in medicine today. I had the chance to speak with him a few years ago. Ed Bennett has done an extraordinary job following hospital social media adoption and highlights effective new media policies as well. Hospitals are using twitter and billboards to broadcast emergency department waiting room times. This is not without risk, as billboards may not clarif... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718398 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3718398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3701676&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoctor-to-patient-do-you-text-and-drive%2F2010.06.26 It’s time to ask patients whether they text and drive. An important perspective piece from the New England Journal of Medicine urges doctors to include that question during preventive health exams. The data surrounding texting and driving is grim: Although there are many possible distractions for drivers, more than 275 million Americans own cell phones, and 81% of them talk on those phones while driving. The adverse consequences have reached epidemic proportions. Current data suggest that each year, at least 1.6 million traffic accidents (28% of all crashes) in the United States are caused by drivers talking on cell phones or texting. Talking on the phone causes many more accidents than texting, simply because millions more drivers talk than text; moreover, using a hands-free device does... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3701676 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:00:05 +0100 3701676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440901&cid=t_241623_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Froi-studies-will-drive-greater-ehr-adoption Many providers have noted in various surveys and many speakers at conferences have said the federal incentives will not drive EHR adoption because there is no business case to implement EHRs. Now is the time for health-system pioneers of EHRs to analyze their data and highlight where EHRs have contributed to increases in patient safety and quality of care and decreases in cost. Third-party entities need to validate the results. Then, the results need to be broadcast as widely as possible. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440901 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:49:31 +0100 3440901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146067&cid=t_241623_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fmixed-reactions-meaningful-use-expected-should-criteria-be-destination-point-or-starting-point It's not a surprise that there would be supporters and detractors of the proposed meaningful use requirements. With heavyweights making noise, however, you have to sit up straight and listen. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146067 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:39:49 +0100 3146067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876034&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.slidesharecdn.com%2Fswf%2Fssplayer2.swf%3Fdoc%3Dmayo-raganconferencefinal-091008112950-phpapp01%26amp%3Bstripped_title%3Dmayo-ragan-conference-final The health care industry has been a bit “late to the game” when it comes to social media. However, this week at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, approximately 100 health care communications professionals came together to explore strategies for catching up. At an event hosted by Ragan Communications, speakers from Mayo Clinic , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Operation Smile , Kaiser Permanente and others all came to share their experience jumping into the world. Each of us are exploring the opportunities that social media presents to us as communicators, while at the same time balancing the regulations within a fairly conservative industry. Concerns about protecting patient privacy and overcoming cultures that too often fear transparency were significant challenges for all. It was ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876034 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:03:08 +0100 2876034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2649084&cid=t_241623_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fsnomed-ct-problem-list-has-arrived As promised in my earlier blog, the National Library of Medicine has created a "best practices" subset of SNOMED-CT which is highly usable by clinicians for documenting the symptoms and conditions used on a typical Problem List. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2649084 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:31:05 +0100 2649084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348730&cid=t_241623_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fbad-data-saga-continues Since our post on Monday, where we highlighted the potential impact to PHR adoption of the Boston Globe story on one consumer’s less than ideal experience with Google Health, there has been a number of other conversations worthy of note: (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348730 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:04:23 +0100 2348730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2263911&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fhealth-care-ceo-who-didnt-put-his-own.html We recently posted about executives at two different not-for-profit health care insurance companies/ managed care organizations whose pay seemed to keep levitating, despite organizational financial losses, and commented on how the compensation of top executives of health care organizations seems always to go up, regardless of the financial fortunes, or quality of the products or services provided by their organizations. (Posts here and here.)Today's Boston Globe, however, provided a contrast. The background is that the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a renowned Harvard teaching institution, is facing a budget shortfall.Paul Levy, the guy who runs Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was standing in Sherman Auditorium the other day, before some of the very people to whom he m... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2263911 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:17:00 +0100 2263911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2060907&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Ffight-at-mar-lago-club-madoff-case.html We just discussed how the incredible scrutiny being given to the case of Bernard Madoff, the alleged author of the financial scandal of the century, has opened many windows on the mismanagement and misgovernance of health care organizations. For example, consider the attention given to a Madoff crony, one Robert Jaffe. The Boston Globe reported,The scene was a society party at Donald Trump's famed Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. One guest was Robert Jaffe, 64, who had recruited investors for Bernard L. Madoff, the money manager who last week admitted to a Ponzi scheme in which he lost $50 billion of his clients' money. Another was 78-year-old Jerome Fisher, founder of the upscale shoe store chain 9 West, who reportedly lost millions with Madoff and was upset by Jaffe's presence at the ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2060907 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:59:00 +0100 2060907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039913&cid=t_241623_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fhealth-care-organizations-ensnared-in.html It seems that news about concentration and abuse of power in health care, about ill-informed, ill-advised, conflicted, self-interested, even corrupt management of health care organizations, has almost been swamped by stories of even worse concentration and abuse of power elsewhere, from mysterious hedge funds, to US state government, to countries on multiple continents. And yet, health care and health care organizations seem to have been swept up into these larger fiascos. We commented briefly earlier on one health care connection to the allegations that the Governor of Illinois tried to auction off an appointment to a US Senate seat.Now it turns out that the spectacular collapse of a financial organization that really was a giant Ponzi scheme also has ensnared many health care organizatio... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039913 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:45:00 +0100 2039913