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 'donald berwick'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560597&cid=t_328626_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FC7Wu-i1zM6o%2F Hello, everyone, and top of the morning to you. Another shiny day is unfolding here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we are hustling the short people off to their various school houses for some learning. And this marathon calls for a much needed cup of stimulation - our flavor today is Cinnamon Cream Swirl. Please join us as we also peruse the news for interesting developments. As always, we encourage you to contact us if you hear of something noteworthy. Meanwhile, have a great day… FDA Warns About Abbott HIV Med In Premature Babies (Reuters) Teva Says Docs Contacted For Generic Copaxone Study (Bloomberg News) FDA Accepts Application For Astra & Bristol Diabetes Drug (Associated Press) Japan Finds No Direct Link To Vaccines And Deaths (Reuters) FTC Takes Aim At Patent T... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560597 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:53:17 +0100 4560597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495267&cid=t_328626_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Fnversel%2FSteve_Lieber_-_HIMSS11.MP3 The 2011 HIMSS conference gets underway this weekend in Orlando, Fla. For the fifth year in a row, I interviewed HIMSS President and CEO H. Steven Lieber to preview the annual conference. Check Health Data Management’s HIMSS microsite now and MobiHealthNews next week for write-ups of parts of this interview, but this is the only place you can hear the whole thing. The audio is pretty clear, but you may hear faint music in the background. The recorder seems to have picked up some radio interference. That’s not entirely unexpected in a downtown Chicago office building, namely HIMSS headquarters at 230 E. Ohio St. Ah, well. Enjoy the podcast, and I’ll see you in Orlando. Podcast details: Interview with HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber. MP3, stereo, 128 kbps, 30.6 MB. Running time 33:26 0... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495267 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:50:17 +0100 4495267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450288&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FfY2q28 By Mary Grealy. There’s no question that, if we’re ever to have effective health reform in this country, improving our healthcare delivery system has to come through a public-private partnership. One of the key elements of the Affordable Care Act is the creation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), an entity that will be charged with evaluating concepts for healthcare delivery reform and then putting into action demonstration projects that have the potential to improve healthcare quality and increase cost-efficiency. Fortunately, much of this ground is already being broken in the private sector.  Throughout the country, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, group purchasing organizations, insurers, distributors and other health sector... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450288 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:24:20 +0100 4450288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331012&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoctors-patients-and-remote-third-parties%2F2011.01.10 From the ominously-titled book “New Rules” by Donald Berwick, M.D., and Troyen Brennan M.D.: “Today, this isolated relationship [between doctor and patient] is no longer tenable or possible. . . Traditional medical ethics, based on the doctor-patient dyad, must be reformulated to fit the new mold of the delivery of health care. . . The primary function of regulation in health care…is to constrain decentralized individualized decision making.” Unfortunately, Dr. Berwick’s straightforward formulation of the appropriate role of the individual physician in our reformed healthcare system is not isolated to thinkers of the Progressive persuasion. The notion that most clinical decisions can be usefully made by a centralized authority is attractive even to some conservatives. For examp... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331012 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:00:27 +0100 4331012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4168209&cid=t_328626_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fo0tgfBcltr0%2F On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a widely anticipated meeting to review the controversial Provenge vaccine for prostate cancer. At issue is whether coverage for the $93,000 treatment, which is the first such therapeutic treatment, is deemed reasonable and necessary. Such a move is unusual, though, given that Medicare generally pays automatically for FDA-approved oncology meds. But nothing about Provenge has been usual – the FDA approval was mired in charges of conflicts of interest, agency conspiracies and stock manipulation. The very fact that CMS decided to review the vaccine prompted an outcry from some investors, patients and doctors, amid concern that coverage may be nixed, although others say the real issue is separating on-label use from of... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4168209 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:42:59 +0100 4168209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4155402&cid=t_328626_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FB8VV4pLwrP4%2F Good morning, everyone. Another brand new day is under way here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where the short people are showing signs of arriving at the local school house on time. This calls for a celebratory cup of stimulation and we invite you to join us. While you indulge, the news of the world awaits you. Have a great day and do stay in touch… J&J Holds Talks To Resolve Risperdal Probe (Dow Jones) Former Pfizer Exec Leaves CEO Job At Cellceutix (Xconomy) Novartis Halts Cancer Drug Trial (TheStreet) Medicare Chief To Make First Appearance Before Congress (Bloomberg News) Hawaii Sues McKesson And First DataBank Over Pricing (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) Activists Lobby India To Reject Obama Lobbying On IP And Meds (Pharmabiz) One Million More Kids Are Diagnoses With ADHD (... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155402 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:08:24 +0100 4155402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3935774&cid=t_328626_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fmedicare-moving-quickly-setting-accountable-care-organization-structure%2F Medicare chief Dr. Donald Berwick is moving quickly to set up several hundred healthcare sites as “accountable care organizations” to test pilot programs for reducing healthcare costs and to begin to phase-out fee for service reimbursements for physicians and hospitals. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3935774 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:23:32 +0100 3935774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3786121&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F07%2Fthe-nonscalability-of-charisma.html By BOB WACHTER, MD Early on, many social movements depend on a charismatic leader to focus attention, build a burning platform, and inspire people to action. You know when the movement has made it when it no longer needs such... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3786121 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3786121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767072&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FJt7G0XLS_bA%2F By Robin Strongin. Republicans on Capitol Hill are still steaming over President Obama’s decision to install Dr. Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services via a recess appointment (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39759.html), bypassing the normal confirmation process which would have included a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Now, GOP members of the Finance Committee are insisting, in a letter to committee chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), that a hearing should take place anyway.  In their letter, they argue that the lack of such a forum “casts a shadow over (Berwick’s) legitimacy and authority to serve as administrator during a critical time for CMS.” That rhetoric may be overhyped.  After all, Berwick is hardly the first ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767072 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:46:55 +0100 3767072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784346&cid=t_328626_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F07%2F13%2Fmeaningful-use-final-rule-published%2F This morning HHS held a live webcast (I guess it’s a news conference?) announcing the final meaningful use rule. Unfortunately, it was a little early for me on the west coast (the life of a blogger), but I caught the second half of the webcast. Seems like they have made some changes to the meaningful use program. The most notable I think are the drop in percentage of ePrescriptions that are required (now at 40% I believe) and the mandatory and ala carte meaningful use requirements. I’m really interested to look into how they’ve implemented the second option. I believe this is how they’re trying to deal with the problems of meaningful use and specialties. So, hopefully the mandatory meaningful use requirements will be those that apply to ALL specialties and then the ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784346 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:29:13 +0100 3784346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746726&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3gK_52xRmBk%2F By Jim HarperLate last week, President Obama made a recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration). This has provided a good chunk of the week and weekend’s polititainment. I know little about Berwick or his merits as an administrator of the government health care system, but in an April Cato@Liberty post I reviewed an article of his on “patient-centered health care.” If you’re interested, take a look at my comment, “A Little Less Poetry, a Little More Economics.” (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746726 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:41:47 +0100 3746726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746679&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F07%2Fop-ed-dr-no-to-run-cms.html By JOHN GOODMAN President and CEO, National Center for Policy Analysis Let’s do a thought experiment. Suppose you were a U.S. Senator and the President’s nominee to head CMS appeared at his confirmation hearing: Wearing a Che Guevera t-shirt, sporting... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746679 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3746679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729811&cid=t_328626_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fobama-recess-appointment-install-dr-donald-berwick-medicare-chief%2F President Barack Obama reportedly will use a recess appointment to place highly-regarded patient safety expert Dr. Donald Berwick at the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the branch of the Department of Health and Human Services that oversees the federal Medicare Program. Dr. Berwick is a pediatrician by training and heads the Institute of Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729811 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:13:14 +0100 3729811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733035&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F07%2Fin-a-surprise-move-administration-appoints-berwick-to-head-cms.html By MAGGIE MAHAR Tuesday night the White House Blog explained: “In April, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733035 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3733035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710516&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F06%2Fis-berwick-done.html By MAGGIE MAHAR Kaiser Health News (KHN) reports that “the nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick to run the agency overseeing Medicare appears to be languishing.” Friday, KHN’s “Health Policy Week in Review” quoted a story that appeared in the New... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710516 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3710516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3448838&cid=t_328626_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLljRnaMl8Oo%2F By Jim HarperA good friend sent me an article on “patient-centered health care” written by Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama’s intended nominee for administrator of the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services. What an improvement an administrator like this will bring compared to his predecessors! Right? The article is called What ‘Patient-Centered’ Should Mean: Confessions Of An Extremist (requires login). I have no doubt of Berwick’s sincerity, but the essay gives me little hope for progress. It doesn’t mention, for example, parity in the tax treatment of employer-purchased and individually purchased health insurance. Why don’t we talk about diner-centered restaurants or grocery stores? Because when consumers select restaurants and stores, ch... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3448838 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:36:02 +0100 3448838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251276&cid=t_328626_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fehr-redux It's time to revive the discussion of electronic health record software in light of the new federal regulations that define criteria for meaningful use and also set criteria for the EHR technologies that must be implemented by doctors and hospitals in order for them to become, and be paid for being, "meaningful users of certified EHR technology." (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251276 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:36:01 +0100 3251276