This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Health Managers headlines.
Spank the Yanks
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 29, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Amusements Source Type: info
Squeezing the cost balloon
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 29, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Policy and politics Economics Source Type: info
look before you Leap!
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 29, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Blogging Trivia Source Type: info
Googling around
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Source: Running a hospital - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Fexon Technology Ltd. Internet Registration Center scam
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 29, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Announcements Entrepreneurs Source Type: info
The new health math: < education = < life
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Source: Health Populi - February 29, 2008 Source Type: info
A couple of healthcare Innovations that are 10+ years off
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Source: hospital impact - February 29, 2008 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
CorVel's financials
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 29, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Medical Error: The Second Victim
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - February 29, 2008 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Hospital fashions
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 28, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Patients Source Type: info
Volunteers (and others) rule!
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Source: Running a hospital - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Wal-Mart clinics’ impact on health care: Let me count the ways
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 28, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Economics Source Type: info
Breakfast with Newt: talking about health and information technology
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Source: Health Populi - February 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Coventry and PMSI
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 28, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Newsflash! NYU degrees devalued.
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Source: Running a hospital - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Paintings in Lincoln
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Source: Running a hospital - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Back to the future: Capitation
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 27, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Physicians Health plans Source Type: info
Cavalcade of Risk is up at Wisdom from Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 27, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
Driving over nails and other stuff
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 27, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Blogging Family Holidays and fun Homelife Teenagers Work Source Type: info
Costs, costs, costs
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Source: Running a hospital - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
The doubling of health costs in America: still, hopeful at HIMSS
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Source: Health Populi - February 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Florida's version of health reform
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 27, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
Grand Rounds is up at Scienceroll
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Source: Running a hospital - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
CFL bulbs –not all they’re cracked up to be
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 26, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Devices Research Source Type: info
Greetings!
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Source: Running a hospital - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
Six-word blog post: Patient involvement
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 26, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Physicians Patients Source Type: info
Grand Rounds is up at ScienceRoll
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 26, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
The implications of free: reflections on day 1 @ HIMSS
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Source: Health Populi - February 26, 2008 Source Type: info
So, you want to invest in workers comp managed care?
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 26, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Six-word blog post: Prozac
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 25, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: info
Toward healthier perfumes
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 25, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Research Source Type: info
Microsoft HealthVault announces the "Be Well Fund"
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Source: hospital impact - February 25, 2008 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Dealing with the Physician Shortage
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Source: hospital impact - February 25, 2008 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
How things don't get fixed
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Source: Running a hospital - February 25, 2008 Source Type: info
When Health Care Goes Wrong - Sentinel Events
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - February 25, 2008 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Which health plan controls costs, Obama's or Clinton's?
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 25, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
Prelude to HIMSS -- follow the money, especially Medicare
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Source: Health Populi - February 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Return visit with a surprise lesson
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Source: Running a hospital - February 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Six-word blog posts
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 23, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Amusements Source Type: info
The SPIRIT lives on
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Source: Running a hospital - February 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Job Stress and Healthcare Costs
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - February 23, 2008 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Salt to sugar to obesity?
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 22, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Research Source Type: info
Health Wonk Review is up at GoozNews
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 22, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
Change of Shift is up at CRZEGRL.NET
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 22, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
That Friday feeling
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 22, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Family Holidays and fun NHS Work Source Type: info
Public? Private? Either? Both?
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Source: Running a hospital - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Google and Cleveland Clinic -- a tidy project built for disruption, and a word on privacy
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Source: Health Populi - February 22, 2008 Source Type: info
The Mutating Playbook
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Source: Running a hospital - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
A culture of dependency?
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 21, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Healthcare Related Leadership NHS Work Source Type: info
London subway map
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Source: Running a hospital - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Is off-label promotion off the mark?
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 21, 2008 Authors: Karen Donovan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: info
A natural!
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Source: Running a hospital - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
A portrait of new health consumers -- snapshot courtesy of Deloitte
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Source: Health Populi - February 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Gooz' HWR Nooz
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 21, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Wonk Review Source Type: info
The old and the new
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Source: Running a hospital - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
How much should we expect from patients?
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 20, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Patients Source Type: info
Health Care For All: Lewin examines the devils in the details
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Source: Health Populi - February 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Lack of sleep
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 20, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Homelife Source Type: info
Education Conference in Medical Staff Administration/Credentiailng/Privileging - On the Beach!
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - February 20, 2008 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
The real solution to health care costs
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 20, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
Risk adjustment isn't fair
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 20, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
How much do we care?
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 19, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Commissioning Leadership Maternity Mental Health Nursing children's services Source Type: info
How Compassion Actually Happens in Hospitals
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Source: hospital impact - February 19, 2008 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
An open letter across the sea
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Source: Running a hospital - February 19, 2008 Source Type: info
Cholesterol down, suicide up?
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 19, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Research Source Type: info
Grand Rounds is up at DailyInterview.com
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 19, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
#3 in the world
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Source: Running a hospital - February 19, 2008 Source Type: info
Why is workers comp reimbursement based on Medicare?
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 19, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
Health plans and medical loss ratios: no solace in government programs
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Source: Health Populi - February 18, 2008 Source Type: info
Medical tourism webinar: Implications for the medical device industry
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Source: Health Business Blog - February 18, 2008 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Announcements Medical travel/medical tourism Source Type: info
Employee versus Patient Centered Healthcare
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Source: hospital impact - February 18, 2008 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Rousmaniere on WC PPOs
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 18, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Media Coverage of Northern Illinois University Tragedy
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - February 18, 2008 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
McCain, health care reform, and the voter
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Source: Managed Care Matters - February 18, 2008 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
When you don’t know what to post about
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Source: Life in the NHS - February 17, 2008 Authors: Julie Tags: Blogging memes Source Type: info
Good morning, London!
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Source: Running a hospital - February 17, 2008 Source Type: info
A View from the UK: Is Preventive Care "Worth It?"![]()