hospital impactwhat will it take for hospitals to be the best run organizations on the face of the planet?Cool Mashup of CMS Hospital Ratings and Google Maps- June 13, 2008 by Tony Chen Now you can get your local map with color-coded hospital ratings. See below for an example. Go to NetDoc to draw up your own. This is a nice little tool for patients, but as always, it's only as good as the underlying data. (HT: Warren Johnson)http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2008/06/13/cool_mashup_of_cms_hospital_ratin... MN, how I love thee- June 12, 2008 by Tony Chen This just goes to prove again my conspiracy theory about Minnesota being the undiscovered hotbed of health care innovation. Check out this press release from Allina Hospitals & Clinics - a $100MM "living laboratory" to innovate new care models & treatments.http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2008/06/12/mn_how_i_love_thee Microsoft announces partnership with Kaiser- June 9, 2008 by Tony Chen Remember's Google's big announcement when they launched Google Health Their partners included the likes of Cleveland Clinic, Quest, CVS, among others These were the partners that had built interfaces to the Google Health platform, and patients could choose to import data from those sources into (and out of) their Google Health record. Got this in my email today: Today Microsoft and Kaiser Permanente announced a pilot program between Kaiser Permanentes My Health Manager personal.http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2008/06/09/microsoft_announces_partnership_w... Some sobering health care facts and figures- June 4, 2008 by Nick Jacobs Last month, I was invited to speak for the American Hospital Association in Phoenix, Arizona. One of the speakers who preceded me, Ian Coulter, PhD of the Samuelli Institute and RAND Corporation provided a compelling analysis of healthcare around the world. He described his countrymen from Scotland as Unarmed Americans with health insurance. Even more chilling was the fact that, America is the only major economic power where, if you lose your job, you literally can fall into.http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/scoop/2008/06/04/some_sobering_health_care_facts_a... Can The Next President Really Change Healthcare- June 2, 2008 by Christopher Cornue Through an email distribution I receive from the RWJF, I was led to this article in the Washington Post from last week. It's an interesting read and a positive spin on what has been a difficult challenge for US Health Care - a total reform of our health care system and politics. If you get a chance, take a gander ... and feel optimistic about the future of healthcare!!http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2008/06/02/can_the_next_president_really_change_he... |