February 8th, 2010
By Matthew Holt Ryan Phelan started DNADirect to expand the power of genetic testing to everyone, using the Web. She’s been ploughing a tough furrow but been making some real progress in the last few years, including getting an investment...
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February 8th, 2010
By BOB WACHTER Every now and then, I read and enjoy a book, but only later fully appreciate it as its lessons and insights slowly become apparent. Judging by the number of times I’ve said, “That reminds me of Gawande’s...
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February 7th, 2010
By DAVID C. KIBBE 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...
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February 7th, 2010
By PAUL LEVY When Hillary Clinton was running for President, she set forth a more modest agenda for health care reform than her competitor, Barack Obama. Maybe she understood better, based on her experience, how difficult it is to get...
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February 7th, 2010
By MERRILL GOOZNER Amid all the gloomy numbers in the latest government projections for health care spending, one statistic stands out: Public sector involvement in health care this year will surpass private sector spending for the first time in U.S....
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February 7th, 2010
By THOMAS GOETZ Want to know the future of medicine and healthcare in one sentence? For my money, it goes like this: The real opportunity in healthcare is to combine our personal data with the huge amount of general biomedical...
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February 7th, 2010
By Matthew Holt Sometimes with something so egregious gets written that, even if it’s in the Wall Street Journal, you have to notice it. Angela Braly, the CEO of Wellpoint—compensation a hair under $10m in 2009—ought to be happy, even...
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February 6th, 2010
By Matthew Holt The (not huge) world of Health 2.0, participatory medicine and ePatients has been fretting itself about a comment Susannah Fox (all hail) elevated into a post called “What’s the Point of Health 2.0”. Here’s an excerpt from...
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February 5th, 2010
By ROBERT LASZEWSKI With word that the House is likely to take up the repeal of the health insurance industry anti-trust exemption it is now clear the Democratic leadership has begun Plan B. It is also clear that this is...
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February 5th, 2010
By NAOMI FREUNDLICH Are we finally ready to close the door on the much-disputed link between the MMR vaccine and autism? On January 30, Britain’s General Medical Council ruled that Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist, had acted “dishonestly and irresponsibly” in...
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