Healthcare Talent Transformation

Health Wonk Review: Come Back, Leave the Light On

Another great edition of Health Wonk Review: Thanks to the Disease Management Care Blog for hosting.

Don't miss Jonena's addition to the HWR.  She laments about another waste in recent ‘healthcare improvements” by posing the question: Why are we allowing bureaucrats to make the administration of our healthcare reimbursement process to be so complicated that no one will get it straight? Read the entire post.

Health Wonk Review: Spring Hath Sprung!

Spring hath sprung and so have many health wonky ideas!  Check out this week's edition of the Health Wonk Review hosted by InsureBlog.

Dr. Kerry Willis give a great opinion on hour physicians can be the President's "Huckleberry."  It is definitely worth the read. Check it out: I'm Your Huckleberry, Mr. President.

Health Wonk Review: Streaming

Check out the Streaming Health Wonk Review edition at Managed Care Matters. This issue has a real grab bag of topics, and a lot of them!

Dr. Kerry Willis elaborates on how achieving healthcare reform, improving quality and making it easier for everyone involved is possible. We all lack the courage and leadership to make it happen.  Read more in his article: Welcome to the New World, Mr. President.

Health Wonk Review: More Than Birth Control Edition

Healthcare-related news topped the headlines this week. Take a peek at the latest edition of Health Wonk Review hosted by Healthcare Economist.

Andrea Morgan is included in this week's HWR.  Read her article on the first step of implementing EMRs:  The Blueprint for the Evolving Physician.

Health Wonk Review: Looking at the Future

Here on Health Wonk Review, our last issue included some recaps of the prior year, so in this issue (hosted by Workers' Comp Insider), we are looking to the future and what the coming year might hold for healthcare. Check it out: Health Wonk Review: Looking at the Future  

Our blogger, Dr. Michael Koriwchak is featured as he discusses why Doctors are Unenthusiastic about Obamacare Geeks.

Health Wonk Review: Unwrapping Early Presents

Who doesn't like to unwrap gifts a few days early!  Hope you enjoy reading this week's Health Wonk Review.

Read Dr. Kerry Willis' submission: Merry Christmas, Mr. President.

Health Wonk Review: Holiday Shopping Guide

With the holidays upon, we hope you will take a moment to catch up on the latest wonkiness going on in the world of healthcare.  Thanks to Wright on Health for hosting this week.  Read this week's Health Wonk Review.

On of our newest bloggers, Dr. Kerry Willis gives the President some suggestions on how to save money and increase the value to the system of providing medical care.  Read Dear Mr. President.

Health Wonk Review: Olio Edition

Thanks to Insureblog, this week's Health Wonk Review's posts remind us of the foundations of the Review: "policy, funding, insurance, managed care, infrastructure, IT, the uninsured, economics and trends." 

TBD Consulting's president, Jonena Relth, reports on the latest EMR/EHR trends being tracked by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The challenges facing our healthcare system and its reliance on information tech are mind-boggling.

Health Wonk Review: Unadorned

Health Wonk Review Unadorned edition is posted for this week. Thanks to the Health Affairs Blog for hosting.

TBD Consulting's president, Jonena Relth, has been watching a lively LinkedIn discussion among healthcare executives, and “the one piece of the puzzle I haven’t heard mentioned is that of patients now demanding that their health care be more cost-effective.” One way to make care more cost-effective would be to limit damages in malpractice suits. Read Jonena's entire post: What Can Healthcare Learn from the Business World?

Health Wonk Review: The Muppet Edition

The Muppet Edition of Health Wonk Review is posted for this week. And who doesn’t love The Muppets?

TBD Consulting's president, Jonena Relth, draws attention to the new physician payment system on trial at Fairview clinics in Minnesota: payments are based on patient satisfaction and health, rather than by the number services provided. Read Jonena's entire post: Fairview Clinics' Radical Physician Pay Plan Positively Affecting Patient Care