The Readmore 2014

David Harlow's HealthBlawg provides very interesting commentary on West Virginia's Medicaid Redesign efforts to implement change to the West Virginia Medicaid program, including pointing out a New England Journal of Medicine article, Personal Responsibility and Physician Responsibility - West Virginia's Medicaid Plan.The article examines the practical...

Don't miss reading this post by my favorite hospital blogging CEO, Nick Jacobs over at Nick's Blog. Much of what Nick has to say strikes a chord with me and this post is a great example of his creative, optomistic and insightful look at health care and life.Nick's statement of "everything in moderation" is something that I have heard forever (prize...

President Bush signed an Executive Order on August 22 requiring federal agencies to do more to inform public health care consumers about the cost and quality of health care services.The Executive Order: Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs directly impacts the Defense Department...

As I return to West Virginia after a week spent at the beach -- this post by Jim Carrol, Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert, caught my attention. Much of my week on the sand was spent enjoying building sandcastles with my son, daughter and our friend's two children. All ranged in age from 2 to 6. I love the creative side of sandcastle building...

I've been off the grid for most of the week while spending time with my family and good friends at Topsail Beach, NC. Our family's first time at Topsail -- what a great beach community. The web access was limited but luckily I had my new Blackberry 8700c (I finally broke down and got a blackberry to give it a try) which allowed us to get to the grid...

"Among 21 year olds, 61% of web content created by someone they know."Interesting stat courtesy of Denise Howell's attendance at Always On 2006. Interesting because I find myself more and more attracted to websites, blogs and other online content created by individuals I know or have met. This stat supports discussions with my nieces and nephews (all...

For those readers who are health care bloggers or interested in becoming a health care blogger or better understanding the impact of blogging on the health care industy you may want to plan to attend the Healthcare Blogging Summit 2006 scheduled for December 11th in D.C. The event is being held in conjunction with the Consumer Health World conference.The...

If you are interested in the latest on health care, medical and clinical information technology be sure to check out HITSphere, a network of healthcare IT blogs including my Health Care Law Blog.HITSphere was founded and is managed by Shahid Shah who blogs at as The Healthcare IT Guy. Shahid describes the HITSphere as a healthcare IT blogoshpere launching...

Grand Rounds 2.45 is up at Inside Surgery.I especially enjoyed reading long summer night by About a Nurse which provides a glimpse into the therapeutic nature and use of blogs by health care professionals. As a health lawyer I was struck by the implications posting about health care situations and how these conversations might ultimately make their...