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Blue Button: Driving a Patient-Centered Revolution in Health Care

Stephen J. Downs | Posted 11.13.2011

Stephen J. Downs

It's clear that we're in the middle of a health care quality revolution. But to improve outcomes on a broad scale, we need to empower individuals to become active participants in their care.

Top Health Information Technology Firms Prefer 'Revolving Door' Lobbyists

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 10.22.2011

The Center for Public Integrity

Even by Washington standards, health information technology companies seem exceptional; 70% of registered lobbyists who worked for such firms in the past two quarters have passed through Washington's infamous "revolving door."

Include Addiction and Mental Health Providers in Health IT

Chuck Ingoglia | Posted 09.20.2011

Chuck Ingoglia

The average age of death in the public mental health system for patients with serious mental illnesses is 52. Much of this tragically short lifespan is due to the inadequate management of co-occurring health conditions.

Engaging Consumers in Health IT

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 05.25.2011

Barbara Ficarra

Consumers need to be engaged from the ground up. While companies and institutions focus on improving health and wellness, they need to get close to the consumer, engage them.

Medication Mix-ups? Missing Lab Results? Send Us Your Health IT Tips, Stories

Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Emma Schwartz

Amid concerns about patient safety, a consensus is emerging: The government needs a way to monitor the safety of health information technology it is e...

How The Internet Is Changing U.S. Health Care

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Elaine Schattner

Increasing, "e-patients" are going online to augment medical information from their physicians and to look for a second opinion. There's no waiting, and it's free.

Help Us Investigate Health Information Technology

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund will be covering the progress of health information technology reform. Are you a patient who has begun tracking...

Health Care Reform: What Works for Business Is to Keep Working

John J. Castellani | Posted 05.25.2011

John J. Castellani

This is not the time for policymakers and business leaders to disengage and take potshots -- be they from the right or the left. Now is the time for negotiation and compromise to secure reform.

What Does Health Mean to You?

Sean Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Sean Donahue

This was the official question that nearly 200 of the world's foremost health-care experts, physicians and scholars attempted to answer at the 2009 Aspen Health Forum.

Health Noir: $10 Million Ransom Demand for Data - and Stranger Crimes Are Coming

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

Organized crime -- or even disorganized crime -- has no place in the world of healthcare.

Sam Stein

Zeke Emanuel, Obama's Health Care Alchemist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Ezekiel Emanuel has a fear of failure. Months into the administration, the prominent bioethicist and brother of chief of staff, Rahm, has emerged as a...

Healthcare: Its Still the Economy Stupid!

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Peter Klatsky

The economic and healthcare crises exist together and must be addressed as one.

It's More Than an Electronic Health Record -- Call It a "Health Information Highway"

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

With a new HHS Secretary and health czar, and a White House health care summit scheduled this week, this is the right time to create the "health highway."