Neupert On Health

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  • A Milestone on Many Levels: Publishing a Joint Op-Ed with Google

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Over a year ago, a dialogue started about the rules surrounding ‘meaningful use’ – and with anything like this, there are always lots of voices, lots of opinions. Given our history, we were in the ‘faction’ of folks focusing on ensuring that consumers...

  • Health Care Reform is About Improving System Performance

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    I was asked to contribute to the sequel to the award-winning book, Paper Kills . The New Edition (released just last week) is called Paper Kills 2.0, How Health IT Can Help Save Your Life And Your Money . In the Book, Newt Gingrich, Tom Daschle, and other...

  • Liberate the Data Part II – Perspectives from Eclipsys and Microsoft

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    It was just about a year ago at last year’s HIMSS that I posted about the need to “ liberate the data ” within health IT systems – separating data from applications and making it available for reuse in different contexts. What I said then holds true now...

  • Empowering Consumers

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by pnblog}
    So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was: In the Baucus bill, insurers would pay a tax on the value above $8,000 for an individual policy and $21,000 for a family plan. What do you think of Sen. Baucus' proposal to impose a 35...

  • New delivery models will solve the cost crisis

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by pnblog}
    This week's question for the Washington Post Health Care Rx blog was: Has Congress done enough to constrain long-term, health care spending growth? What cost containment strategies would you advocate pursuing? My response, New delivery models will...

  • The Top Ten Medical Advances of the Decade. What’s Wrong with the Picture?

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Sometimes it’s fun to peruse year-end lists—best shows, best moments, best songs, best presidential gaffes, best viral videos , and the list goes on…. which gets even longer with the end of decade or the century. In this spirit, ABC News just ran...

  • The First Mile on the Marathon of Reform

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Last June, I became a regular contributor to The Washington Post’s “Health Care Rx” blog, which provided space for me and other experts from across the industry to comment on the current state of the health system and offer real-world insights into how...

  • Stop Demanding Too Little of the Health Care Industry

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    For my latest thoughts on the business of health care, particularly the existing health care delivery system and payment framework, please see my contribution to the Harvard Business Review Conversation Starter blog .

  • Our Connected Health Conference - a View of the Future Grounded in Some Really Exciting Reality

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    We’re just wrapping up our third annual Connected Health Conference , held in downtown Bellevue, WA. It’s where we get together with a few hundred customers, partners, thought leaders from the industry, policy makers -- and talk about the healthcare industry...

  • Transforming Healthcare Delivery

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    So…life’s been really busy – which has meant a hiatus from the blog. Moving forward, I’m committed to making this more of a priority and looking forward to writing about a range of health-related topics – not just US healthcare...

  • “Partnering for Cures” to Advance Personalized Medicine

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    I think we all would agree that finding cures and improved treatments options for cancer are a moral imperative. They will have a dramatic impact not only for those fighting the disease, but also for the families, friends, healthcare providers, and other...

  • Connected Health: Bringing Patients and Physicians One Click Closer

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Almost two years ago on this blog, I issued a call for ‘data liberation’ – emphasizing that the free flow of health data should be the foundation for realizing a future of secure, personalized, data driven medicine. A year later, I discussed...

  • HIMSS 2011: We’re Not So Crazy After All

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    I spent most of this week at HIMSS in Orlando – a conference I’ve attended every year since 2006 – which gave me an opportunity to reflect on the significant changes I’ve seen in the healthcare industry over the last few years...

  • The "Economic Imperative" – Healthcare Delivery Must Be Transformed

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Last week I participated in our fourth annual Connected Health Conference , held in Chicago. At this event we get together with hundreds of customers, partners, policy makers, and thought leaders from across the industry to talk about what’s going...

  • HealthVault -- We’re Still Driving Forward

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    This blog was also posted on the Microsoft News Center . Following the Google Health announcement , a number of people have questioned whether Microsoft will continue to develop HealthVault without another vendor like Google to ‘compete’...

  • Better Care at Reduced Costs? A Real-Life Example!

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    The results of a recent peer-reviewed study conducted by Humana Inc. and Wisconsin Health Information Exchange (WHIE), a long-time Amalga customer , are both exciting and important. They’re exciting because the results begin to prove what many...

  • Data Liberation is Great – Let’s Talk About What’s Next

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Today, I had the honor of participating in a Consumer Health IT Summit at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. It was great to see health IT stakeholders coming together to help drive the industry toward a more patient-centric...

  • Making Sound Decisions in Health

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    In past blogs, I have frequently discussed the need for the consumer to be a more active participant in the health ecosystem. I passionately believe the citizen/consumer has to be accountable for their many personal health decisions – such as lifestyle...

  • A New Chapter

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by pnblog}
    Yesterday we announced an exciting new chapter in the Microsoft in Health story . Microsoft and GE Healthcare (GEHC) are forming a joint venture – with equal investment from each ‘parent’ – that will offer advanced IT solutions...

  • Neupert on Health has moved!

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Sean Nolan}
    The leadership for the new Microsoft/GE joint venture is getting firmly in place and as noted in my last post, I have now transitioned to be a consultant/contractor. I remain focused on the intersection of information technology and health to improve...