Good Health and Godzilla and VA Wait Times. . Elvonda

As predicted , the Veterans Administration (VA) waiting-list fracas is going from bad to worse.   Seeking refuge from all the bad news, the ...

Good Health and Big Data, Definitions and Population Health. Elvonda

What's the likelihood of diabetes? Utter the term " big data " at any ACO, care management or managed care meeting, and one of...

Good Health and The Two-Sided Iron Triangle of Cost and Access and What It Means for Health Reform in 2015. Elvonda

From time to time, the Population Health Blog likes to refer to this article on the "iron triangle" of health care reform . Using ...

Good Health and Maintenance of Certification in Internal Medicine: What the Population Health Community Needs to Know. Elvonda

Since population health provider organizations work closely with physicians, they're aware that " board certification " is an ...

Good Health and Medical Marijuana and Population Health. Elvonda

Many population health providers may deal with the chronic conditions of HIV, Alzheimer disease, multiple sclerosis cancer, epilepsy, inflam...

Good Health and The Veterans Administration Scandal: Implications for Health Reform and A Call for Clinical Research Into the Reported Death Rate. Elvonda

As the Population Health Blog understands it, dozens of veterans died while waiting for outpatient appointments at the Phoenix Veterans Admi...

Good Health and Congratulations to DUCOM class of 2014! . Elvonda

Today, after four years of hard work (and many more preceding) Drexel University College of Medicine's class of 2014 got their degrees! ...

Good Health and Aren't All Physicians Supposed to Be Experts in Clinical Informatics?. Elvonda

It was just a matter time.  " Clinical informatics " has become another medical specialty . It seems that the clinical informatici...

Good Health and This week is National Women's Health Week!. Elvonda

Women's Health Week is May 11th-17th. It is a time to reflect on the advances that have been made in women's health, while focusing ...

Good Health and Google Bus: A Future for Health Care?. Elvonda

The Population Health Blog's travels have included San Francisco. That's where it got to learn about the " Google Bus" imb...

Good Health and Jack Bauer and Health Care Reform: A Multiple Choice Test. Elvonda

Business travel kept the Population Health Blog from being able to watch the live broadcast of Fox Network's " 24 ."  Good thi...

Good Health and Celebrating Nurse and Teachers! . Elvonda

This week we celebrate two very important career fields; nursing and teaching . Nurses week is May 6th-12th this year while teachers appreci...

Good Health and Over Four Million Dollars to Save a Life?. Elvonda

Enjoy the ride! Lebron James fan Jason Shafrin of the Healthcare Economist blog hosts the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review .  It...

Good Health and Health Insurance Saves Lives? The Story Behind the Story. Elvonda

"Does Romneycare save lives?" It stands to reason that the road that goes from being sick and getting decent medical care is lined...

Good Health and Additive, Not Substitutive, Health Care Innovation. Elvonda

Sirens calling the unsuspecting to their doom If, like many of our policy and political elite, you have also been seduced by the siren call ...