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Op-Ed: A Practicing Doctor's Prescription for Health Care Reform
By JORDAN SHLAIN, MD Our national healthcare system needs a 'step-change', not incremental change. We are facing a vast and complex problem. Let's use it as an opportunity; rather than… Read more »
Dumb and Dumber
By Matthew Holt I can't say that I've been fantastically impressed by the Democrats’ choice of this year to go after health reform, or their explanation of what it is… Read more »
Report Identifies Five Key Challenges to Health Information Exchange
By SHEERA ROSENFELD The government’s $19 billion investment in health information technology is a pivotal catalyst in our pursuit of a smart, fully interconnected health information system. However, as we… Read more »
Kamen: Healthcare Debate "Backward Looking"
Segway inventor Dean Kamen thinks the wonkish debate over healthcare reform in Washington is largely missing the point. In an interview with Popular Mechanics editor-in-chief James Meigs and deputy editor… Read more »
Commentology
Reader Murry Ferris writes in: I am a 65 year old retired ad exec and also an insulin-dependent diabetic. I have other medical complications, but taking care of the diabetes… Read more »
Practice Fusion gets investment from Salesforce.com
By Matthew Holt We've been keeping tabs on Practice Fusion since the early days and THCB regulars will have noticed several comments and an article from CMO Robert Rowley. CEO… Read more »
Monsanto’s metallic legacy: Near phosphate mines, Idaho’s rivers take the hit
Everyone’s favorite company finds yet another environmental resource to mismanage: In order to make its infamous herbicide Roundup, Monsanto needs phosphate, a mineral that happens to be prevalent in Southeastern… Read more »
Michigan food processors turn groundwater orange
Orange you glad I didn’t say arsenic?: It’s common practice among Michigan’s fruit and vegetable processors to spray their untreated wastewater, heavy with sugars and salts, onto nearby fields. After… Read more »
Would health care costs under the public plan be too steep?
By Stephanie Smith CNN Medical Producer Three words — health care reform — have transformed the national conversation. And with the vigorous debate elicited by those three words — in… Read more »
Will health care be rationed?
As a regular feature of CNNhealth.com, our team of expert doctors will answer readers’ questions. Here’s a question for Dr. Gupta. From iReporter Jason in San Antonio: “Four years ago… Read more »
