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By Bob Coffield

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Healthcare Futures

Posted on July 01, 2008
A welcome to Michael Ryan, FACHE, Chairman of Executive Impact Group, now blogging at Healthcare Futures. Mike is a recognized eHealth, healthcare and social networking pioneer having served as a founder, executive, advisor and board member of numerous companies...

Connecting for Health: Another wave in the shift to consumer controlled health information

Posted on July 01, 2008
The recent announcement of the Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information by the Connecting for Health collaboration lead by the Markle Foundation is just the next wave in what may be a tidal shift. The tidal shift is one centered on the input, control, ownership, and administration of health information that results from the active and real use of PHRs by consumers...

Sermo Physicians Launch Doctors Unite Campaign

Posted on July 01, 2008
Can online social networking by health care professionals be the catalysts for group action and change in the health care industry?Fellow friend and health blogger,Fard Johnmar,at Healthcare Vox explores this question and more in his post, "Sermo Docs Launch An Online Health Reform Movement: Will It Matter?"...

2009 Joint Commission Standards: Now Available Online

Posted on July 01, 2008
The Joint Commission's revised standards are now available online. Additional details about the revisions are available on the Standards Improvement Initiative web page.The timetable for the release of the new standards, manuals and scoring information is as follows: July 2008: Standards will be posted to The Joint Commission website August 2008: Scoring information will be posted to the website September 2008: Hard copy manuals will be available for Phase 1 programs (ambulatory, hospital, critical access hospital, home care, office-based surgery) November 2008: Hard copy manuals will be available for Phase 2 programs (behavioral health care, laboratory services, long term care)* November 2008: Single-user access to E-dition (electronic manuals) will be available for all accreditation customers...

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Mountain Stage: The Gold at the End of the Rainbow

Posted on June 30, 2008
A memorable 2008 FestivALL ended last evening with a great Mountain Stage performance at the Clay Center. One of the best all around performances I can remember in recent past.A storm rolled through Charleston about 15 minutes before the performance and I captured the following photos...

Still More FestivALL: Blues & Brews kicks off weekend events

Posted on June 28, 2008
Sorry for a lack of substantive health care posting the last couple of weeks. The result of being just too busy with client legal matters.This morning I was catching up on my RSS feeds and saw these great photos by Rick Lee (photo to right by Rick of Sonny Landreth) from last nights Blues, Brews & BBQ...

Please Repair Your Ball Mark

Posted on June 23, 2008
Amazing photos from yesterday's hail storm that swept through the Charleston area.The photos were taken at Edgewood Golf Course in the Sissonville area of Kanawha County by one of my partners, Nate Tawney. Great shot of the driving range - looks like they haven't picked up balls all year long...

FestivALL: West Virginia Wiener Dogs Run . . .

Posted on June 22, 2008
The Charleston Gazette's front page shot and story of the FestivALL wiener dog races, "and the wiener is . . ."The photo features one of the winners, "Saugy Bottom Boy" who looks like a real thoroughbred. Our kids along with some of their friends are in the background...

Gazette Covers West Virginia Blogger Effort to Confront Stereotypes

Posted on June 19, 2008
Today's Gazette local section covers the Better West Virginia project by West Virginia bloggers to examine and challenge the traditional West Virginia stereotype on West Virginia Day (June 20). Bloggers from around the state will post their view and vision of West Virginia's new stereotype...

WVHCA Board Approves Modified Cardiac Catheterization Standards

Posted on June 19, 2008
Yesterday, the West Virginia Health Care Authority Board approved the changes to the Certificate of Need Standards for Cardiac Catheterization. The approved modification will now be delivered to Governor Manchin for review and approval.Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette covers the story today in his article, Smaller hospitals get OK to offer heart procedures...

Does Your Doctor Use An EHR?

Posted on June 19, 2008
The latest statistics are out regarding the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs). The New England Journal of Medicine published the government sponsored survey report. Check out the article in the NY Times, "Most Doctors Aren't Using Electronic Health Records...

West Virginia Stereotype: Wild and Wonderful

Posted on June 19, 2008
To celebrate West Virginia Day (June 20), the Health Care Law Blog is excited to be a part of the statewide blogging effort lead by Jason Keeling at aBetterWestVirginia. The idea - collaborate and work together to change the typical stereotypes of West Virginia...

Health Care Goes FestivALL

Posted on June 11, 2008
As my regular readers know - the Health Care Law Blog gets fishy every year when Charleston's FestivALL rolls around. Sorry for the distraction from health care law but I like to promote my favorite summertime event in Charleston - FestivALL.Just read over at Oncee that the Unknown Hinson will bring his country western psychobilly to Charleston for FestivALL on June 22 at Coonskin Park...

FestivALL: Drivers Can Enjoy Interstate 64/77/79 Split Artwork

Posted on June 09, 2008
Signs of FestivALL are starting to appear. For those of you traveling along the 64/77/79 split don't miss the artwork of Charles"Todd" Thomas whose colorful 10x24 foot creation was chosen as the winner of the art contest sponsored by Allied Artist of West Virginia to help promote this year's FestivALL...

Dr. Parkinson's Goes To HIMSS

Posted on June 09, 2008
Dr. Parkinson is speaking at HIMSS Summit today. Check out his slides for the presentation. Great ideas on how physician services and health care needs to change. Looks like a great agenda. Look forward to seeing reactions and discussion coming out of the summit.

304blogs: Tons of West Virginia Blogs

Posted on June 07, 2008
Excellent work by Oncee and The West Virginia Optimist the brainchildren of 304Blogs (named after the West Virginia area code). A place to check out all the WVloggers (think WV bloggers). Thanks for adding the Health Care Law Blog front and center.Great place to visit and see what West Virginia bloggers are doing...

ONC-Coordinated Federal HIT Strategic Plan: 2008-2012

Posted on June 03, 2008
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released "The ONC-Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2008-2012". Find more information here, including a synopsis of the full report.The plan is meant to serve as a guide to coordinate the federal government's health IT efforts to achieve a nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information infrastructure...

Microsoft Healthvault Be Well Fund Increased

Posted on May 29, 2008
The Microsoft's HealthVault Be Well Fund has decided to increase the aware funding from $3M to $4.5M after receiving almost 200 proposals from academic and research health organizations from across the United States.I'm interested to see the variety/type of proposals submitted and selected...

Better Understanding of Key Health Information Technology Terms

Posted on May 21, 2008
On April 28, 2008, the National Alliance for Health Information Technology released its Report, "Defining Key Health Information Technology Terms," to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.The report is an effort to get everyone working in health information technology to have a common understanding of and differences between EMRs, EHRs, PHRs, HIEs, HIOs and RHIOs...

West Virginia Hospitals Required to Report Health Care Associated Infections

Posted on May 19, 2008
West Virginia House Bill 4418 establishes West Virginia Code 16-5B-17 requiring West Virginia hospitals to report information on health care associated infections in the manner prescribed by the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).The bill establishes a new advisory panel called the Infection Control Advisory Panel responsible for guidance and oversight in implementing the reporting process...

Charleston FestivALL 2008: A City Becomes A Work Of Art

Posted on May 18, 2008
FestivALL 2008 is coming soon and the sights and sounds are set to hit the streets of Charleston on June 20-29.This week's theme over at Picture West Virginia (a project by Brian Stealey to get people thinking creatively about West Virginia) is sounds - so it prompted me to write my first post promoting this year's FestivALL...

Alltop Law: We've got Law covered.

Posted on May 17, 2008
Health Care Law Blog has been added to Law section of Alltop, the digital magazine rack of the Internet. Check out all the Alltop categories on the main page.Alltops, along with its sister site, Truemors (covering breaking news, stories and rumors and referred to as "NPR for your eyes"), are the creation of Will Mayall, Kathryn Henkens and Guy Kawasaki...

The Health of Google and Google Health

Posted on May 14, 2008
Very interesting post over at ZDNet by Tom Foremski on an upcoming meeting of Google hacks at the Googleplex set for May 19.Fascinating description of Google's use of machines and software to produce results rather than humans and how this might exist in the health care environment...

Get Well Rick Lee!

Posted on May 14, 2008
Not the type of health care blogging that I like to see. Get well Rick!Rick Lee, my favorite photo blogger is in the hospital. If you follow his photography leave him some virtual Flickr flowers in the post comments like some of his other regular readers...

New HHS HIPAA Privacy Compliance and Enforcement Data

Posted on May 13, 2008
DHHS and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have added new enforcement statistics and data to the OCR HIPAA Privacy and Compliance and Enforcement site. Previously, I've posted about the statistics.OCR added new information broken down by the following topics:Charts showing state-specific case investigation results (West Virginia shows (see the graphic above): 71% resolved after intake and review; 18% corrective action taken; 11% no violation)Calendar-year enforcement results graphs and chartsCalendar-year graphs showing the number of complaints receivedYearly variation in the top 5 types of issues resolved through corrective actionThe statistics show that the number of complaints made to OCR continue to increase -- from 6,534 complaints in 2004 to 8,132 complaints in 2007...

The momScore: How West Virginia Ranks For Maternal Health

Posted on May 07, 2008
While reading this week's Grand Rounds hosted this week at Suture for a Living, I jumped over to an interesting post by Dr. Val on an effort by her and Revolution Health to team up with medical experts and mommy bloggers to create a new health index for Mother's Day...

WVHCA: Proposed Amendments to Cardiac Catheterization Standards

Posted on May 02, 2008
The West Virginia Health Care Authority approved for public comment proposed revisions to the Certificate of Need Cardiac Catheterization Standards (current 3/19/2007 standards).These revisions were made by the Authority after Governor Manchin rejected the previously proposed standards...

WV Environmental Law

Posted on April 24, 2008
A welcome to West Virginia's newest law blogger, Dave Yaussey, who is blogging at the WV Environmental Law. Dave is a partner at Robinson & McElwee in their Charleston office.I use to practice law with Dave and consider him to be one of the go to environmental lawyers in West Virginia...

California HealthCare Foundation: Social Media's Impact on Health Care

Posted on April 24, 2008
The California HealthCare Foundation has issued a new report, The Wisdom of Patients" Health Care Meets Online Social Media, authored by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, a health economist, management consultant and fellow health care blogger at Health Populi.The report covers a lot of territory and provides a great overview of the quickly evolving and developing health care social media and health 2...

Dr. Val Emotes Her Way Through Grand Rounds 4.31

Posted on April 22, 2008
Val Jones, M.D. at Dr. Val and The Voice of Reason does a great job hosting this week's edition of Grand Rounds, titled: "How Do You Feel About That?"Great job and thanks for adding one of my posts. Don't miss the photo links to the various emotion categories (click on the category headings)...

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