Grand Rounds 2.07 is being hosted this week at MSSP Nexus Blog by Rita Schwab. All you medical/health star trek aficianados will love the format for this week's Grand Rounds.
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Sunday, November 06, 2005
New York Times Features NY Law Firm Associate - Opinionista
Today's NYTimes features Opinionista and her very popular blog called Opinionistas on the inner workings of a large NY law firm. If your interested in big law firm culture give it a read.
Many are watching this to see what actions will be taken by the law firm against the anonymous associate blogger of the firm -- if it is disclosed who she is and where she works. More interesting to me is the publicity that will likely surround any actions or inactions taken by the law firm. They better have their PR people ready for this one.
Once again this highlights an increasingly more common legal issue of what rights employees have to blog at home and at work about employer related issues. If you haven't already done so it is time to take a look at your employee handbook and establish some reasonable policies. Stay tuned!
Technorati tags: Opinionista, Opinionistas, law, employment
Many are watching this to see what actions will be taken by the law firm against the anonymous associate blogger of the firm -- if it is disclosed who she is and where she works. More interesting to me is the publicity that will likely surround any actions or inactions taken by the law firm. They better have their PR people ready for this one.
Once again this highlights an increasingly more common legal issue of what rights employees have to blog at home and at work about employer related issues. If you haven't already done so it is time to take a look at your employee handbook and establish some reasonable policies. Stay tuned!
Technorati tags: Opinionista, Opinionistas, law, employment
Friday, November 04, 2005
Healthcare Intelligence Network Blog
I received notice of a new (at least to me) health care blog called Healthcare Intelligence Network. I've added it to my blogroll and look forward to the posts by Melanie Matthews, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Healthcare Intelligence Network.
For more about the Healthcare Intelligence Network, who they are and what they offer check this out.
For more about the Healthcare Intelligence Network, who they are and what they offer check this out.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
I got an interesting chain email today that I thought I would pass along. Check out the following:
1) go to www.google.com
2) type in the word "failure"
3) press the "I'm feeling lucky"
Interesting search result.
1) go to www.google.com
2) type in the word "failure"
3) press the "I'm feeling lucky"
Interesting search result.
Consumer Driven Healthcare: Computers vs. Hospitals
For an interesting comparison of the time you and I spend shopping for health care services vs. shopping for cars and computers check out this recent post at Hospital Impact. Will there be an increase in consumer driven healthcare? What factors will be involved?
Oklahoma Courts Follow West Virginia and Lousiana and Offer RSS Newsfeeds
Jim Calloway at his Law Practice Tips Blog reports that Oklahoma is the third state court to introduce RSS feed technology as a way to release appellate decisions.
According to Jim, Oklahoma follows West Virginia and Louisiana. It is great to see another state appellate court adding RSS feeds. I have been subscribing to West Virginia's RSS feeds implemented by Rory Perry for about a year and have found it to be an incredibly valuable service. As soon as a new case comes out I can scan the decision, determine whether or not the case relates to current/past client issues, notify clients or other attorneys about the decision, etc. One of the benefits of being an early adopter of RSS feed technology has been the ability to see relevant information first and notify my clients, my partners or other attorneys.
I ran a couple of Google searches and located that both Utah and North Dakota are using RSS feed technology to report and issue state court decisions. This brings the total to five states.
It's also great to see West Virginia and Louisiana at the top of a list rather than at the bottom. So often we find our states at the bottom of the list -- especially on health care related issues.
For more information on how West Virginia is leading the way on court technology issues you should check out Rory Perry's weblog on law, technology and the courts.
According to Jim, Oklahoma follows West Virginia and Louisiana. It is great to see another state appellate court adding RSS feeds. I have been subscribing to West Virginia's RSS feeds implemented by Rory Perry for about a year and have found it to be an incredibly valuable service. As soon as a new case comes out I can scan the decision, determine whether or not the case relates to current/past client issues, notify clients or other attorneys about the decision, etc. One of the benefits of being an early adopter of RSS feed technology has been the ability to see relevant information first and notify my clients, my partners or other attorneys.
I ran a couple of Google searches and located that both Utah and North Dakota are using RSS feed technology to report and issue state court decisions. This brings the total to five states.
It's also great to see West Virginia and Louisiana at the top of a list rather than at the bottom. So often we find our states at the bottom of the list -- especially on health care related issues.
For more information on how West Virginia is leading the way on court technology issues you should check out Rory Perry's weblog on law, technology and the courts.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Governor Manchin Issues First West Virginia "Open for Business" Report
Today Governor Manchin issued the first in a series of "Open for Business" reports which are intended to document West Virginia's economic progress.
An item of interest to the legal and IT community appearing in the report is information on the development Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's efforts to outsource its document, litigation and technology solutions to other law firms. The report announced a recent partnership between Orrick and Williams Lea.
The report states:
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced a partnership with British firm Williams Lea, which specializes in providing document, litigation and technology solutions to law firms, but also does such work as design and graphics for banks. Orrick's Global Operations Center in Wheeling will continue to provide technology, finance, human resources, Web engineering, benefits, payroll and marketing services while Williams Lea will coordinate all of Orrick's word processing needs, transcription production services and document services work. The company will hire 30 employees to start. Orrick also will continue to develop a U.S.-based outsourcing business for other law firms.
Here is the Orrick press release announcing the partnership.
An item of interest to the legal and IT community appearing in the report is information on the development Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's efforts to outsource its document, litigation and technology solutions to other law firms. The report announced a recent partnership between Orrick and Williams Lea.
The report states:
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced a partnership with British firm Williams Lea, which specializes in providing document, litigation and technology solutions to law firms, but also does such work as design and graphics for banks. Orrick's Global Operations Center in Wheeling will continue to provide technology, finance, human resources, Web engineering, benefits, payroll and marketing services while Williams Lea will coordinate all of Orrick's word processing needs, transcription production services and document services work. The company will hire 30 employees to start. Orrick also will continue to develop a U.S.-based outsourcing business for other law firms.
Here is the Orrick press release announcing the partnership.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Former Employee Sues Allegheny Energy Involving Release of Information from Yahoo
Today's Charleston Gazette ran an interesting article on a lawsuit filed by a former employee of Allegheny Energy, Inc. against Allegheny Energy and its lawyers for wrongful use of the court system to subpoena records from Yahoo to uncover his identity. It appears that Allegheny Energy filed a lawsuit against a "John Doe" for the purpose of issuing a subpeona to Yahoo to uncover the former employees identity. The article indicates that the lawsuit involves claims for wrongful termination and violation of privacy.
Brian Peterson over at his West Virginia Legal Weblog has a link to the AP article on the lawsuit.
An interesting lawsuit to watch. If I get time I will try to track down a copy of the complaint.
Brian Peterson over at his West Virginia Legal Weblog has a link to the AP article on the lawsuit.
An interesting lawsuit to watch. If I get time I will try to track down a copy of the complaint.
Grand Rounds 2.6 is now up at KidneyNotes.com
Grand Roudns 2.6 is being hosted this week by KidneyNotes.com.
Monday, October 31, 2005
CMS HIPAA Administrative Simplification Infomation
I received this notice and reminder from the CMS HIPAA outreach listserve today:
Reminder--Under the National Provider Identifier Regulation (that was published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2004), a health care provider who is a covered entity, as defined at 45 C.F.R. & 160.103, is required to obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) by May 23, 2007. To apply online go here.
Announcing the new CMS web page dedicated to providing all the latest NPI news for Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare providers! Visit on the web. While this page is dedicated to the FFS community, it contains helpful information and links that may benefit all health care providers.
Reminder--Under the National Provider Identifier Regulation (that was published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2004), a health care provider who is a covered entity, as defined at 45 C.F.R. & 160.103, is required to obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) by May 23, 2007. To apply online go here.
Announcing the new CMS web page dedicated to providing all the latest NPI news for Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare providers! Visit on the web. While this page is dedicated to the FFS community, it contains helpful information and links that may benefit all health care providers.
What three blogs do you go to first?
While scanning the growing number of blog/RSS feeds that sit in my RSS reader I came across a blog post by The Greatest American Lawyer that made me stop and think.
The question, "What three blogs do I you go to first?"
Hmmmm. . . Sometimes it depends on my mood or whether I am at work or play. However, right now these blogs are in cycle. For the sake of interest and experimentation I'd be interested to see the top 3 of other bloggers. Please add a post to your blog highlighting your top three.
Here are my top three (in no particular order):
Scobliezer
Hospital Impact
Bag & Baggage
I also find it interesting to see what others have in there "my feeds" section of bloglines if you use the public feature. I have found some great blogs to follow by seeing what other bloggers are monitoring. For those of you who use bloglines you can view feeds for a particular person by clicking on the "___ subscribers" button at the top of the page when viewing a particular blog thru bloglines. You can then click on a particular subscriber to pull up their "my feeds" list.
The question, "What three blogs do I you go to first?"
Hmmmm. . . Sometimes it depends on my mood or whether I am at work or play. However, right now these blogs are in cycle. For the sake of interest and experimentation I'd be interested to see the top 3 of other bloggers. Please add a post to your blog highlighting your top three.
Here are my top three (in no particular order):
Scobliezer
Hospital Impact
Bag & Baggage
I also find it interesting to see what others have in there "my feeds" section of bloglines if you use the public feature. I have found some great blogs to follow by seeing what other bloggers are monitoring. For those of you who use bloglines you can view feeds for a particular person by clicking on the "___ subscribers" button at the top of the page when viewing a particular blog thru bloglines. You can then click on a particular subscriber to pull up their "my feeds" list.
Who is Supreme Court Nominee, Samuel A. Alito, Jr.?
For background information on Supreme Court nominee,
Samual Alito, be sure to check out the evolving article on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of my favorite resources for new and old information.
If you are not familiar with Wikipedia -- it is a living, breathing, real time encylopedia and dictionary. It has live links and allows the reader constantly edit/change the content. Look here if you want to know more about how Wikipedia works.
Samual Alito, be sure to check out the evolving article on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of my favorite resources for new and old information.
If you are not familiar with Wikipedia -- it is a living, breathing, real time encylopedia and dictionary. It has live links and allows the reader constantly edit/change the content. Look here if you want to know more about how Wikipedia works.
Blawg Review #30: Denise Howell'in at the Moon has manyTricks & Treats
One of my favorite law blogs, hosted by Denise Howell, has let the Blawg Review black cat out of the bag and baggage.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
More on Patient Blogging
An interesting item came across my desk the other day highlighting the use of blogs by patients to keep family and friends informed about their status. I happened to email this information out to a colleague and thought it would also make an interesting post. I previously mentioned hospital sponsored patient blogs in a previous post.
The Charleston Gazette's Statehouse Beat written by Phil Kabler had a blog related item. The Statehouse Beat covers state government and legislative happenings. The news items was about the daughter of a state legislator whose child was diagnosed with CHARGE syndrome and is being treated in Oregon. The reason the daughter started the blog was to keep family and friends informed about the progress of her child. The legislator kept getting questions all the time about the status of his grandson, so he decided to let the political beat column writer know about the blog.
Here is the an excerpt from the article:
For readers wondering how Maxwell McKinley, who was born in June with CHARGE Syndrome is getting along, grandfather David McKinley sends along this blog from Amy McKinley: www.maxupdate.blogspot.com
With the blog, he says, his daughter can keep friends apprised of Maxwell's s progress without having to continually experience the rollercoaster of emotions with each call. Suffice to say, it's an extremely touching account of how young Maxwell fights for life each day with an indomitable spirit that puts the rest of us to shame.
After having read some of the blog posts I also found the blog very touching and it really shows the love of a parent for her child. It also documents the emotional story that most patients and their families face when having to deal with a severe medical condition.
The creative use of blogs in the health care industry is wide open for innovators. Some the ideas and questions that come to mind. Patients and families sharing information about caretreatmentement, especially in the case where there is distance between family members. Patients using blogs to document their own medical history and care. Patients sharing disease specific information. Doctors sharing diagnosis and treatment related information that can be used by other providers. Hospital sponsored blogs for external and internal use. The interplay with privacy issues and the list goes on. Exciting time for the health care industry.
For more on hospital sponsored patient blogs you might want to check out BeSpecific's post and an article in ComputerWorld. Also check out this WSJ article which mentions the some other patient blogs:
Amy Tenderich/ Diabetesmine.com
News, comment and information about dealing with diabetes; links to diabetes-information sites and other diabetes blogs.
Mary Blocksma/Mary's Breast Cancer Blog beaverislandarts.com
Personal musings on breast-cancer treatment, recovery, and emotional and physical issues.
Don Cooley/ prostate-help.blogs.com/prostatehelp
Prostate-cancer survivor's Web log of news and information for prostate-cancer survivors.
High Point Regional Health System www.highpointregional.com/blogs
First-name-only patient blogs on various topics, posted on hospital Web site.
The Cancer Blog http://www.thecancerblog.com/
Information on cancer treatment and recovery from several perspectives, including an ovarian-cancer patient.
The Charleston Gazette's Statehouse Beat written by Phil Kabler had a blog related item. The Statehouse Beat covers state government and legislative happenings. The news items was about the daughter of a state legislator whose child was diagnosed with CHARGE syndrome and is being treated in Oregon. The reason the daughter started the blog was to keep family and friends informed about the progress of her child. The legislator kept getting questions all the time about the status of his grandson, so he decided to let the political beat column writer know about the blog.
Here is the an excerpt from the article:
For readers wondering how Maxwell McKinley, who was born in June with CHARGE Syndrome is getting along, grandfather David McKinley sends along this blog from Amy McKinley: www.maxupdate.blogspot.com
With the blog, he says, his daughter can keep friends apprised of Maxwell's s progress without having to continually experience the rollercoaster of emotions with each call. Suffice to say, it's an extremely touching account of how young Maxwell fights for life each day with an indomitable spirit that puts the rest of us to shame.
After having read some of the blog posts I also found the blog very touching and it really shows the love of a parent for her child. It also documents the emotional story that most patients and their families face when having to deal with a severe medical condition.
The creative use of blogs in the health care industry is wide open for innovators. Some the ideas and questions that come to mind. Patients and families sharing information about caretreatmentement, especially in the case where there is distance between family members. Patients using blogs to document their own medical history and care. Patients sharing disease specific information. Doctors sharing diagnosis and treatment related information that can be used by other providers. Hospital sponsored blogs for external and internal use. The interplay with privacy issues and the list goes on. Exciting time for the health care industry.
For more on hospital sponsored patient blogs you might want to check out BeSpecific's post and an article in ComputerWorld. Also check out this WSJ article which mentions the some other patient blogs:
Amy Tenderich/ Diabetesmine.com
News, comment and information about dealing with diabetes; links to diabetes-information sites and other diabetes blogs.
Mary Blocksma/Mary's Breast Cancer Blog beaverislandarts.com
Personal musings on breast-cancer treatment, recovery, and emotional and physical issues.
Don Cooley/ prostate-help.blogs.com/prostatehelp
Prostate-cancer survivor's Web log of news and information for prostate-cancer survivors.
High Point Regional Health System www.highpointregional.com/blogs
First-name-only patient blogs on various topics, posted on hospital Web site.
The Cancer Blog http://www.thecancerblog.com/
Information on cancer treatment and recovery from several perspectives, including an ovarian-cancer patient.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Which US Court? Ask Court Links!
A great new map resource called "courtlinks" showing you Circuit by Circuit the U.S. District Court System.
Thanks to Brian Peterson for sharing this resource.
Thanks to Brian Peterson for sharing this resource.
Pig in a Python
Interesting Yahoo News item from USA Today asking the question of "who will take care of an older population?" I once heard the baby boomer population (1946-66) referred to as a pig in a python.
As a result of a the aging baby boomers the health care system and health care funding will have to change. One only has to look at the impact that the baby boomer generation had on higher education to see some of the trends. Most of the discussion today is how we will provide and pay for health care as this group ages. One additional question that is further on the horizon will be once we expand health care to deal with the demand what will happen on the downslope.
For another interesting perspective.
As a result of a the aging baby boomers the health care system and health care funding will have to change. One only has to look at the impact that the baby boomer generation had on higher education to see some of the trends. Most of the discussion today is how we will provide and pay for health care as this group ages. One additional question that is further on the horizon will be once we expand health care to deal with the demand what will happen on the downslope.
For another interesting perspective.
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