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Features current developments in health care law and policy together with the observations and analysis of Boston lawyer David Harlow.

Author: David Harlow is principal of The Harlow Group LLC, a health care law and consulting firm based near Boston, Mass.

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MAeHC's second HIE goes live in Newburyport
MAeHC CEO Micky Tripathi blogged today about the launch of the MA eHealth Collaborative's latest accomplishment -- the launch of its second (of three planned) community-wide health information exchanges, this one in greater Newburyport. Patients…
PHR privacy breakthrough?
Connecting for Health. a broad industry coalition organized by the Markle Foundation, announced yesterday a framework for PHR privacy protection that could, if fully implemented, bridge the gap from HIPAA protection of PHI in the…
A gustatory Health Wonk Review is up
Head on over to Jaan Sidorov's Disease Care Management Blog for an early summer HWR that -- if it were a movie -- might be described as Babbette's Feast meets My Dinner with Andre, as…
Fixin' chronic care
An outfit called NewTalk is hosting a 3-day on-line roundtable (today was day 2) on the following question: Chronic care: Do we need an entirely new model of delivery? The all-star panel includes: Troy Brennan,…
iRounds: Grand Rounds (almost) meets the new iPhone 3G
Head on over to Shrink Rap for the latest and greatest in GR GUI. -- David Harlow
No pay for never events: Massachusetts edition
This week, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA and the Commonwealth -- primarily through MassHealth (MA Medicaid) -- announced they would adhere to the Leapfrog no pay for never events policy. According to a news…
Patient compliance with prescription regimens, evil for-profit health care companies, and Health 2.0
Last week, Paul Levy blogged on patient compliance with drug regimens, offering some statistics courtesy of Express Scripts, the recently-fined PBM. (I caught wind of Paul's post only yesterday, thanks to my wife the Luddite…
Bloomsday Blawg Review
Molly says yes, but Ireland said no (to the EU) last week. Read all about it and much, much more at Eoin O'Dell's cearta.ie. -- David Harlow
(A) Walk and chew gum? (B) Whistle and eat crackers? (C) Promote a Medicare payment fix and diss the folks across the aisle?
Which of these three things do you think Sens. Grassley and Baucus did today? If you chose (C) Promote a Medicare payment fix and diss the folks across the aisle, you would be correct. The…
Score one more for Google Health at the Hub of the Universe
Another Hub health care worthy has signed up with Google Health -- today's Boston Globe reports that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts joins Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -- see John Halamka's GeekDoctor post…