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Healthcare

Transparency and Social Networking

I have argued the value of transparency in healthcare many times (note: scroll past Robert’s entries to view mine below)! But I have yet to argue the value of transparency in relation to other aspects of healthcare beyond just cost.
Shame on me!!
A recent article in BusinessWeek highlights Health 2.0 – the emergence of “patients as [...]

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Live from Surgery Part 3

Went for the third of the four surgeries for varicose veins in my legs. Tweeted the whole procedure again (see below). And since this procedure was soooo much more graphic, I got the pix and video to go with it. To bring everyone up to speed, the first two surgeries were laser ablation from the [...]

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Christopher in “The Great American Motorcycle Tour”

Check out Christophers segment in the Great American Motorcycle Tour with Dr. David Kibbe (his interview starts around 11 min 30 sec.)!

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Live from Surgery – part 2

The tweets (messages on twitter) was so popular last time, I did it again for the follow up laser ablation surgery done on the back of my legs for varicose veins. You can catch the first installment here if you missed it.  And once again, I went through the trouble of reverse flowing the tweets [...]

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Allies in Healthcare Transparency

Just had a great interview with some allies in the battle to bring transparency to the healthcare system. I spoke with Kristy Williams of Alijor and for those not familiar with them, the concept is interesting. On Alijor, patients can connect with providers to address their specific need(s). Simply opening a line of communication between [...]

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Confused about health care? Christopher is here to answer your questions…

change:healthcare CEO Christopher Parks is this months “You Ask It” expert on SHOUTAmerica.
What is “You Ask It”??  Well it’s an online interactive forum where you can submit questions to leading healthcare experts.
So if you are confused about your health insurance, curious about the changing face of the health care industry, wondering about consumer directed health [...]

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Why We Do This and Post-Op Update

First off, thanks for all of the concern and support from so many people over the past few days WRT my surgery. It seems I’m telling people things and repeating myself and I hate to bore anyone, so I’m putting this together to give folks the details and use my own experience as a personal [...]

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Live from the Operating Room

Had a bit of outpatient surgery done on my legs today. Laser ablation on my legs to eliminate varicose veins. Basically they numb the site, locate the vein using ultrasound, insert a fiber optic cable and cauterize the veins closed at the faulty junction. I was awake and on no drugs for the whole procedure. [...]

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Robert on the The Doctors

Robert was featured on The Doctors October 15th!!  Congrats Robert!
Check out his segment below… you may get some ideas on how to reduce your health care costs.

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Senator Bob Corker Talks Politics and Healthcare

Monday (10/6) at SHOUTAmerica’s first leadership conference I had the pleasure of hearing Senator Corker brief the audience on his recent accomplishments in bi-partisan healthcare activities.
Here are his four opening points:
1.    Congress does little communicating across party lines – this needs to change
2.    30% of healthcare delivered is wasted, i.e. it does not actually help [...]

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