by Tony Chen

There has been some very thoughtful posts lately in the healthcare blogosphere on topics near and dear to my heart:
- The future of integrated health systems by Scott MacStravic highlights Carilion Health System's recent attempt at becoming an IHS.
- First Name or Last by David Williams on a patient complaint about being called by their first name at a hospital. Personally, I prefer Tony over Mr. Chen any day.
- Google Health: A Virtual-Doctor in Your Family by Bob Coffield wonders what Google is up to in healthcare. I have no doubt there are dozens of folks right now at Google thinking up new, crazy ideas that will change the healthcare landscape significantly.
- More on storefront clinics by Paul Levy, going against some of his counterparts and supporting these clinics. If you hadn't heard, a lot of folks in MA are trying to make it hard for these clinics to operate.
- Paul Levy also offers up the highlights of his hospital's FY07 Operating Plan. How does his areas of focus differ from our hospital's?
- Matthew Holt's got some goodies on Health 2.0, including an interview with Sermo (who've been getting a lot of attention lately) and news of the acquisition of an early-stage healthcare 2.0 company, Healia. Health 2.0 is coming!