Brass and Ivory

From Bulldog Reporter: "Inside Health Media’s huge new blog directory gives PR pros an inside guide to influential bloggers covering health, medicine and fitness."

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A Healthy Blog - Info about Massachusetts healthcare reform from Health Care For All.

Bioethics Discussion Blog - "What have you been reading, hearing or TV viewing that has provoked some feelings of comfort or concern about what is happening in the world of medicine, medical care, treatment or science? Ethics is all about doing the right thing. Are you aware of any issues in medicine or biologic science which are being done right, could be improved or in fact represent totally unethical behavior? Write about them here. and I will too!"

Bioethics.net - Science blog by the editors of The American Journal of Bioethics.

Brian Klepper: Calling Things By Their True Names - "My goal is to clarify health care’s complex dynamics as a way of contributing to the development of meaningful solutions."

California Medicine Man - "Devoted to furthering the dialogue about healthcare delivery and medical issues on the World Wide Web."

Cato at Liberty - Observations on healthcare policy from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. Most posts are by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies.

Colorado Health Insurance Blog - Blog from Insurance Shoppers Inc., "a small, locally owned health insurance brokerage in Broomfield, Colorado owned by Jay and Louise Norris."

Common Sense Reform - "A Peaceful Revolution to reform the U.S. Government and the Health Care 'Non-System.'"

Curing Healthcare Blog - "Focusing on understanding the complex healthcare systems in America and abroad, and wise ways to improve the health and well-being of all people."

Ezra Klein - Views on healthcare policy from an American Prospect staff writer.

Ferret Fancier - "The fancier is a frontline worker in the [UK National Health Service] and he is not a fan of the prescribed government reform."

Gooz News - News and observations on health topics from the director of the Integrity in Science project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Health Affairs Blog - Health policy blog from the editors of Health Affairs.

The Health Care Blog - Healthcare policy, IT and business observations from Matthew Holt.

Health Care BS - "Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate… Health Care Dues: Twenty years on the front lines of health care finance, doing battle with the forces of darkness (i.e. CMS and the managed care companies)."

Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - "A review of the latest developments in federal health policy and marketplace activities in the health care financing business." From Health Policy and Strategy Associates in D.C.

Health Care Renewal - "Addressing threats to health care's core values, especially those stemming from concentration and abuse of power."

Health Disparities & Bioethics - "This site is dedicated to the issues relating to Bioethics and specifically to the areas of distributive justice and health disparities. Moreover, related physicians’ and health care worker experiences are also welcome."

Health Disparities Blog - From the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at Case Western Reserve University.

Health Management Rx - "The purpose of HMRx is this: to share information of relevance to the healthcare/hospital industry in an op-ed format that sparks discussions among clinicians, constituents, consultants, pundits, and administrative/executive professionals."

Health Populi - Health policy blog from a healthcare consultant.

Health Train Express - A physician writes about healthcare IT, policy and related topics.

HealthBehaviorBlog - Blog from The Center for the Advancement of Health.

Healthcare Economist - Observations on healthcare policy.

Healthcare Intelligence Network - News and information on healthcare policy and business topics. Aimed at healthcare providers, payers and HR execs.

Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD - "A space to reflect on a HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE model with UNIVERSAL POTENTIAL, its development and the 'here and now'. How long have we aspired to deliver holistic, integrated care in theory, policy and practice? Problems demand basic universal cognitive, educational and reflective tools for use by individuals, groups and the global health care community."

InsureBlog - Insurance issues, principles and solutions.

Managed Care Matters - "Joseph Paduda's weblog on managed care for group health, workers compensation & auto insurance, covering health care cost containment, health policy, health research, and medical news for insurers, employers, and healthcare providers. Joe is the principal of Health Strategy Associates."

Merv Sheppard’s Transplant Network - "Mission: To be a resource for transplant information; to be an advocate for organ & tissue donation awareness; to promote funding for transplant research."

Pioneering Ideas - "A discussion about breakthrough ideas in health and health care from the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation."

Piper Report - Covers Medicare, Medicaid, pharma, healthcare reform and related topics. Author is a healthcare consultant and speaker.

RH Reality Check - "RH Reality Check is an online community and publication serving individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights."

Rudd Sound Bites - "Rudd Sound Bites, the weblog of the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, aims to encourage global discussion of the most critical issues regarding food policy and obesity."

Second Opinion - A healthcare industry analyst and journalist discusses health policy.

Universal Health - "Resource for U.S. health policy, healthcare quality and patient safety, patient advocacy, professional nursing issues and healthcare-related news analysis and commentary."

WellnessWiki - Wiki site focuses on healthcare policy and reform.

WSJ Health Blog - Healthcare business, policy and related topics from reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal.

Aetiology - Epidemiologist writes about medical topics including infectious diseases, microbiology, vaccines, public health, pseudoscience' and politics.

AIDS.gov Blog - A U.S. government blog about the use of new media to fight AIDS/HIV.

Effect Measure - "In epidemiology an effect is the endpoint of a causal mechanism. An effect measure is an estimate of the influence of a particular factor on a population's health. The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Their names would be immediately recognizable to many in the public health community. They prefer to keep their online and public lives separate to allow maximum freedom of expression. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts 'Revere' to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things."

Global Health Report - "Join longtime health journalist Christine Gorman in the search for what works, what doesn't and what needs to happen next in global health." From a former health reporter at Time. Also blogs at The Health Media Watch.

International Medical Market Place - Website on global health topics from Sibaya Healthcare Consultants in Paris, France. Site is in English.

Kim’s Public Health Blog - "This blog is prepared by CMG (Kim) Buttery MD MPH to develop discussion among peers and students on the hot topics of public health, preventive medicine and the health care system." Blogger is a faculty member of the Virginia Commonwealth University medical college.

The Lancet Global Health Network - "The aim of this site is to bring together international scientific and public health experts. The network will synthesise evidence, conduct new analyses, devise programmatic recommendations, and formulate proposals for action in international health and development." From the editors of The Lancet.

Nata Village Blog - Posts about people with AIDS in a village in Botswana.

Stayin Alive - "Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world."

World Healthcare Blog - "This blog was launched as a companion blog to the World Health Care Congress conference series, is sponsored and produced by World Congress, and is editorially managed by Corante. Here in the blog we’ll be exploring, with guidance from a team of extremely talented and insightful experts, how the health care industry is evolving and innovating in the face of a rapidly changing economic landscape."

The Worldwide Fight Against Cancer - A blog from the American Cancer Society's international program.

Alliance for Human Research Protection - Blog from The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), a "national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices, to minimizing the risks associated with such endeavors and to ensuring that the human rights, dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected " Focuses on clinical trials and drug safety and takes a skeptical view of the pharmaceutical industry.

Commonhealth - A blog from WBUR-FM/Boston "that will track Massachusetts’ attempt to cover the uninsured. The goal is to create a broad conversation about the new health care law and to cover more issues and updates than we can within the daily news cycle."

Consumer Reports: Health - "Consumer Reports' health reporters, editors, and testers will quickly report on new developments and trends."

eDrugSearch.com Blog - "eDrugSearch.com is a consumer healthcare portal that brings together the world’s most highly respected online pharmacies through a free, easy-to-use search engine…. In addition to updating you on our site’s progress, eDrugSearch.com will use this blog to help consumers make better decisions in purchasing prescription medications — decisions that are in their best interests, rather than the best interests of big pharmaceutical companies…"

Every Patient’s Advocate - About.com Patient Empowerment Guide Trisha Torrey writes about patient advocacy.

Foreign Pharmacy Tips - "This blog contains resouceful articles related to ordering medications online. This includes everything from where to order from, to how to identify rogue pharmacies online. I post information that will help aid in a safe and successful online transaction from an online pharmacy."

Heal Deal - "HealDeal is dedicated to helping people understand the consumer driven health care marketplace. Our goal is to empower the consumer with health related cost and quality information to make smart choices."

Health Access WeBlog - Blog from Health Access California, "a statewide 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 1987 and dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Californians."

Health Beat - Info on health policy from a fellow at The Century Foundation and the author of "Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much."

Health Commentary with Dr. Mike Magee - "Health Commentary offers a diverse online forum for the discussion of the health care system—encouraging consumers, students, business people, the media, academics, and policy makers— virtually anyone with an opinion—into the health care debate."

Healthcare: Managed Cost and Mangled Care? - A nurse comments on healthcare issues. "I have seen what happens with government payment programs as well as the private Insurance payers. Oh, let's not forget the person without insurance. Finally, there we are, the patient depending on the industry for answars. I intend on answering those questions to help the everyday average person wade through the healthcare maze."

Health-E Illinois - "Health-E Illinois was created for the purpose of providing online access to information about health-care and related services to all Illinois residents."

HealthPricer Post - "Blog associated with HealthPricer.com, a comparison-shopping engine for health products. "We want to connect with you: our customers, merchants, partners, investors and media. In this blog we plan raise issues and discuss news, provide tips and insights, join in online discussions, receive feedback from you, and respond to your opinions and comments."

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt's blog - Blog from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Insider Guide to Online Prescriptions - "This blog is filled with original and helpful articles that will help you understand how to save money by ordering medications online without getting ripped-off."

Merv Sheppard’s Transplant Network - "Mission: To be a resource for transplant information; to be an advocate for organ & tissue donation awareness; to promote funding for transplant research."

U.S. News & World Report: Comarow on Quality - "U.S. News's Avery Comarow has been editor of the America's Best Hospitals annual rankings since their debut in 1990. In his reporting on all aspects of clinical medicine from the latest cholesterol guidelines to robotic surgery, he has kept one question in the front of his mind: What does this mean to patients? That perspective uniquely qualifies him to observe and comment on the efforts by hospitals and other healthcare providers to improve care and patient safety."

U.S. News & World Report: On Health and Money - "Senior Writer Michelle Andrews reports on how to be a smart health consumer and get the best care for your money."

Your Pharmacist May Hate You - "The answer as to why your prescription takes so damn long to fill.and evidence of how drugstore workday life warps the mind."

Center for Healthcare Design blog - Blog from the Center for Health Design, which "supports healthcare and design professionals all over the world in their quest to improve the quality of healthcare through evidence-based building design."

Daring Doctors - "The blog for physicians in career transition."

Doc Hunter Diary - "We hope you enjoy our musings about the trials and tribulations of physician recruitment and life in general."

Efficient MD - Observations on practice management by a NY doctor.

The Entrepreneurial MD - Blog by a Los Angeles-based practice management consultant.

Health Care Fine Art - "I specialize in creating nature art for healthcare. My work, which is known for its fresh views of nature, can be found in hospitals and healthcare facilities across the country."

Healthcare Collaboration Blog - Info on physician-hospital relations and other healthcare topics.

Hospital Buyer - "Hospital Buyer is a daily trade publication for healthcare materials management professionals and other decision makers for procurement within healthcare providers."

Hospital Impact - "What will it take for our hospitals to be the best run organizations on the face of the planet?"

Infection Control Today: The Bug-Buster Blog - Covers issues related to infection control in hospitals and other medical facilities. From the medical group editor of Virgo Publishing.

Medical & Healthcare Careers - "Careers.md is an educational resource to learn more about careers in nursing, hospital administration, healthcare, biology, and medical research."

Medical Practice Business Blog - "Providing health care of all kinds is becoming more and more challenging. To run a successful practice, you must also run a successful business. We'll show you how to do that and keep you up to date on the latest news."

MediSys - From the public affairs department of a New York health system.

MSSPNexus - "News and information for those who work in healthcare administration, including medical staff leadership, quality, accreditation, law, risk management, patient safety, and provider credentialing."

The Physician Executive - "Policy, business and (above all) the practice of medicine."

Renal Business Today: Renal BizBlog - From the editor of Renal Business Today, a trade pub for administrators of dialysis centers and other kidney-treatment facilities.

Running a hospital - "This is a blog started by a CEO of a large Boston hospital [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center] to share thoughts about hospitals, medicine, and health care issues."

Santesys Solutions - Company blog by healthcare consulting firm Santesys Solutions.

Susan Mazer's blog - "This purpose of this blog is to stimulate intelligent discourse on issues facing today's patient experience and the overall healing environment." Blogger is president and CEO of Healing HealthCare Systems, which advises healthcare pros about the use of music in clinical settings.

Virgo Publishing: Bill's Blog - From the publisher of Immediate Care Business and Infection Control Today.

Workers Comp Insider - "Lynch Ryan's weblog about workers' compensation, risk management, business insurance, workplace health & safety, occupational medicine, injured workers, insurance webtools & technology and related topics."

An EMR and HIPAA Blog - Covers electronic medical records, HIPAA compliance and other healthcare IT issues.

Chilmark Research blog - Blog from Chilmark Research, a "healthcare-centric, industry analyst firm focusing on personal healthcare technology that will enable the home to become the future center of health."

docinthemachine - "Transforming medicine with tomorrow’s technology."

Doctors Gadgets - "Doctors’ Gadgets provides technology news and discussion for doctors. The site covers developments in medical informatics, electronic medical records and handheld computing in medicine."

eHealth - Medical center IT manager discusses ehealth, personal health records and other IT topics.

EMRUpdate - "Unbiased independent EMR discussions"

Future of Health IT - "Commentary on the future of health information technology and its effects on society and culture, especially with respect to the future of biomedical research informatics, from an informatics practitioner-researcher in the U.S. academic health center clinical research informatics community."

Health Blog - "Thoughts, comments, news, and reflections about healthcare IT from Microsoft's worldwide health director Bill Crounse, MD, on how information technology can improve healthcare delivery and services around the world."

Healthcare Basics - "Healthcare Basics focuses on issues relevant to the health and well being of consumers, by discussing such topics as why personal health records are important, how to protect health information, how to manage medications, and many others."

The Healthcare Information Systems Blog - "At the intersection of healthcare and technology, the process is the application." Written by a lead systems analyst in a managed healthcare organization.

Healthcare IT Blog - From the editors of Healthcare IT News.

The Healthcare IT Guy - "Shahid’s healthcare IT advisory service."

Healthnex - "IBMers and Friends on Networked, Patient-Centric Healthcare: Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange, Clinical Transformation, Biobanking, etc."

HISTalk - Anonymous blog on healthcare IT issues.

Informaticopia - "Eclectic news and views on health informatics and elearning."

Life as a Healthcare CIO - "Every day I experience life in the world of healthcare IT, supporting 3000 doctors, 18000 faculty, and 3 million patients. In this blog I record my experiences with infrastructure, applications, policies, management, and governance as well as muse on such topics such as reducing our carbon footprint, standardizing data in healthcare, and living life to its fullest."

LinuxMedNews - Covers free and open source medical software.

Medical Connectivity - Blog by a healthcare IT consulting firm.

The Medical Quack - "The intentions here are to raise the bar and participation of the health industry to venture from the comfort zones we all employ and take that extra step to bring the reality of Health IT Technology to all."

Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - "After being unable to find a publication interested in buying a story from a patient safety-related event I had planned on covering, I came to realize that significant portions of the healthcare community and media are paying little more than lip service to the issue of improving healthcare quality through information technology and consumer education. This blog seeks to help remedy that condition." Versel is a Chicago-based business journalist.

The Palmdoc Chronicles - Group blog for physicians who use PDAs. Most posts are by Alan Teh, a physician in Malaysia.

Tech 'n' Health - "A blog about e-health, technology, telemedicine and everything in between." From Australia.

Technology, Health & Development - "Finding global health solutions through innovation and technology."

(h/t Attack of the Flacks)