It was another big week for news about healthcare.gov. The Obama administration finally gave us some numbers on how many people have applied for insurance through the exchange and told consumers they would have until March 31, rather than Feb. 15, to enroll without penalties. HHS chief Kathleen Sebelius fumbled during her interview with Sanjay Gupta, and her team called in the “best and brightest” tech minds to fix the site.
Meanwhile, everyone had something to say about it.
Jon Stewart went to town on the site: “The healthcare.gov website has 99 problems but a glitch is…all of them.” As one MedCity News commenter put it, “When Jon Stewart starts criticizing the Dems, you know its (sic) gotten real bad.”
The AI-Native Clinician Is Already Here. Medical Education and Health Systems Need to Catch Up.
Medical students, residents, and fellows are not waiting for formal guidance on artificial intelligence before putting it to use.
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) delivered a memorable line at the House Energy and Commerce committee meeting on Thursday.
“Amazon and Ebay don’t crash the week before Christmas. ProFlowers doesn’t crash on Valentine’s Day.” – @RepAnnaEshoo http://t.co/AaWlbL413B
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) October 25, 2013
Did you catch Congressman Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) almost-clever blog post featuring eight cats that called 1-800-ObamaCare but still couldn’t get coverage?
Why Pharma Companies Should Look To Social Media For Better Patient Insight
Healthcare decision-makers, especially at pharmaceutical companies, must prioritize patient input. Data collected from social media listening is a significant step in the right direction.
Meanwhile, CNN and Buzzfeed led us on searches for the poor “Obamacare girl,” and The Onion updated her look to accurately reflect the situation.
And medical billing company NueMD attempted to capitalize on all of the Miley Cyrus chatter with its own tragic version of Wrecking Ball.