HealthCare08 Expert Jen McCabe Gorman shares HealthCare08 management news and commentary at HealthCare08Central.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669 http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669 http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/32730/electronic Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:12:00 -0400 Jen McCabe Gorman Fewer than 20 percent of American physicians (that's less than 1 in 5) are using electronic health records (EHR), according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).   To talk about why EHR adoption matters, we need to bring the discussion to the level where we talk about it with friends and family.   Do you care whether or not your doctors employ all the tools available to allow them to treat you to... http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/32730/electronic http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/30147/transparency Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Jen McCabe Gorman Once a week, I go without makeup. I don't wear much normally -- a smudge of concealer, a coat of mascara, but it's enough to make me feel covered, safe.When I'm taking a break from traveling, working from my home office in Rotterdam, Holalnd, I go to war without armor. I make a conscious effort to strip away trappings and get back to bare essence, who I am, and what I can do, without hiding any flaws. American health care needs a day with no... http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/30147/transparency http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/27847/generation Wed, 14 May 2008 13:47:57 -0400 Jen McCabe Gorman So I'm supposed to be writing about candidates and their health care plans. As often happens in the last year before a Presidential election, reporters and bloggers have fallen into a rut.   Don't fault us for it - it's a well established pattern. When candidates show signs of burnout, as evidenced by boring speeches and attacks on personal integrity rather than a laser focus on issues, reporters who've been covering the political... http://www.healthcentral.com/healthcare08/c/71669/27847/generation