July 2007 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck

Check Medicare Eligibility Online

New service via the web that charges a quarter for each individual check, need to sign up and establish an account before using. Almost the same price as a phone call...BD Check the eligibility and deductible status of Medicare patients in seconds! This...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2007 12:22 PM by The Medical Quack

TabletKiosk Now Shipping Sahara Slate i440D with Vista and Aero Glass support

First Slate Tablet PC with Dual Pen and Touch Screen Input Now Widely Available TabletKiosk™, a leader in mobile computing solutions, today announced that the Sahara Slate PC® i440D featuring both pen and touch screen input, is now widely available with...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2007 12:06 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs

FDA Panel OKs Osteoporosis Drug To Cut Breast Cancer Risk

Despite concerns over cardiovascular side effects, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel last Tuesday recommended the osteoporosis drug Evista (raloxifene) for use in preventing breast cancer in certain high-risk groups of older women. In a vote of...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2007 11:41 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related

Blood Donors Can Answer Their Health History Questions Online

Also operates well on a touch screen tablet pc ...see below...BD Blood donation just got easier with advent of the Internet Quality Donor System(TM) (iQDS) by Talisman Ltd., of Vienna, Virginia. The US Food & Drug Administration recently issued 510...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2007 2:10 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology

Sorry, folks, but it’s true: You are for sale

This is why they send out privacy notices in very small print that nobody has a tendency to read so they are within their legal boundaries when selling medical data base information. BD Other databases, such as Medical Marketing Service (MMS) sell specialized...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 11:56 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance

What Does a chief medical information officer do?

Although use of electronic medical-record systems in ambulatory care remains low, in acute care, where most CMIOs work, their institutions have passed the tipping point for IT system adoption, particularly for patient record systems and imaging archival...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 11:26 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related

As more patients turn to the Web every day, are doctors prepared for the influx?

A good web presence for MDs is a good thing....BD It's surprising to me how many physicians do not yet have any presence on the Web, especially those who can set up such a presence at little or no cost. For example, many of our professional specialty...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 11:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related

Healthcare for profit bad : Opinion, Nurses for Social Responsibility

One person's story about utilization management....BD I am a registered nurse. Although I have spent most of my 25-year career caring for people, I made one enormous mistake. For a brief time, I chose to work for a medical insurance company. They gave...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 11:10 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related

Glaxo Gets Grilled - Avandia

This morning, GlaxoSmithKline defended its controversial diabetes drug, Avandia, in front of a panel of federal advisers convened to decide whether the pill causes heart attacks. The panel will help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decide whether...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 10:43 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Pharma/FDA News

Humana 2Q Profit More Than Doubles

Humana Inc. reported Monday that its second-quarter profit more than doubled from a year ago on the strength of improved cost controls and sharply higher income from its government business. For the three months ended June 30, posted net income of $216...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 10:39 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance

Votes may be harmful to parties' health

Republicans are calling the Democrats' action a step toward socialized medicine, and the Bush administration has vowed to veto both bills. The outcome will influence the course of the presidential election debate over how to cover about 45 million uninsured...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 10:20 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance

CPU-controlled artificial leg offers new freedom of natural movement for amputees

July 27, 2007 Prosthetics is a fascinating field – science’s ability to mimic the complicated natural function of lost limbs can make a truly life- altering difference for amputees. Nowhere is this difference more strongly felt than in the field of artificial...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 9:58 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology

Does my doctor want to kill me? - California

Will be interesting to see if the bill makes it through the legislature. BD Hospital patients undergoing treatment in California might eventually need to speculate about whether their doctor harbors homicidal intentions. A proposed law, Assembly Bill...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 12:09 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest

N.J. fines Aetna over 9 million, saying it didn't cover services

By comparison, Kaiser got off lightly as this was over 3 times the amount of the fine...and ordered 12% interest on the unpaid claims...BD NEWARK — New Jersey insurance regulators have fined Aetna Health Inc. nearly $9.5 million, charging that it failed...

Published Sun, Jul 29 2007 11:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance

Suit accuses United Healthcare of fraud

Additional story details on the post made last week with the announcement of the class action lawsuit. BD ST. PETERSBURG - Like many older people, Charleen Edge finds today's smorgasbord of Medicare plans confusing. Last year, she says, she found herself...

Published Sun, Jul 29 2007 11:40 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance

July 2007 - The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck

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Check Medicare Eligibility Online

TabletKiosk Now Shipping Sahara Slate i440D with Vista and Aero Glass support

FDA Panel OKs Osteoporosis Drug To Cut Breast Cancer Risk

Blood Donors Can Answer Their Health History Questions Online

Sorry, folks, but it’s true: You are for sale

What Does a chief medical information officer do?

As more patients turn to the Web every day, are doctors prepared for the influx?

Healthcare for profit bad : Opinion, Nurses for Social Responsibility

Glaxo Gets Grilled - Avandia

Humana 2Q Profit More Than Doubles

Votes may be harmful to parties' health

CPU-controlled artificial leg offers new freedom of natural movement for amputees

Does my doctor want to kill me? - California

N.J. fines Aetna over 9 million, saying it didn't cover services

Suit accuses United Healthcare of fraud