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Privacy on the Internet–Tracking User History With Cookies and Flash Cookies And More-Use a Program Like CCleaner to Fight Back

Everyone is marketing to try and predict and of course in healthcare this is prevalent too and “why they market their ass off”. Tracking and snooping is part of marketing if you have not figured that out yet today. In the video below even...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2011 4:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, EMR, drugs, privacy, EHR, Pharma, PHR, Prescriptions, data bases, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, personal health record, Algorithms, formulas, CCleaner, Flash cookies, do not track

Aetna Members In Texas and Florida Now Have Access Through TeleDoc for Non Emergency Consultations

Co-pays and deductibles apply according to the press release. Allergies, stuffy noses and sinus problems are listed as examples on where the TeleDoc service could fill in if the primary care doctor is not available. You can log on and receive...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 4:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, PHR, Telemedicine, Aetna, Florida, Texas, medical reocrds, TeleDoc

Glow Caps from Vitality Purchased by Billionaire Investor–Pill Bottle With Compliance Data Trails Built In

Patrick Soon-Shiong M.D. is the Los Angeles billionaire investor who has scooped up the company. Overall the product is a good thing as far as the reminder system and keep folks on track. My only concerns is the privacy factors and the data...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2011 12:30 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, EMR, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, Prescriptions, data bases, Business Intelligence, Fines, personal health record, Algorithms, formulas, Express Scripts, overcharges, Vitality, Cobert Report, nsurance

ONC Providing Grants for State HIE–Potential New Business Areas for Subsidiaries of Insurance Companies as HIE Vendors?

As we have read this last year, health insurance companies though subsidiaries they have purchased are seeing this as a viable area to do business. With grants comes the next phase of finding a vendor to set up and provide such services and not all HIE...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2010 1:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Medical Records, health insurance, EHR, PHR, Grants, Aetna, Heatlh IT, HIE, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts, ONC, United

Malpractice Insurers Getting Nervous as Better Documented Records from Providers and Empowered Patients Emerge

This is a bit of a switch but it is the market that is being created with better documentation and there are fears now that lawsuits could grow and if you read further down one of the items listed as a fear factor is the easier access to electronic medical...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 2:06 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Claims, Patients, Errors, malpractice, providers, law suits, Liability insurance

Medicare.Gov Blue Button Download For Personal Health Record Information for Those Covered by Medicare

If you have not visited the Medicare.Gov site recently, it’s worth a look and again like Healthcare.Gov it looks nothing like a traditional government website, which is a good thing in this case as it is very easy to navigate. If you are looking...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2010 8:21 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, medicare, Health IT, PHR, VA, Personal Health Records, HHS, Excel, Blue Button, Medicare.Gov, MyMedicare.Gov, download

Health Tech Today Speaks with Todd Park on How HealthCare.Gov Works and the Planning (Video)

Dr. Bill Crounse has a discussion about how Healthcare.Gov was created and what is offered for consumers to make a choice of insurance carrier easier. Todd Park is the CTO who put together the project to bring the site online, again in an effort...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2010 2:00 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, Health IT, PHR, HealthVault, HHS, Government, Bill Crounse, healthcare reform, Health Tech Today, Healthcare.gov

Personal Health Records–Updated and New Link under the Medical Quack Resources Column

I like to keep the far right hand side open for both advertisers and resources to be used by healthcare individuals as well as consumers. Today I did an update with both the graphics and added a new PHR to the list, Patient Ally. Patient Ally is...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2010 5:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, privacy, Medical Records, Email, PHR, Google Health, Patient, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, doctor, AMA, Blue Shield, network, Patient Ally, Office AllyCalifornia

Hi-Tech Doctors Group in Amarillo Texas Will No Longer Accept Blue Cross/Blue Shield Affecting Over 11,000 Patients

I know this doctor and this is sad that the 2 sides can’t come together. When you look at the large geographic area covered here, it’s a lot. Dr. Biggs is a huge advocate of electronic medical records and all over the news today we are hearing...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2010 10:05 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, PHR, HealthVault, Software as a Service, healthare, Laws, eClinicalWorks, subsidize, ingegration, Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Aetna Issues Press Release Relative to Fire Victims in California–We Care But Try to Stay In Network And Update Your PHR If Evacuated

Overall the company is trying to get the information out to those who may have been affected by the horrible fire near Palmdale that is still raging on, and the numbers of helpful by all means, but you can’t help not to miss the area where they are discussing...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2010 3:03 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Labs, drugs, healthcare, PHR, Google Health, Prescriptions, HealthVault, Aetna, CVS, biometrics, Minute Clinic, pharmacy benefit managers, emergency, genetic drugs, Palmdale

The Estate Vault Partners With International Medical Fund Trust to Provide Personal Health Records to Facilitate Use with Medical Tourism

First there was HeatlhVault and now Estate Vault. I believe the Estate Vault has been around for a while and now is offering a hybrid type of product to work with consumers to help store and make personal health records available. There’s...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2010 1:59 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, PHR, Security, Personal Health Records, Heatlh IT, Medical Tourism, Servers, Data, Virgin Islands, Estate Vault

Germany Increases Premiums for Health Insurance Through Government Plan and Looks to Cut Expenses

Back in April things were already stirring relative to to charges from hospitals and in Germany they can also opt for additional private health insurance as well as contributing to the government system. With the new increases the poor will be protected...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2010 5:06 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, EHR, medical billing, PHR, HealthVault, Medical Tourism, Heatlhcare, Politics, Patients, Cost, Germany, insurance agent, Dr Horst Kunhardt

Study on Pill Bottle Shows Promise - Additional “Data for Sale” With Compliance Technology?

I try to see both side of this coin and yes having reminders and helpers is not a bad thing at all, it’s just the data side with privacy issues that seem to be the bug here as health insurance companies provide “behavioral underwriting” today to analyze...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2010 10:53 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, EMR, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, Prescriptions, data bases, Business Intelligence, Fines, personal health record, Algorithms, formulas, overcharges, Vitality

Alliance of Specialty Medicine Group Meeting With Congress Relative to Patient Access and Medicare Fix

This adds more support to a permanent fix for the Medicare compensation fix too, a good thing. Perhaps this group can make some impact where others have not been able to get their attention. Most members of Congress from what I read though, are...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2010 3:32 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, PHR, Patient, Congress, Senate, Doctors, healthcare reform, health literacy, Alliance of Specialty Medicine

HHS Committee Urges Genetics Education Effort – Whoa Slow Down a Bit – How Many More Carts Are You Going To Place In Front of That Horse (aka the MD)

Education is not at all a bad idea but have the folks at HHS look at what they are immersing doctors with in such a short amount of time? Of course none of the committees that recommend and devise all of these reports are the ones responsible for using...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2010 7:14 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Training, health insurance, Education, PHR, HHS, healthcare reform, role models, leadership, tech denial, hybrid, gentics, MDs, fantasy

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