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Personal Health Records – Who’s in the Know and Who has one?

I spend quite a bit of time here posting about new developments and yes I have both a Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault account, I do comparisons, etc. I see many very prolific bloggers and journalists talking about PHRs too, but something that...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 1:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, PHR, Google Health, Clincal Trials, Personal Health Records, Health 2.0, Microsoft HealthVault

Clinical Trials in the US – Begin involving the physicians and patients at the point of care to achieve greater success and participation with Personal Health Records

There are many companies out there who have some very elaborate data bases and software to connect participants and investigators; however, what appears to be missing here is the patient and physician involvement at the point of care. When looking...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 2:02 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Clincal Trials, Personal Health Records, Health 2.0, Microsoft HealthVault

Google Health Online Services – Connections Beyond Medications – Personal Health Records

The other day I posted about some of the vendors Google Health connects with and today I’ll add a few more. These online services go beyond prescriptions and labs, and some are in fact, other subscription forms of personal health records. ...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 4:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Clincal Trials, Personal Health Records, Health 2.0

Clinical Trials Firm Buys Trials Clinical Trials Vendor

Some new integrated features will include voice response and Web-based patient recruitment services, electronic data capture and clinical data management software along with a full reporting system. Voice response can make the reporting system easier...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 12:14 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, Clincal Trials, software

More data to look at - Personalized Medicine

Part of the success of Amgen was using a smaller amount of individuals for clinical trials, and looking at results during the trial instead of an overall evaluation process at the conclusion. It also helps keep the cost of the clinical trials down...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 10:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Genomics, Clincal Trials, Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, Biomarkers

Health decisions with an eye to the bottom line

Anyone who has been to the doctor is well aware of the cost factors, yet it is what continues to drive what treatments a physician may prescribe and what the patient receives. This story contains a case study related to prostate cancer, whereby...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2008 12:51 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Pharma, Research, Clincal Trials

Medical Device markets outperforms drug market growth

Medical devices are also converging on the world of pharma…G.E. Phillips, Siemens, and there are more with the diagnostic business. Then we have the medical devices themselves, screws, nuts and bolts…many with wireless and other technology built...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2008 9:45 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Medical Devices, Pharma, Clincal Trials

Experimental Drug May Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients Walk

If the clinical studies go according to plan, Fampridine could be submitted to the FDA for approval at the beginning of next year...so far it is helping those with MS walk better and slows down the degeneration process....BD While there’s no cure for...

Published Fri, May 05 2008 10:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, FDA, Multiple Sclerosis, Clincal Trials

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