The CMS system is not without errors and as mentioned, this is the first run at it but a physician reader did his comparison and shared his findings. He said in his area at least he didn’t find any “dead” or “retired” doctors on the list, so that’ a big step above the commercial folks like Healthgrades...
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Well if you read the Medical Quack often enough you know that I have poked around these site a bit as I want to check for accuracy after finding my former doctor who had been dead for 7 years still listed. I think everyone got the word via this blog and she does not appear any more but the other...
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These folks sent me an email about their new service and the first I’m going to do is look for a couple obvious doctors and it didn’t take more than 1 search and I found a doctor that admitted fraud, made national news and I even blogged about it back in April of 2010. We need accurate data out...
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This story is a bit of an eye opener with the doctor even having devoted time in traveling to Haiti. He has entered a plea bargain and at his age it looks like prison is where he will spend the rest of his life. As you can read below he was a director at a well known Medical Center in Orange...
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This is a big switch in paradigms for the Cancer Society, and questions the fact that we may be treating cancers that in fact don’t need to be treated, and some that naturally heal themselves. Not too long ago there was an article out about this fact with breast cancers I remember reading, that...
Yesterday I posted about the American Cancer Society Circle of Sharing Tool and had a reader post the comment below, which I think is well worth taking a look at. There are multitudes of social networks on the web where patients can and are encouraged to share their medical information, information...
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Built on Microsoft HealthVault, Circle Of Sharing will allow sharing of medical information and resources from the American Cancer Society with a trusted circle of caregivers, family, and friends . This is once again a great idea as all the information is centralized in one location. Myself...
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This is a touchy subject as you don’t want to diminish any funds that are coming in, yet some type of umbrella where perhaps all are connected may not be a bad idea. As mentioned too, the groups are able to help gain research funds to innovators that may not otherwise be able to get a traditional...