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Every few years, a strain of bird flu becomes deadly to us. This year, the strain is H7N9 and it's already taking lives in China. Forgive my skepticism, but China may report only 13 deaths , but the true death toll could be higher. I suspect that it's higher. So, what do we know about this bird...
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Delhi denial follows claims a third of anti-malarial drugs in Uganda and Tanzania could be counterfeit or substandard India has denied claims that it has exported large quantities of counterfeit medication to Africa, after the Guardian published a front page exposé on the phenomenon. "No fake medicines...
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The famine that killed up to 45 million people remains a taboo subject in China 50 years on. Author Yang Jisheng is determined to change that with his book, Tombstone Small and stocky, neat in dress and mild of feature, Yang Jisheng is an unassuming figure as he bustles through the pleasantly shabby...
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In a time of EHR naysayers , mean-spirited election year politics , and press misinterpretation (ONC and CMS do not intend to relax patient engagement provisions), it's important that we all send read more Read More...
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The state of Mississippi adds new abortion restrictions; researchers worry about rising scientific retractions; the FDA regulates medical-app makers; how to avoid and survive heart attacks.
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My colleague, Norm, wasn’t the only one who spent time this summer seeing China’s healthcare reform firsthand. I also traveled to the region with Chuck Schneider, Software Lead of our User Experience team, for a usability project that looked at the micro...
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Qualcomm has partnered with Life Care Networks and the Community Health Association of China to launch a mobile health project in underserved communities in China to provide prevention services and care services for cardiovascular diseases. The project, which is part of Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach...
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In my previous posts, I took a look at the impact China’s investment in rural healthcare is having on third and fourth-tiered cities like Nan Chang and Ying Tan. My latest visit to Ta Qiao, an agricultural village with 6,500 residents, however, indicates...
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As my trip to China continues, this week I had the opportunity to join my brother-in-law at Ying Tan Hospital for a follow-up X-Ray for his right wrist, which was injured three months ago. Considered a fourth-tiered city, Ying Tan Hospital serves over...
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This summer, I am spending a month in China sightseeing and visiting family and friends. My in-laws live in a very rural part of China in a village called Ta Qiao with population of roughly 6,500 people. To give this some perspective, Beijing has about...
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I’m not exactly sure what this exactly means since the businesses listed are getting a formal agreement to collaborate as they all do business in China anyway. A Healthcare Professional Personnel Exchange Program will be sending professionals from China to visit the United States to learn...
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Below are some of the highlights from the press release you can read in it’s entirety at the link at the bottom of the post. Profits were up from last year which came in at $1.58 Billion and basically people were not going to the doctor was one of the reasons cited for additional income this year...
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In doing this blog and researching and reading about what’s happening here and what goes on globally I guess I’m kind of close to it as well as the journalists who bring the article to press that I blog about. We see jobs and technology going over seas with one business after another. That...
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China wants more hospitals and more of the medical tourism business and it appears they are working on relaxing some old laws a policies to entice more to invest. I just posted a story this week where a business man was detained from leaving until he paid up on a legal judgment he was not aware...