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If you are familiar with Wikipedia , Knol will be no problem to understand and work with. There are a few changes though with authors not being anonymous with their entries as is the case with Wikipedia. They would like real names, but that is an option. Readers can also request changes...
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According to Forbes, the HMO business and stocks are sick. Also, we still have President Bush stating he’s still going to veto the Medicare bill that was passed this week, why? The bill is veto-proof, so what’s the point? Let’s just make this difficult situation a little more...
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Last week I posted about a new potential migraine zapper , a medical device in research that could use electronic shocks to kill a migraine. New research here shows a new method of a nasal injection is proving to be effective as the combination offered is faster according to the study reports than...
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More news about headache relief. Yesterday there was a study from Canada about a portable machine that zaps headaches too . It appears to be a growing demand toward electro therapy in many area of health care today versus taking a pill. Some are implanted while some are used externally...
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They say the Chinese market is complicated, well what do we have here, same thing. Well Point and UnitedHealthCare have already made some inroads as well. The article states they are taking some of the same principles used in the US over there, well good luck as our system can’t get any...
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One item to note is that the California Department of Insurance said there are no regulations in place to prevent this, and Blue Shield is perhaps not the only carrier with gender specific costs. It’s all about cracking the numbers is appears, but what will be the next step? We have all the...
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Well the battle is over as far as electronic medical records being beneficial. Cost has always been an issue, but even more so now. At the HIMMS annual convention this year I did an interview and was asked the exact same question, what is taking so long, same answer, cost and money. ...
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Probably not a bad idea to look in to who and where some of the outsource companies would be. In other words would the FDA be outsourcing to US companies or would these too be companies located in other countries? Would there be an exclusion for the same country to manufacture and also inspect...
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With the narrowing of the aortic valve, this new procedure offers some very dramatic results, without open heart surgery. A catheter is inserted through the groin area and the new valve is then fed up through the catheter to the heart. Recovery time is almost instant and very little post...
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There are 2 sides to this, and I would guess it would all depend on what the secret shopper would be looking for. Personally myself, I think as a person, this would be somewhat difficult to do to be an imposter at a medical office, as it’s not like the retail game of mystery shoppers. They...
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In addition, Health Information Technology has a series of upcoming web events to to teach interoperability. One subject that I have written about substantially on the site here is Business Intelligence, and yes there’s a seminar for that too! Back to the story at hand, I agree, we do need...
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Coriell University will begin offering free tests for 10,000 participants, and included is the education process to help both patients and physicians know what to do with the information. The Coriell project will offer a narrower range of results, and it will make a direct effort to involve...
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As posted yesterday the Baucus bill died in the Senate and AARP is not happy with the results as well. Where will Congress find the funds this time is the question that remains to be seen, the the meantime, patients and physicians are put at odds, patients needing doctors and physicians needing...
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I like the title here, and it says it all straight forward. A couple years ago I began talking about how this will all going to evolve with clients, small physician practices and they all looked at me like I was crazy, as I was always pushing for a little more use of technology, and basically stating...
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More news from Microsoft and partners on the HealthVault this week. About a month ago I posted on the new campaign aimed at consumers that is starting at the pharmacy level to promote e-Prescribing . Well that time is here as efforts are under way. I was at an practice this week and...
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