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This Merck division was only created about a year ago and Fujifilm is a recent addition to the biotech market with the purchase of another chemical company last year. As mergers and acquisitions go with the use of business intelligence, companies are aligning themselves with “like” or similar technologies...
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Well here it is now from the government. A couple years ago I started posting about behavioral health and mostly relative to insurance companies. They use data to project risk and keep cost down with their algorithms. Guess what, they want the data like everyone else to predict and...
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It is certainly beginning to look like the Ipad is becoming a working hardware partner in the medical records business as GE is the latest to announce Centricity Advanced and Centricity Practice Solutions coming to an Ipad soon. Back in January another medical records program also announced their...
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Whether or not this represents a savings for hospitals is not known yet but the company wanted to remove the “middlemen” so they could set their own pricing without the reliance of joining the buyers group. We kind of all know how volume sales work and bring the cost down, so in absence of such a big...
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Fri, Feb 25 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Medical Devices, Medtronic, Cardiology, Budgets, cell phones, Heatlhcare, Data, purchasing, M-Link, devices that report. Novation
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I thought this was a well thought out presentation and difficult to give no less too.I feel she does make some very good points as what and who we designate as experts and wealth is not always the dividing line here, like we sometimes think it may be. Decision making is getting harder as we all...
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Wed, Feb 23 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, My Commentaries, Heatlhcare, Intelligence, Algorithms, TED, decisions, perceptions, dangerous, Noreena Hertz, doctors nurses, paradigns
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This is quite an interesting device here with the MD2GO from Sony and Microsoft collaborated with some software features to make it a bit more interesting it seems, but has a purpose. I can see what Chris Sullivan (his blog summary below) got to do at HIMSS, have fun and take pictures all day. ...
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Tue, Feb 22 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, microsoft, Heatlhcare, Hosptial, Sony, camera, HD, images, microphones, Chris Sullivan, HIMSS, MD2GO
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In healthcare we call this locum tenens and it looks like this move is going up the executive ladder. This is an interesting article as it looks at the individual having let’s say 4 different companies to where they are the CFO, they could choose to use any one of the 4 companies to add content...
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Tue, Feb 22 2011
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Filed under: Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, Heatlhcare, Benefits, Profits, bean counters, management, CFO, retainer, economic conditions
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Ok reading the title above one might wonder what’s up with this? This is an article here that offers some tips when applying for health insurance and this is directed for those who can afford it . Firs of all to avoid telling any fibs on an application for health insurance, apply to a group...
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Mon, Feb 21 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, health insurance, Congress, Heatlhcare, Risk Management, Algorithms, Laws, applications, private insurance, RSA
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The toilet is not the only area of exposure to water but it seems to be one of the most common areas of exposure for cell phones today, yes we all take our phones in there from time to time don’t we? The video below is a demonstration of how the coating process works and no it’s not in a...
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Wed, Feb 16 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, cell phones, Heatlhcare, mobile technology, communications, phones, liquid repellent, water proof, moisture, nano coating, P2I
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You have to wonder about this case as yes it is unfortunate the woman died and the article states he had not performed surgery in over 5 years, so one has to ask, why now? Was this driven by economic times as an MD who needed the money? Is 85 too old to be performing surgeries? Retired...
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Wed, Feb 16 2011
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This is just too classic not to mention and thanks to the Happy Hospitalist for posting on his blog! He states he had one of his readers make this find and hey let’s face it, how many of us have not at some time just walked in toe the 99 Cent or Dollar store to at least just look around. ...
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This is interesting to see yet one more way Groupon is creeping in with their special offers. When you read through here though, most of the services offered though are facials and something aesthetic in nature. Some though are using it for Botox, cellulite removal and liposuction. ...
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Wed, Feb 9 2011
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Perhaps too someday many of the stents used today might become obsolete too as you watch what is done in the video. Stem cells are grown from the patient’s own bone marrow and in one case the results were felt almost immediately by the patient as the stem cells grow new arteries around the heart...
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Mon, Feb 7 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Surgery, Heatlhcare, Stem Cells, Heart Surgery, arteries, legs, PAD, Bone Marrow, Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Aetna began sending letters out this week so if you are an individual health insurance policy holder in Colorado, you have a little over a year left as policies will renew for one year only and August 1st of 2012 is the cut off date. Now the company will still offer employer provided insurance...
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Wed, Feb 2 2011
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This is a big buy back and after all is said and done, Glaxo will no longer have any interest in Quest Diagnostics. Now today Quest is also making stock available to the public with 15.4 million shares at a little over $55.00 a share. Glaxo has not had the best pubic image of late with the...
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Wed, Feb 2 2011
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Heart Disease, FDA, Heatlhcare, Legal Suits, Fines, GlaxoSmithKline, Algorithms, Quest Diagnostics, fees, Goldman Sachs, stock, Avandia, CFO, Algo man