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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 pops into mind here, do they have one? It sure...
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11-20-2008
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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
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This is a great post, and something I was going to write about as well, but the author here has saved me some time and covers the point well, just how distracted are we, a lot. Right now we have some very serious issues going on in the US, but in my small travels, I seem to find many that are just...
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Stressful times for all, doctors on board were able to help with a quick diagnosis and then he had to be restrained. He was a long time veteran of Air Canada. BD DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- An Air Canada co-pilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit...
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Specially prepared maggots have been approved by the FDA since 2004 for neuropathic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers,venous stasis ulcers, and traumatic and post-surgical wounds. Insurance companies spend thousands of dollars for an amputation but back off at a $100.00 maggot treatment. The American...
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He will be busy no doubt looking for directors and managers for the FDA, the CDC, Medicare and Medicaid soon and probably the biggest looming question of all the departments is the FDA, who’s up next? BD President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former US Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle...
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A couple weeks ago I posted an interview with Mike Milken and he addressed the same issue, weight and a few more items such as curing cancer. In case you missed it, use the link below to follow, very good interview and recommended. Michael Milken and Muhammad Yunus – Discuss Healthcare and...
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With all the recent concern about MRSA, this article goes to show that bacteria can be living anywhere, besides the hospital. According to the article here, he was misdiagnosed and later it turns up he had the flesh eating bacteria infection and after the fact needed quite a bit of surgery to help...
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With collaborating with Mayo Clinic here, this gives an example of how “branding” of methodologies and information technologies serve to create additional income from the licensing of such by incorporating information from Mayo as an example to include decision making support software at the point of...
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Part of the cure for his cancer involves hormones and, yes he is getting a taste of what females deal with all our lives, but if it offers a cure for him, it is worth every minute. Good article to read if this therapy would be applicable to you or someone you know as it offers a lot of information...
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Well perhaps not a moment too soon this device was approved today and perhaps maybe an alternative treatment. BD FDA Clears The DPL (Deep Penetrating Light) Therapy System For Over-the-Counter - Home Use This looks very interesting, as it appears you can have both minor pain relief...
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This court case has been in the news of late and now with the current ruling, it adds on one more layer of responsibility to the Name Brand drug company, in other words when the generic versions come out and are prescribed, they can piggyback the exact same warnings, thus the name brand company is now...
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Pharma, Heatlhcare, Side Effects, Warnings, Lawsuits, liability, Generice drugs, drugs. name band drugs
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This very extensive article examines various hospitals in Massachusetts and the cost of the same procedures at different hospitals, and then continues further to discuss how this happens; contracts with the insurers and the ability to use “branding” to command a higher rate, all the big centers do it...
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11-16-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Physicians, Hospitals, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Transparancy, Debt consolidation, Vendors, Hosptials
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This is a pretty new state of the art facility and the back up power didn’t come on. When you watch the raw video, it is pretty scary. I am in Orange County where the fires have been roaring as well, but I am lucky that I am not in the affected areas, however, everything smells of smoke and...
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They have established a coding vocabulary for genetic test results called CBO, or Clinical Bioinformatics Ontology . Genetic test results are associated with the concepts from the CBO, whereas a traditional observation like a pulse or blood pressure might be associated with a SNOMED (Systematized...
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Personalized Medicine will create many answers and solutions in healthcare, but will we have the money to afford it? I post quite a bit about genomics and personalized medicine on the blog here and the one thing it has in common with the rest of healthcare is cost. The success of personalized...
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11-14-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, FDA, integration, CMS, Leavitt