I am glad someone else out there on the web has also chimed in here on this subject too. I have pen named some of the medical devices offered today as “ Intrusive Technology”, and it lives out there among us, whether we know it or not. It also goes beyond just the doctor-patient relationship...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Devices, software, Caregivers, monitoring devices, Intrusive Technology
Hospitals and doctors do not get paid until they provide a service, so monitoring a patient remotely has not been set up with the “codes” for payment as of yet, but who knows how this could change down the road if insurers begin to compensate physicians and hospitals to monitor patient activity electronically...
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on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, health insurance, Medical Devices, PHR, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Diabetes, HealthVault, Risk Management, Big Brother, American Heart Association, personal heatlh records, Remote monitoring
Coming out of the studies and search for a solution new co-pays of $30 for primary care doctor visits and $40 for specialists are showing up. Employees are being urged to use an urgent clinic location versus the emergency room when perhaps a visit there would be less expensive than the traditional ER...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-02-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Devices, Home Monitoring, Health Insurace, Human Audit Trail, Wellness Programs, Health Savings Accounts
How bad do the insurance companies want the patients to take their medications? Well enough to try a pilot program with an electronic umbilical cord to tie the patient to a device. It doesn't say exactly how the device will work, but I am guessing once you remove a pill, it will...
These are the announcements as relates to healthcare. For the complete listing of others follow the link below. Healthcare is probably one of the toughest markets to analyze today as everything happening is a moving target. Even each area has so many links to other areas, sometimes...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 07-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Investors, Medical Devices, Research, Blogging, Managed Care, Blogger, Financial Data