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
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...
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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
This is amazing that the battle has gone on over 25 years to restrict these devices from use in the US. The judge said they are"custom-made medical devices exempt from FDA regulation". This marks the first loss in the court room for the FDA on a suit they brought to task. ...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Medical Devices, FDA, Endotec, Joint Replacment, Court, Ankle
This video gives a littler closer look at the device recently approved by the FDA and can be found on Channel Intel on You Tube. The FDA also has some beneficial videos on their channel on You Tube as well, look for the links in the resources column at the blog. The device will be going...
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
They now have 70 subscribers, one of the new subscribers was me this morning. At least they are getting there even though they have had an account since September 6th of last year. This is amazing that the the Channel exists out there, and yet very few are tuned in. I have done...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 07-01-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Medical Devices, Pharma, Prescriptions, FDA, YouTube
This article specifically relates to the “code” that is used by devices. As a coder myself I can tell you this is an area that is worked, reworked and then once more. It used to be you had a device that did one thing, and it went through the process over and over without change, however that...