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...
Posted to
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...
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
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...
Confused about where the medical device market is going...well you are not alone...by reading this full article, you may become even more confused! Where is the balance... investors want a return on their money, consumers want technology that will save or promote better health care... but the consumers...