Do you want to build a robot for use in healthcare, well here’s some software that might be of help. Also from the website, check out the RoboChamps Urban Challenge, very similar to DARPA’s Urban Challenge, the creation and use to Autonomous Cars, so in time we may just be having vehicles that...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Robotics, Hospitals, software, LAC+USC Medical Center, USC Medical School, robots
Health Insurance companies despite the downturned economy are still showing major profits and as stated below maintaining some pretty large “reserve” funds, money that basically just sits there and collects interest, which is some pretty large dollar amounts and the related reading below will give some...
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on 11-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Hospitals, Blue Cross, bankruptcy, Desperate Hospitals, Blue Shield, Venture Capital, Reserve Funds, Profits, Bank
The robots are invading the hospitals and are really being put to good use too. Just last week the new Los Angeles County USC hospital opened with state of the art robots doing just this, delivering supplies. The move was done and now all are in the new facility, worth taking a look to see...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Robotics, Hospitals, LAC+USC Medical Center, USC Medical School, robots
GE has been facing tough competition in the US along with declining reimbursements thus the partnership to expand beyond the border. Just like Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland Clinic, branding and establishing the same type of facility with the same policies and procedures they have here is how...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-13-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Hospitals, GE, Venture Capital, hospital branding, UMPC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Hopefully the new President and cabinet will offer some relief in this areas. 50% of the hospitals in the US already are either bordering on insolvency or getting very close. In the related reading below there is an entire series on Desperate Hospitals that describe how many are coping and...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Budget Cuts, Hospitals, Medicaid, Desperate Hospitals, outpatient services
C. Diff has been around for a while, but now according to this article, it is becoming even more prevalent. There is one hard core cure that is working and more can be found under the related reading section here. It is the last ditch effort, but the *** donations and process seem to be working...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Hospitals, MRSA, C Diff, hospital acquired infections, hygeine
Where does the greed lie perhaps might be the question. Today it takes a lot of money to create a new drug and as we have seen from the new approach from the FDA, more information and documentation is required. Investors want a return on some of the biotech research that has not quite matured yet...
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on 10-26-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, Physicians, HMO, Hospitals, Fraud, NIH, Whistle Blower, Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas, Greed