The post is a summary of how things look today and under related reading I have included some past posts that may offer a few more details on how the shift it taking place today. Things are also happening and humming as well in China and you can search and find some recent relative posts here as...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, Pharma, clinical trials, R and D, India, Economics, Mayo Clinic, Outsourcing, Employment, China pharma
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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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, priorities, Media, Focus, Awareness, Heroes
This is just one more thought here and with IT budgets being back burnered and cut at the upper levels, if you are in a medical practice, some of the technology may be put on hold, so if you want to have credible records at the office for no cost, try the PHR and educate patients. Even if you do...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, Personal Health Records, Economy, PHR Pilot program
We all long for the day that all practices and hospitals can transmit medical records and talk to each other, but as we all know it is not there yet and will continue to evolve, and add on today’s economic crisis, something that is already slowing down the wheels of progress here. But, the PHR...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Health IT, PHR, Google Health, VA, Department of Defense, personal heatlh records, Military Health Records
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
This may be a result of the questions posed last week by Senator Grassley. It is getting even more complicated as insurance companies work on new algorithms to create new insurance plans and add them to the large pool of plans offered and it does not appear to be getting any easier to be able...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, AARP, Congress, Medicaid, software, Patient Advocacy, Health Insuance, United HealthCare
Now that the election is done, there are a couple states that have approved issued on the ballots that involve healthcare, first up is Washington now becoming the second state to legalize physician assisted suicide, as Oregon has been the lone state thus far to have a similar law. Second is Michigan...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-05-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Stem Cells, Election 2008, Suicide, Washington, Michigan, physician assisted suicide, Marijuana