Lawmakers are going to have a difficult time with this one as they are not technically up to date enough as a whole to comprehend how all of this works in my estimation. with understanding the algorithms of finance and the economy, Wall Street showed us that. Sad, but it is true and this...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-28-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Prescriptions, Congress, Hospitals, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Venture Capital, Reserve Funds, Profits
You have probably read about this in the news already, but now it looks like they are going after the companies who enroll consumers with health plans too, sending the same type of letter. For updates from Express Scripts, you can check the main support page for any updates. They have contracted...
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on 11-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, privacy, Prescriptions, Data Breach, Investigation, FBI, Extortion, Express Scripts, Kroll
Good interview from Robert Scoble and well worth listening to, he speaks about how healthcare is in a very fast pace, faster than what we have known in the past and about the shift to the consumer is evolving as far as taking care and accumulating your own personal health care records. People are...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-26-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, privacy, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Economy, MIB, Health 2.0, Healthline
Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through the system and first off I do have to make one comment...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Marketing, Blue Cross, bankruptcy
This is very funny and a must watch! On a serious note though it does make a point about privacy and how integrated we are becoming....how far will it go as data bases and inter-connectivity continues to grow...BD http://youtube.com/watch?v=OFdsGBeimgE Technorati Tags: Privacy , Medical Records , Healthcare