A Challenge of Ethics on Facebook
Ben Dillon has posted on a truly difficult ethical situation shares the story on GeoVoices. It involves a mom who blogs on the challenges of raising a child with a genetic defect and this naturally attracts…
How The Medical Device Industry Lobbies
30 Things You Need to Know About The Medical Device Industry 30 Things You Need to Know About The Medical Device Industry “I think it’s important for members…
Obesity Drugs Changing the Treatment Landscape
The future of treatment in obesity is poised to shift as the FDA relents in its harsh stance against obesity drugs, now that the is reconsidering approval for Vivus'…
The 10 Greatest Medical Inventions of the Last 50 Years
We can’t deny that digital technologies have completely changed our world, and the influence of these modern innovations on our personal and professional lives has made a significant mark on…
Medicaid Stops Paying for Non-ER, ER Care
The new cuts, set for April 1, focus on about 500 diagnoses including common infections, mild burns, strains and bruises. If an enrollee comes to an emergency room and is…
Doctors and Nurses: Doctors need to Order Less, Listen More
Doctors and Nurses form a TEAM in healthcare. Often that team is quite dysfunctional because of a basic cross wiring in the command and control of the team. A…
Book Review: The Future of Health-Care Delivery by Stephen Schimpff
The Future of Health-Care Delivery by Stephen Schimpff The Future of Health-Care Delivery by Stephen Schimpff EXCLUSIVE POST - Stephen Schimpff's just-released The Future of Health-Care Delivery is an excellent book…
HIMSS Moving Forward
EXCLUSIVE POST - HIMSS as an organization continues to be a large tent which covers multiple stakeholders. From providers to vendors to payers, educators to startups to integrators, CMIOs to…
Linking ICD-10 and the Future of HCIT
With only 18 months left until the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ICD-10 implementation deadline, pressure to comply is mounting for a vast array of healthcare constituents. ICD-10,…
Following the Prevention Fund Cut Trail…
In follow-up to last week’s approval of the Payroll Tax Bill by the House and Senate, at the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) we feel it’s important to keep you…
