Roche’s Proposed Takeover of Illumina—Game On for Universal DNA Sequencing?
There appears to be a full-scale race underway to bring affordable next-gen DNA sequencing into diagnostics and clinical medicine, as demonstrated over the past week or so by Roche’s hostile $5.7…
The Divide in the ACO Debate – Beltway Rhetoric versus Marketplace Cynicism
Amid the broader – and oftentimes highly opinionated and heated – ACO conversation occurring across Washington and the private sector, The Wall Street Journal published an interesting piece last week…
Health Information Technology: Whistling by the Graveyard
The United Kingdom invested almost $20 billion in an ambitious Health Information Technology (HIT) initiative that has now been scrapped. But in the United States, the people working on our…
Time for FDA to Hire Some Pharma Marketers?
Turns out the Food and Drug Administration doesn’t achieve the impact it’s looking for in communications with physicians. That finding is drawn from a new paper that evaluates the impact…
Repeal and Replace or Repeal and Do Nothing?
Remember how opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) vowed to “repeal and replace” the measure? It was and is a great slogan (I’m a sucker for…
Video:How Gaming and Social Networking are Revolutionizing Healthcare?
With 510 million people playing online games in 2010 and over 10 billion social networking accounts worldwide, it was only a matter of time before we saw them converge. What…
New Book on Health Informatics Released
Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Tec Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals was just published last month by Bob Hoyt of University of…
Listening: The Most Vital Skill A Caregiver Can Have
As healthcare professionals, it’s easy for physicians and other caregivers to adopt a “Father Knows Best” attitude with patients. We’ve invested years of schooling and practice in our profession, and…
Managing the Mobile Workforce
Mobile Health (mHealth) also involves managing the mobile workforce, but I don't often hear this administrative function being discussed. In our efforts to increase access and the quality of healthcare…
FDA Approves New Drug for Cystic Fibrosis
The Food and Drug Administration today approved a new drug for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis three months earlier than expected.. The Food and Drug Administration today approved…
