FDA Fired Device Whistleblowers
The Food and Drug Administration fired six device division reviewers after they complained to Congressional staffers that the agency was approving unsafe or inadequate medical devices. The charge? Leaking confidential…
Drug Marketing and Data Mining: Free Speech or Free Ride?
Drug reps come to our office fairly regularly, but not as often as they used to. Some of them look like regular folks, but many still look a lot like…
EMR Designers: Borrow From the Titans of Technology
St Steve Jobs was referenced several times during the recent State of the Union address. Healthcare was conspicuously absent from the speech, for a variety of reasons. What might Steve…
Why Patients Need to Become Experts !
I saw a very interesting patient today. She’d been referred to me by a gynecological oncologist who had made a diagnosis of early endometrial adenocarcinoma and had sent her to…
Nurse Fired for Educating Patient on Hospice Care
This is a post from the Nerdy Nurse and really you must read the entire article and see what has happened here. When you read through here and see the…
What Can Google + Hangouts Offer in HealthCare ?
Anyone who has been observing social media can see that Social Media adoption in Medicine will make electronic medical record adoption seem turtle slow, , and SM has not required…
Healthcare Innovation for an Economy Built to Last
According to President Obama’s recent State of the Union speech, “An economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. …
FDA Approves First and Only Weekly Diabetes 2 Shot Therapy in the US
Bydureon took three tries to make it through approval with the FDA. The active ingredient comes from a synthetic version of saliva from the Gila Monster. I am Bydureon took…
More Than a 50/50 Chance, the Emergence of the e-Patient
The other night when I began watching the movie 50/50, there it was within the first 15 minutes – health care communicators can no longer ignore the number of patients…
Teachers Get Free Botox in Buffalo
The Buffalo public school system’s health insurance covers plastic surgery. There is no copay. According to BuffaloNews.com, the cost of the benefit rose from $1 million in 2004 to $9…
