Doctors Without Borders VS Johnson and Johnson Who Will Not Donate Licenses for HIV/AIDS Drugs as Others Have
Johnson and Johnson refuses to join the Medicines Patent Pool as others have done so generic drugs can be made in developing countries. As you can read through here, they…
TruTouch Technologies Receives US Patent For Non-Invasive Alcohol Detection Device
Now that we have a patent I assume we might see more of these out for sale? I would think the ER room would be a good place for one…
Jon Huntsman Could Help the HealthCare Debate
Republican primary voters could help trigger a substantive health care policy debate in this country by giving Jon Huntsman a turn among the frontrunners. We’ve seen a surge of multiple…
When a Doctor Becomes A Patient With Cancer: Therapy, Fighting Insurance Companies, Finding Good Care–TED Video
Medicine has turned into a big business and Dr. Medicine has turned into a big business and Dr. Kamen talks about his dealing with drug shortages as a physician and…
Video: Utah & Massachusetts on Healthcare Exchanges
In this exclusive podcast, recorded by Glen Shor of the Massachusetts Exchange and Norm Thurston of the Utah Exchange, they shed light on the systems for the only…
Why Pilot Projects Don’t Work
Remember, the entire ObamaCare approach to controlling costs and improving quality is based on running pilot projects. As the president has said on more than one occasion, “Let’s find out…
You’re Not Going to Believe This
Hundreds of patients have been languishing for months or even years in New York City hospitals, despite being well enough to be sent home or to nursing centers for less-expensive…
FDA Approves First Ever Self Sanitizing Keyboard
I first wrote about the start up company back in March of 2009 and now it appears that they have the FDA approval for use of the keyboard. The keyboard…
It’s In Your DNA: Social Media
Take a look at the Info graphic below…. This is taking place in a single minute — every minute — of most everyday within the digital world…. Still think it’s a…
2012 Predictions for Health IT
Like others (see Daniel Kraft) , I have my own opinions about what trends will be most influential for health IT in 2012. Like others (see Daniel Kraft) , I…
