Quality Improvement Using Patient Self-Management: Video Debate
Earlier this year, when I traveled to Denmark to review some of their Health IT companies, I spent a couple of days with Joe Ternullo of Partners Healthcare and…
What Really Needs To Be Done About the Critical Shortages of Cancer Drugs
The following is an Op Ed written by myself and colleague Dr Curt Civin and published December 7, 2011 in the Baltimore Sun. The following is an Op Ed written…
Microsoft GE Healthcare Joint Venture – A Sign of Weakness or Strength?
Microsoft and GE Healthcare announced a joint venture yesterday (as-yet unnamed), trumpeted as bringing together the best of both companies' offerings in the health care provider market. Microsoft and GE Healthcare…
Let a Thousand Free Markets Bloom
The Center for Health Market Innovations has identified more than 1,000 (mainly private sector) programs in 108 lower and middle income countries. They include: The Center for Health Market Innovations…
IPAD Benefits Dementia Patients
So Easy A Senior Can Do It Getty ImagesOne Florida nursing home has found that use of Apple's iPad 2 rejuvenates memory, motor and social skills of the facility's dementia…
Where is the Device Industry’s Seat at the “Network of Experts” Table?
Recent draft polices from the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) have created concern by industry members that they have been left out of the “network of experts,” a program…
Plan B: Understanding Obama’s Cynical but Savvy Political Calculation
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA to prevent the plan B emergency contraceptive from being offered without a prescription to girls under 17. The practical impact…
State Dental Commissions Protect Not Just Your Teeth; They Also Protect…Dentists
Writing in Slate.com, Matthew Yglesias (who’s usually way to the left of me) makes some interesting points about protectionism in the dental industry: Writing in Slate.com, Matthew Yglesias (who’s usually…
Video Released of TEDMED Talk on Focused Ultrasound
TEDMED has released the full presentation given by Yoav Medan on focused ultrasound at TEDMED 2011. "Can non-invasive surgery ever become the norm? Medan shows how an MR guided,…
Patient Power in Indiana
Starting next year, 90 percent of Indiana state workers will be covered by a consumer-driven plan with low premiums and high out-of-pocket expenses for actual care… and other Indiana officials…
