Regulation of Wound Management Products
The passage below is from the MedMarket Diligence Report #S247, “Worldwide Wound Management, 2008-2017: Established and Emerging Products, Technologies and Markets in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Rest of World.” The…
Mobile Health Technology: Results of HIMSS Survey on Usage
Having just celebrated the world’s sixth billionth connection, mobile health (mHealth) is poised to make a grand splash in the public health arena. The term mHealth was coined by Professor…
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…
