CMS-OMB Delaying Physician Disclosure Rule
Don’t blame us, blame the Office of Management and Budget, officials at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Senators Charles Grassley (R-Ia.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) last week.…
FDA Should Consider Costs in Some Decisions
The following guest post comes from Steve Grossman, who works to increase funding for the Food and Drug Administration through the FDA Alliance and blogs at FDA Matters: The following…
Say the F Word if You Want to Speak to a Real Person
Voice recognition is getting there, but it’s not there yet. The Boston Globe (Automated agent will aid enrollees in Medicare) describes Humana’s use of voice recognition technology to sign up…
Aetna and CVS Brand a Prescription Drug Plan
We all know that pharmacies collect and sell our data and perhaps by attracting more Aetna customers more data can be collected in a easier fashion by offering discounts and…
Promising Medical Technologies at OneMedForum Event
OneMedPlace announced today that the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation will be an anchor sponsor of the 5th Annual OneMedForum to be held January 9th to 12th in San Francisco, California. The foundation…
The Elusive Power of mHealth
These days it seems like everyone is going mobile. The idea of using mobile phones to deliver health care products, treatments and services has captured the imaginations of everyone…
High Salt + Low Activity = Cognitive Loss
High-sodium intake and a low level of physical activity can be detrimental to cognitive function in the elderly, says a study conducted by Canadian researchers.Researchers followed the sodium consumption…
How Technology Can Improve The Work Life Balance For A Physician
Doctors and healthcare professionals are not strangers to poor work life balance. A very strong culture surrounds this industry that perceives a doctor wishing to lead a healthy personal…
Secret Shoppers in Doctors’ Offices: Placebo Medicine for Physicians
Physicians are still debating whether prescribing placebos is ethical. Dissenters argue that this is dishonest and would erode trust between patients and their physicians. If the practice were to gain…
Patient Provider Communication : Using IT to Facilitate Information Therapy
True engagement comes about through two-way, mutually beneficial conversations.Technology must look to create multiple ways to facilitate both formal and informal Patient- Doctor Communication. The telephone made a huge impact…
