Lab Results for All! Of Data Liberation, Participatory Medicine, and Government 2.0
On September 14, HHS released for comment draft lab results regulations that will, if finalized, effectively bathe the Achilles’ heel of health data in the River Styx of ¡data liberación! All lab results…
Stem Cells-Part II – Rebuilding the Damaged Heart and Other Organs
EXCLUSIVE POST - EXCLUSIVE POST - Medical Megatrends - Stem cell therapies promise to be one of those scientific breakthroughs that will have an enormous impact on health care in the…
CDC Reports: 90% of ADULTS Have Difficulty Following Routine Medical Advice
So if that's the case, how on earth are adolescents able to take in advice given to them during a medical visit? How are they going to be able to negotiate the…
The Web-Savvy Patient: Jane Brody and Me
There must be 100,000 or more non-fiction books that come out every year. You never hear about most of them. The New York publishers bet on a few when the…
Letter From the Curator
Hello Everyone, As always, I want to thank all our bloggers for all the great posts. I love reading them and publishing them for others to read and enjoy. I…
Breast Cancer and Mesothelioma
EXCLUSIVE POST -Mesothelioma is an uncommon and very aggressive cancer caused by exposure to a group of minerals called asbestos. The main use of asbestos was to insulate products from…
Is Your Doctor a God or a Guide?
Last week I was reminded by Lance Gardener, Chief Executive of the Care Plus Group in Grimsby that people don’t become ‘empowered’, they only become ‘disempowered’ by the treatment they…
Denmark Introduces “Fat Tax”
Denmark has imposed “a fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits. The Nordic country introduced the tax Saturday, of $2.90…
October 3rd and Maximum EHR Incentive Payments
If you are participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive program, your first payment is determined by you attesting to 90 consecutive days of meaningfully using certified EHR technology. The first calendar…
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.…
