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.…
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…
