Overtreatment Alert! Antibiotics Fuel Medical Overutilization
A good friend of mine and Whistleblower reader contracted the sniffles and received a prescription for antibiotics at a local urgent care center. A good friend of mine and Whistleblower reader contracted…
Denmark: High Healthcare IT Competence and a Formidable Talent Pool
Many people outside our country believe that we’re “behind the times” when it comes to healthcare IT. So, over the past few years I’ve traveled to several countries, usually…
Google + And Health Train Express
Readers may have noticed my posts here have trailed off a bit. Rest assured I am well and not burned out on blogging. I have been immersed in social media.…
Paintball Pops Breast Implant in the UK
This makes sense obviously as you protect your eyes and other body parts but I guess the chest area for women here was not something anyone though about much until…
Osteoarthritis: A Common Cause ~ and Possible Prevention – Video
Learn more about Osteoarthritis: A Common Cause ~ and Possible Prevention. Learn more about Osteoarthritis: A Common Cause ~ and Possible Prevention.Osteoarthritis has many causes. Genetics, trauma, environmental, and chronic…
SAP Mobile mHeatlh IPad Application
It’s always interesting to occasionally look at what is being done outside the US and SAP has developed an EMR that connects to Siemens and other middleware use in Europe. …
OMB: Growth in Medicare, Medicaid Spending to Decrease over Next Decade
If one assumes that news of cuts in reimbursements of the two major healthcare entitlements (which probably will not happen) is never really good news for providers when accompanied by…
PPACA: 2 or 3 Possible End Games
Ezra Klein’s Washington Post column reports three possible outcomes for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) from a speech by public opinion scholar Lawrence Jacobs. In order of…
Renowned Dallas Hospital Out of Medicare Compliance
The acute care hospital in Texas made famous for the emergent care given to JFK on 11/22/1963 is about to find out if Medicare will continue to reimburse for services…
Why It’s So Hard to Control Medicaid Spending
This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in President Obama’s home state: This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in President Obama’s…
