Join me in Boston on Sept 8th and 9th to Learn About How to Build Health IT and Med Device Gateways
I’ve been invited back to speak at the Medical Device Connectivity Conference, one of the best practical and “get the job done” kind conferences that I attend all year.…
Office Ally Partners With Ideal Life for Remote Patient Monitoring
If you are a regular reader here, you have seen Ideal Life around here before with discussions on wireless connectivity. Not too long ago we had the agreement with NovaTech…
Obesity by Country
The global obesity market is steadily growing as a result of increased prevalence and recognition by governments and industry of the severity of the problem. However, the severity of the…
1135 Waivers and Hospital Evacuation
I completed two evacuation tabletop exercises this month and also have started the review process of our plan template. At the same time I learned about a great educational resource…
Doctors and Patients Have a Failure to Communicate
Half the U.S. population takes at least one prescription drug. Sixty percent of seniors take five or more medications. Yet, about half of patients prescribed a drug are non-adherent. Half…
Russian FUS Center Nearing 900-Patient Mark in Treating Uterine Fibroids
In the July 2011 issue of this newsletter, we reported that CHA Bundang Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea had become the first MR-guided FUS site in the world…
Update on InSightec Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
In a press release last month, InSightec, Ltd. reported that pilot clinical trials at four sites have used its MR-guided focused ultrasound system to treat 23 patients with organ confined low risk…
The Dumb and Dumber Files–Man Faked Arm Amputation On Dismemberment Insurance Claim Sentenced to 57 Months in Jail
How do you go through life hiding an arm? I would guess this is what one would have to do and again you would be easily busted. He was sentenced…
Is Medicare More Efficient than the Private Sector?
This post was written by Tom Saving and me and originally appeared at the Health Affairs blog. Of all the issues bandied about in the recent debate over the debt…
