Hospital Reporting of Surgical-Site Infection Rates
California hospitals are required to report surgical-site infection rates for 26 procedures to the CDC, and ultimately the public. Beginning January 2012 the following information will be available on the…
California Medical Board Under Fire For Failure to Discipline Doctors
This is important as the information produced from medical boards is used by online MD ratings sites, which have their own issues with flawed information but this makes it worse. …
Would a Birth Control Counseling App Help Teens?
In my day-to-day practice of counseling teens on birth control use, I often feel defeated. The information we impart to them is complex and confusing. It never surprises me to…
CBO: Private Insurers Better at Expenditure Growth Control than Medicare, Medicaid
Advocates for government run health care assert that it does a better job of cost control than private insurers. Here are some data from a 2007 Congressional Budget office report…
Health Care Buzz Today
NIH to Create Genetic Test Database. Hoping to improve healthcare research and centralize data, the National Institutes of Health plans to create an online database of more than 2,000 available…
The 15 Most-Watched Medical-Device Stocks
Interesting, although not particularly surprising (from Motley Fool). Interesting, although not particularly surprising (from Motley Fool).
Community Health Centers: Not Just a “Safety Net”
What do you think when you hear the term “safety net provider?” It doesn’t make a very positive brand impression, does it? Trapeze artists are glad that there’s a safety…
Not One War on Cancer, Millions
You have heard it countless times, “The War on Cancer.” President Nixon announced it. The National Cancer Institute has spearheaded what TV and radio commercials always talk about as “the…
More On Why There Are Drug Shortages
See our previous posts here and here. This is Zeke Emanuel, writing in the New York Times: The Problem: Right now cancer care is being rationed in the United States……
Growth of Worldwide Cervical Artificial Disc Market
In spine surgery, one of the fastest growing medical technology market segments is cervical artificial discs. On a global basis, sales will grow at a double digit annual rate, but…
