Express Scripts-Medco Merger — Antitrust?
If this merger doesn’t draw fire from the antitrust division of the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, then those agencies aren’t paying attention. Express Scripts and Medco…
A Legal Stimulant is Making People Crazy
Dr. Jeffrey J. Narmi could not believe what he was seeing this spring in the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa.: people arriving so agitated, violent and…
Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)
Under the Affordable Care Act a new federal insurance program for those with pre-existing conditions was created. Under the Affordable Care Act a new federal insurance program for those with…
Health Care Buzz Today
Targeting Risk Factors Could Slash Alzheimer’s Numbers. A 10-25% reduction in the prevalence of known risk factors for dementia–diabetes, hypertension, obesity, smoking, depression, lack of mental stimulation, and physical inactivity–could…
Health IT Spending Is Not Working in Britain
The National Programme for IT in the National Health Service was launched in 2002 with a 2010 goal of providing every NHS patient with his very own electronic medical record.…
High Strength Medical and Surgical Glues
High-strength glue products were approved for topical closure applications in the United States in the late 1990s. Outside the United States, high-strength glues and adhesives have been approved in some…
Health Care Reform in 2 Short Sentences
Foes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made a big point of complaining about the length of the bill. Personally, I think that criticism is unfair, because…
Cultivating Health Improvement
As we grapple with exactly what this health care crisis means to each of us, there is one absolute truth about what most heavily burdens our system: chronic disease.Chronic diseases…
Can the Gang of Six Change the Way We Pay For Health Care?
A bipartisan group of senators is proposing to reduce the federal deficit by $3.7 trillion over the next ten years. This is seen as a way to overcome the debt…
Who Will Drive Social Media Use in Health Care? Part 2
This is the second of a three part series examining how various groups will drive social media use in health care. Part one considered the impact of physicians. This week,…
