Impact of NCDs on Emerging Economies – Focus on India
Just how much of a threat are non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to emerging economies? Take India, a country where economic change is both endangered by chronic diseases and is also, paradoxically,…
Rural Health White Paper Released by UnitedHealth Group Think Tank
The UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform and Modernization released a white paper today on Modernizing Rural Health Care. To quote from the UHG presser, The UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform…
Kaiser Permanente Launches Mobile Application–KP Locator for the Iphone
This is great since Kaiser is expanding to more states than just California. With the multiple locations this makes it easy for patients to find them. This works for Kaiser…
Entitlements and Estate Taxes: the Medicare Connection
I really liked Dr. David J. Gross’s letter to the Wall St. Journal advocating that estates reimburse Medicare in cases where the program has paid out more than the recipient…
What are the Legal Implications for Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals Engaging in Social Media?
This is the first of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena. Legal expert, David Harlow, Esq., Health Care…
Bio-Rad receives pre-market approval for HIV test from FDA
Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) announced Monday it received FDA premarket approval for its fourth generation human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnostic test. Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) announced Monday it received FDA premarket approval…
Myth Busters #3: Hysterectomies in Lewiston, Maine
One of the consequences of Roemer’s Law has been the idea of “provider induced demand,” and the general notion that everything that happens in health care is because some greedy…
Fusion Still Holds Strong in Spine Surgery
The dominant area of technologies and products for the management of spine disorders (despite a myriad of new technology alternatives) remains, and will remain, the use of posterior pedicle screw…
Will the Health Systems Funding Platform Coordinate or Complicate?
This is a joint post with William Savedoff. This is a joint post with William Savedoff. The latest effort to address aid coordination problems and health system issues – the…
