Is a Government Takeover of Health Care Underway?
The normally sage CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, Drew Altman isn’t as persuasive in his latest Pulling it Together column (Are We Headed for a Government Takeover of Health…
Microsoft Data Center Video Tour–Where HealthVault and Other Cloud Services Are Stored And Deployed
If you are using HealthVault as your PHR, you might want to take a look and see where your data is stored and available for access. Not too long ago…
Health Care Buzz Today
Marketers Hope to Boost Salad Consumption. Americans are in a salad rut, eating a salad at mealtime only about 36 times a year, or 20% less frequently than in 1985.…
Merck To Cut 13,000 More Jobs in The Next 4 Years
Some of this is the results of the Schering-Plough merger and the rest is a result of competition from generic drug competition. As we all know the days of the…
Will Wireless Capusle Endoscopy Replace Colonoscopy?
Most of born several decades ago, recall the futuristic book Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov, where a miniaturized crew traveled through a human body to cure a scientist who has…
Family Practice Rocks and other Cheers !
As I walk around my study, between thoughts about my blogs and social media lurking I am struck by the enthusiasm and total immersion of family medicine and it's cheering…
Legal Concerns: What Steps can Pharma Take to Engage in Social Media?
. This is the second part of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena. Legal expert, David Harlow, Esq., Health Care…
HHS Releases Announcements for Healthcare Cooperative Funding
As we move closer to 2014 — the real enaction of reform — HHS is offering almost $4B under reform to create consumer-focused healthcare co-ops. Healthcare cooperatives are meant to…
Institute of Medicine Calls for Overhaul of Device Regulation
The Institute of Medicine committee that’s been reviewing medical device regulation for the past two years called recently for a sweeping overhaul of Food and Drug Administration rules that allow some implanted…
New Quality Site
A consolidated site to compare a host of quality reports on your hospital is now A consolidated site to compare a host of quality reports on your hospital is now…
