Another Reason Health Costs Are So High
Pfizer Inc. wants to introduce a version of its popular cholesterol pill Lipitor that consumers could buy without a doctor’s prescription, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort, if…
Top Quotes of the Week
“Medical journals are in the communication business. People should never underestimate that. We will be blogging more. If our content is sitting in the corner collecting dust, it’s not doing…
Do Women Really Earn Less Than Men?
Early this past spring, the White House Council on Women and Girls released a much-anticipated report called “Women in America.” One of its conclusions: women still earn on average only…
Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: What are the Key Differences?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) criteria. Medicare…
Canadian Hospitals Twice as Risky as US Hospitals
Still, hospitals are risky everywhere. This is from a CBC interview with Professor Liam Donaldson, England’s former chief medical officer and author of a new World Health Organization report: Still,…
Integrating Social Media into Emergency-Preparedness Efforts
The NEJM includes an article that addresses the integration of social media in emergency preparedness efforts from the perspective of physicians. I appreciate the examples they share and agree with the authors.…
Hospital Capacity Management: Interview With GE Performance Solutions (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Jeff Terry of GE Performance Solutions. This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Jeff Terry of GE…
$25 Million Prize to Curb Pet Overpopulation
We like Dr. Michelson at the Medical Quack as I wrote back a few months ago with an update and background information that was featured in the LA…
Does Your Plastic Surgeon Take Plastic?
Increasingly, doctors, dentists and especially physicians who treat patients paying out-of-pocket are partnering with credit card firms that specialize in financing medical procedures. About 140,000 health care providers now accept…
FDA Clears Telcare’s mHealth Cellular Connected Glucose Meter
This is an interesting product and it connects to PHRs like HealthVault and there are all types of analytics included for both patient and doctor use. I re This is…
