The Massachusetts Experiment Analyzed: Are We Ready for Global Payments?
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley released her office's second annual report, An Examination of Health Care Cost Trends and Drivers (PDF; see also press release), which contains a wealth of…
Google Health is Dead – What Did We Learn About PHRs?
As I mentioned by way of the Wall Street Journal back at the end of March, Google Health was supposed to get less support under the new CEO. We learned…
Decreased Ability to Anticipate Distances Increases Fall Risk Among Elderly
Texas A&M Research reveals that injuries from falls and other accidents among the aging can often be attributed to a decline in ability to mentally esti Texas A&M Research reveals…
Less Education, More Cancer
A new study from the American Cancer Society shows that people with only a high school education are nearly three times more likely to die from cancer than people with college…
Commercial Speech Trumps Privacy When It Comes to Drug Marketing
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states can’t pass laws like one in Vermont that prevent drug companies from gaining access to the prescribing records of physicians. Pharmaceutical firms use…
Push Accelerates for Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes
By recently releasing guidelines for premarket approval and investigation device exemption of "artificial pancreas" devices, the FDA set the stage for approval of these systems in the management of type…
Pharma Tapping into the Power of Social Media
Recently quoted in PharmaVOICE in the May 2011 edition, I presented my thoughts on the significance of the pharmaceutical industry tapping into patient communities through social networks and the importance…
Can Social Media Save Lives?
This provocative title of a webinar to be held next week is part of the growing optimism about the potential for social media in the process of health care. Some recent examples…
PatientKeeper CEO Paul Brient on Accountable Care Organizations (Transcript))
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with PatientKeeper CEO Paul Brient. David Williams: This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business…
Nurses Demonstrate on Wall Street
This is not what you typically see on Wall Street but it was the sight of a demonstration of nurses calling for fair ethics and the return of good healthcare…
