HHS Serves Up Prevention ‘Lite’
In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a TV weatherman who finds himself trapped in a do-loop, covering the numbingly boring display of Punxutawney Phil, over and over…
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Who Pays On A Date Depends On Your Looks. A new study found that men find it easier to imagine paying for dinner if their companions happen to be pretty…
Clinical Trials Managed in “The Cloud?”
The fundamental concept of cloud computing dates back to the 1960s, when John McCarthy was quoted as saying “computation may someday be organized as public utility.” The fundamental concept of…
Lawyers and Medical Decision-Making
We’ve heard a lot over the years about the inappropriate role of lawyers in the medical system. The complaints usually center on trial lawyers who sue physicians for malpractice and…
Data Quality and Governance Lessons from National Health Care
Who would want to be a national health care administrator? Who would want the responsibility for managing health care and formulating health policy for tens or hundreds of millions of people? …
FDA Avastin Hearing — live blogging
The two-day hearing on Genentech’s appeal of the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to remove the breast cancer indication from Avastin’s label began with two hours of emotional testimony from…
How Medicare Spends Its Drug Dollars
Drug Class 2008 Drug Cost ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMICS $6,165,831,884 ANTIPSYCHOTICS/ANTIMANIC $5,698,011,103
Texas Lawmakers Revisit Medicaid/Medicare Secession Scenario with Bill’s Intro
Consider this: With a rate approaching 30 percent, the state of Texas has the highest degree of uninsured in the country. Consider this: With a rate approaching 30 percent, the…
Having Purpose Adds Years to Your Life
Rush University studied 950 people with a mean age of 80 and found that people with a sense of purpose in life are 57% less likely to die over…
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Next Virus Victim: Your Doctor’s Or Nurse’s iPad? Networked devices used by medical personnel are vulnerable to viruses and security threats, requiring careful teamwork between IT and clinical engineering, experts…
