FDA Asks Manufacturers of Hip Replacements To Study Failure Rates
The point of the study is to find out how fast and how many will fail, what is the failure rate. We have Johnson and Johnson largely at the head…
Diseases, Trauma and Technologies for Spine Surgery
The human spine is one of the primary support structures for the human skeleton. It is a complex arrangement of bone, cartilage, and ligaments that protects the spinal cord, supports…
Social Network Analytics in Health Care (interview transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with MedNetworks CEO Larry Miller. David E. Williams: This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health…
Linking Value Based Purchasing & the Realities of Tracking Care Provider Accountability
On April 29th the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially launched the Value Based Purchasing (VPB) initiative originally proposed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in…
Patient-Centric Care at the Hub of Telehealth
The conundrum continued behind conference doors last week at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference in Tampa about the efficacy of mobile phone usage to improve patient health. …
Study: Liposuction’s Benefits Are Only Temporary
In the study, the . . . fat came back after it was suctioned out. It took a year, but it all returned. But it did not reappear in the…
Is Your Name One of the Top Ten Baby Names?, and Other Links
Top ten baby names are out. John isn’t one of them. Neither is Barack. One-half of the population frequently uses dietary supplements. As a result, they appear to engage in…
The High Cost of Vaccine Refusal
The measles virus can be deadly: it can lead to deafness, pneumonia, encephalitis and miscarriage. By the year 2000, transmission of measles within the United States had all but ceased.…
Universal Coverage in Mass. Overwhelms Primary Care Physicians
The predicted efflux of primary care physicians in Massachusetts, as a by-product of its universal coverage of healthcare, looks like it’s a reality. A new survey released by the state’s…
Retirees Not Realistic in Planning for Possibility of Long-Term Care
Getty Images, Rosemary Calver In a recent survey from the Society of Actuaries respondents were asked about the changing nature of healthcare delivery and the ability to pay for long-term care.…
