“Redneck Telehealth” Brought to You by Skype and Microsoft
Well I don’t think anyone has missed the new of late with Microsoft buying Skype unless you happen to be living under a rock these days. The good news with…
Can Technology Motivate Healthy Behavior? – HealthTech 2011
@MichaelSheeley #ciht11 Lots of cool & innovation going on in the health & fitness world. Very exciting things are happening! @MichaelSheeley #ciht11 Lots of cool & innovation going on in the health…
Report: Obama’s Hopes for Reform on Global Scale Falls Short on Initial Goals
Many armchair health policy watchers are fully aware of President Obama’s passage of the PPACA and its implications and continued struggles for universal application in this very pivotal decade in…
Medicare Trustees Report Deficit Sooner Than Expected
The latest news from the Medicare front has nothing to do with the latest Paul Ryan salvo against the entitlement. It’s the overall health of the program that has eyes…
FDA Approves Oral Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitor
Hepatitis C is getting some good news as last month another drug went into clinical trials. Also Merck will include VICTRELIS in the patient assistance program through which eligible patients…
FDA Regulation Of Stem cell Medicine
Since stem cell research and development is moving so fast, this article brings up a lot of good questions as to how regulation will or will not take place. As…
Telestroke Initiative Website Launched
I last wrote about the collabortive Telestroke Initiative when we released our survey results last year. Since then, we have been in transition and earlier this week launched our new Telestroke Initiative site,…
Radiofrequency Ablation Market Continued Growth Strong Globally
As mentioned earlier, the radiofrequency (RF) market is one of the largest in the ablation device market sector. Its clinically proven uses are many: general surgery, cardiovascular (frequently off-label), orthopedics,…
Google and ‘Rogue Pharmacy’ Ads Complaint
Looks like Google is preparing to pay up to $500 million to settle charges it accepted ads from “rogue” online pharmacies. From what I know of Google, they try very…
Reducing Fraud, Waste and Abuse by Prosecuting Health Care Executives
Many politicians claim that there is much fraud waste and abuse in the Medicare system. Would prosecuting executives accused of wrong-doing decrease the amount of fraud in the system? Some…
