Do You Know What’s in Your Pain Pill?
People take billions of doses of over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol every year, but many do not pay attention to the active ingredients they contain, such as acetaminophen, according to…
Bed Bugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant MRSA
The study information was released and performed in Canada but now we have a real reason to fear bed bugs as if it is happening in Canada and associated with…
Think of It as a Minute Clinic on Wheels
With 600,000 members in three states — Texas, Massachusetts and Arizona — and plans to enter up to 10 new markets a year, Austin-based WhiteGlove House Call Health is one…
What is a Safety Net Provider? Interview with NAPH CEO Dr. Bruce Siegel
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Dr. Bruce Siegel, CEO of the National Association of Public Hospital and Health Systems. This is the transcript of my…
AARP Under Investigation
The House Ways and Means Committee has launched an investigation of AARP, particularly in the The House Ways and Means Committee has launched an investigation of AARP, particularly in the…
“Healthcare” versus “Health Care”: The Value of a Space
There have been several blogs and articles written on the grammatical appropriateness of “health care” versus “healthcare.” In Michael Millenson's post on The Health Care Blog, he explains that the…
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…
