Why Electronic Medical Records Aren’t Being Used
About 20 percent of U.S. hospitals and 30 percent of office-based primary-care doctors — about 46,000 practitioners — had adopted a basic electronic record in 2010, according to government statistics.…
California’s Largest Insurer Delays Rate Hikes
The ACA is essentially a year old this week. Californians should be celebrating the fact that something that really has nothing to do with Obama’s reform in a direct sense…
More on the Meaning of “Universal Coverage”
Doctors are primary care physicians who accept all or most new Medicaid patients. Calculations assume that Medicaid payments are increased to Medicare levels for primary care services indefinitely, even though…
Medical Device Approval Process is Faulted in Study
More than 70% of all medical devices that have been recalled by the FDA for safety concerns were not subjected to rigorous clinical testing before the agency approved them, according…
Death Panels Everyone Can Live With
Chief among Sarah Palin’s assaults on truth and reason is her contention that providing reimbursement for end-of-life planning sessions with a health care provider is tantamount to a “death panel”…
Neuromarketing Company Gives Back to Science
The company, NeuroFocus has also partnered with the Nielsen group so they can read your mind and see what will appeal for advertising. Yup it’s going to get a…
Pilot Program – Remote Vital Reporting Devices
Back in January of 2010 Blue Cross announced their agreement and contract with Ideal Life, another device company so perhaps there’s more than one trial going on? The company specified…
Business Intelligence & Analytics for Healthcare Conference
The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI), run by my friend Satish Kavirajan, is currently organizing the Business Intelligence & Analytics for Healthcare Conference & Exhibition: Managing Data to Drive Quality,…
Continuous Insulin Infusion in Diabetes Management
The desirability of close glucose control, highlighted by the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), led many diabetics to undertake multiple daily injections (MDI) to improve their diabetes management. But…
Do We Want Income Equality?
I can’t think of any single act of government that creates more inequality than the lottery—at least per dollar raised and spent. Think about it. Thousands of (mostly below-average income)…
