Fighting Cancer with Cancer
The pathophysiology of cancer involves uncontrolled cellular proliferation–that we know–but the process doesn’t go on forever. After reaching a certain size, tumors do stop growing. This phenomenon is probably driven…
Report on UVA Venture Summit – First Day
The University of Virginia Venture Summit attracts venture capitalists and entrepreneurs from across the nation to Charlottesville, Virginia, to discuss innovation and novel solutions for the marketplace. This third annual…
Social Media Intensifies in Health Care
Interest, expectations and budgets for leveraging social media are increasing considerably across all sectors of health care clients. A roundtable of agency executives from the Worldcom Americas Region Health Care…
Quality of Life Adjustments Don’t Matter for Cancer Treatment Cost Effectiveness
In a paper in Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Dan Greenberg from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Peter J. Neumann from the Center for the Evaluation of…
SkinPut – A Touchscreen on Your Skin
Back in October of 2010 I wrote about Skinput and thought it was the solution for input and that was before Kinect came along and it still could be a…
How the Ipad is Changing Medicine-Apple Endorsement from Dr. Halamka At Harvard Medical With Real Time Applications and User Information
When you stop and think about endorsements I feel this one is important, why? Dr. Halamka is not only a doctor but also a computer science expert, so there’s a…
Consider MySQL ‘Archive’ Storage Engine to Store Large Amounts of Med Device Structured or Waveform Data
I’ve been working on med device integrations for the many years now and one of the most common questions that arises when doing those integrations is “what’s the best way…
Largest One-YearJump in Health Spending
According to a recent Health Affairs paper, health care spending as a share of GDP grew by the largest percentage point increase since the U.S. government has tracked national health…
V-Go™ Disposable No-Needle Insulin Delivery Device Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance to use Valeritas Drug
For those who want a disposable system without needles this is a solution to the big stick. Two different medications have now been approved to be used with the device.…
Nurses Hold One Day Strike at Kaiser’s Sunset Boulevard Medical Center (Los Angeles) To Bring Attention To Patient Safety
The Los Angeles Kaiser facility takes care of some of the sickest patients and thus the nurses feel some additional attention is needed here. There has not been a strike…
