Technology Helps Care Delivery
On a recent flight, I read a wonderful article in HFMA's magazine on using technology to address care delivery challenges. The case study of using eICU to help keep a…
Kiosk Offers Health Assessment
The processes at the Kiosks are all self service. The company already has one kiosk that can give you an vision check up, and when finished can refer you to…
Devices Relieve Symptoms, Ignore Disease
The UroLift System, discussed below, is really a perfect example of how medical device technology frequently addresses a specific clinical need without regard to the actual disease that caused it.…
Quick Blood Test to Spot SCID In Infants
UCSF doctors have developed a test that, using just a drop of blood taken within hours of a baby’s birth, can determine whether that child has a rare but potentially…
Now – A New Non-Surgical Treatment for HPV
A new non-surgical, tissue-preserving therapeutic procedure is being developed to more effectively remove HPV infection and treat precursors of cervical cancer. Photocure, a Norwegian specialty pharmaceutical company focused in dermatology…
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”…
