My Life with Trackers
My Facebook and Twitter feeds are full of people talking about the new gadgets they got for Christmas. Tracking has gone mainstream as many of those gadgets are fitness and…
Are Doctors Prepared for Impending Changes to Medical Billing Practices?
Medical billing is an intricate and international system of codes used by health care professionals — including doctors, private insurers, hospitals, Medicare, and Medicaid — when determining patients’ conditions and/or…
Should We Bail Out Hospitals for Their Bad Debt?
A previous blog entry tried to shed some light on the phenomenon of hospital charges that are out of control, such as $500 for a single stitch. A previous blog entry tried…
Year in Review 2013: Evidence and Market Access
Précis: 2013 is the year transparency became ‘a thing’, and quite a serious thing at that – particularly when we come to look at market access and the progress the industry…
Wall Street Journal Shames Itself with Health Policy Coverage
The Wall Street Journal’s Op/Ed page has always been very conservative, but traditionally the news sections have been balanced and objective. When Rupert Murdoch took over the Journal a few…
Promising New Patient Recovery Technology
Technology is advancing so fast that it is becoming harder to remember how we used to live. With the emerging technology in medicine, we may soon forget the healthcare delivery…
Can Books Cure Depression? UK Operates Bibliotherapy Program for Mental Illness
Currently, nearly one out of every 10 Americans aged 12 and older takes an antidepressant ? and for women in their forties and fifties, that number is a striking…
Year in Review 2013: Sales
Précis: In the second of our ‘year in review’ pieces, we’re looking at the best of our sales content from 2013. It’s been a peculiar year for sales, it’s the year…
Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Cost Trends Report
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission released its preliminary cost trends report for 2013. In case anyone needed confirmation, Massachsuetts health care costs are above the national average.The report says: “Spending…
Should HIPAA Compliance Guard All Protected Medical Information?
Everyone is familiar with the acronym HIPAA, which is the 1996 edict called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Everyone is familiar with the acronym HIPAA, which is the…
