Yale Spinoff Licenses HER3 Cancer Drug from MedImmune
Originally published at MedCityNews.com. Originally published at MedCityNews.com.A cancer drug startup spun out of the Yale School of Medicine has licensed the rights to develop and test a drug candidate…
Siemens Rolls Out A Good Thing In A Small Package At AACC 2013
Bigger isn’t always better, but faster is often the road to a good result. So when Siemens Healthcare unveiled its latest innovation in clinical laboratory automation Wednesday, it was reassuring…
How Digital and Social Media Transforms Medical Journal Publishing
Last night, when I was searching online for an article published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), a message popped up on my screen, asking if I would…
Technology May Make Capitation in Healthcare Work
With apologies to William Shakespeare, in this post I ask: will capitation smell sweeter, if called by another name? With apologies to William Shakespeare, in this post I ask: will…
New Research on ACOs and the Accountable Care Opportunity
For the past several quarters, we have continued to monitor the rapidly-developing opportunity in the ACO market, and most recently have organized the various vendors and constituents into segments that…
Ambulances: CMS Goes After a Major Fraud Area
I’m happy to see the federal government put in place a moratorium on new ambulance service providers in Houston. It’s an open secret in the health care provider world that…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare: Jason Maude and Isabel Symptom Checker
Previously, we spoke with Scott Zimmerman who talked about Televox and patient/provider communications. Today, we speak with Jason Maude who will tell us about Isabel Symptom Checker.The Isabel Symptom…
Diabetes Innovation: Online Diabetes Communities
I spoke with Manny Hernandez (@askmanny) about the diabetes online communities he founded at TuDiabetes (Engligh) and I spoke with Manny Hernandez (@askmanny) about the diabetes online communities he founded…
Text Alert System Lets Patients Skip the Waiting Room
There are few worse places to wait in line than in a doctor’s office or urgent care clinic, surrounded by coughers and sneezers and nose-blowers. There are few worse places…
Boomer Voice: The Perfect HealthCare Provider (IMHO)
I am a Boomer, and I don't really have a primary care physician. I do have a nursing degree, which helps a little, and I am not often ill, which…
