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The Case for Regulating EMRs and the New FDA MDDS Rules
My friend Tim Gee has two great posts covering a couple of…
HHS Opens New Website-Health Indicators Warehouse For Community Reported Data
If you want to look up community rankings on selected healthcare areas…
Massachusetts Medical School Wins Contract to Design Health Insurance Exchanges
Massachusetts was the model that was used to design some of the…
Will the U.S. Lead on Global Health? Start with Vaccination.
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah gave a speech yesterday at the National Institutes…
Obama and Budget Director Certain on Most Facets of ’12 Budget (Just Don’t Ask About Medicare & Medicaid)
President Obama has referred to Medicare and Medicaid as the “two biggest…
Should the US Destroy its Cache of Smallpox Virus?
Smallpox killed between 300–500 million people during the 20th century. As recently…
Bye, bye Brokers?
In general I oppose the minimum Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision of…
FDA Gives Approval for Lap-Band Use With Less Obese Patients
This means those who are borderline no longer have to put on…
85 Year Old Surgeon Gets 3 Years Probation in Death of Patient Under Going Cosmetic Surgery
You have to wonder about this case as yes it is unfortunate…