In Case of Emergency Prescriptions...New site that allows doctors, pharmacists and patients to enroll. According to the site, information ...
Free Drug Samples? Bad Idea, Some Say
Samples have been a great help to me...other than keeping the closet updated, there doesn't seem to be an issue in my opinon...BD Publ...
FDA Searches Offices of Pet Food Maker
SATURDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday searched the facilities of a pet food manufa...
What's Behind All the Bad Press for Health Insurers?
"I think people are paying attention more now than they ever have," Flanagan says. "We're getting closer to what migh...
Mobile Keyboards for Windows Mobile Phones and UMPCs
These mobile devices keep getting more interesting all the time. I have used a keyboard similar and it does take a little getting used to, ...
PC World - Use and Misuse of Spreadsheets
This is a good article giving some overall expertise on when to use spreadsheets. I agree with most of what is said here and I still in my ...
Wal-Mart To Expand Retail Health Clinics To 400 Stores In Three Years
Possible opportunity for additional business for local hospitals...BD Wal-Mart Stores will open health clinics at as many as 400 of its ...
The Internet Can Seriously Damage Your Health
This article does a good job on addressing "information over-load" which we all have today it seems in any area of our lives...BD ...
The new wheelchairs....
Mobility has even gone to produce better wheelchairs for the disabled...some that do stairs...I wonder if any of these will be even partiall...
Hospital renovations take a page from high-end hotels
It's hard to believe this is a hospital...BD (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- Windowless corridors, drab paint and crowded rooms have typif...
Mexican Wal-Mart launches cheap generic drugs
Following suit as done here in the US for the $4.00 generic prescriptions available for over 300 common generic drugs...BD MEXICO CITY (R...
Eli Lilly And Company Introduces Reconcile(TM) For Separation Anxiety In Dogs
I don't think I'm quite ready for this yet, and neither is the dog...don't know how big of a seller this will be, but it appears...
Survey says..the latest stats on Doctor/Pharma relationships...
Food is at the top of the listing, I guess we all have to eat...BD They surveyed 3,167 doctors from six specialisms: anesthesiology, card...
Hospitals Tackling Low-Tech Back Offices
Good article on how even small improvements in IT make a difference, even if the big move to a full on elecronic medical records system is n...
Posing as pals, drug reps sway doctors' choices | Science & Health
Interesting article...sometimes the first thing I need to say when walking in to a potential client's office is "I'm not a drug...
Linking medical data: hospitals join electronic sharing of patients' records
“A lot of times patients are unable to give us all the information for a recent visit that they’ve had at the hospital,” he said. “Previ...
U.S. Wonders if Drug Data Was Accurate - Zyprexa
“The F.D.A. continues to explore the concerns raised recently regarding information provided to the F.D.A. on Zyprexa’s safety,” Dr. Mitc...
Number Of Orphan Drugs Increases, But Costs High For Consumers
The Hartford Courant on Sunday examined orphan drugs -- those that treat disorders affecting fewer than 200,000 people -- which are ...
Digital Signatures coming soon to the Medical Business
That simple fact can have major effects on cost reduction, customer satisfaction and higher ROI. CIC Electronic Signature solutions enabl...
Scientists Discover New Virus Responsible For Post Transplant Deaths
Three patients who died after receiving transplanted organs from the same donor in Australia were all infected with a previously unknown...
Tax Provision Would Reduce Medicare Payments To Providers
Hospitals and small physician practices that obtain a significant amount of their revenue from Medicare reimbursements "stand to be ...
FDA OKs Generic Ambien
The following 13 manufacturers have received FDA approval for zolpidem tartrate tablets: Mylan Pharmaceuticals, TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA,...
Physicians Should Be Able To Review Performance Ratings Before Release
A policy paper and principles assuring that physicians are given the opportunity to comment on performance ratings that they believe are ina...
AARP, UnitedHealth, Aetna create new health plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) Apr 17 - The influential organization for the elderly AARP has expanded its line of health insurance plans for older...
Wal-Mart Sees Medical Clinic Boom in Retail Stores
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) Apr 13 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is forecasting more than 6,600 in-store medical clinics will open their doors in...
Hospital, Upset Over Claims Denials, Accuses HMO of Racketeering
Its members are suing two of the region's largest health insurers, claiming each tried to weasel out of paying for millions of dolla...
How an Email Rant Jolted a Big HMO
A 22-Year-Old's Tirade Made Trouble for Kaiser; Mr. Deal Got Fired, Famous By RHONDA L. RUNDLE April 24, 2007; Page A1 LOS ANGELES -...
Captain America Arrested With Burrito In Pants
Family MD blowing off a little steam? BD MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A Brevard County doctor dressed up in a Captain America outfit was arrested ...
Mandatory tablet splitting
I came across my first instance of an insurance company requiring a patient to split tablets about a month ago. One of our regulars has rece...
Desktop & Mobile - RIM Around the Rosies, Pocket Full of Posies
Can't beat them...join them I guess....good move on the part of RIM. BD Microsoft's Windows Mobile team should declare a holiday...
A City Goes Tablet PC for Building Inspectors...
The City of Corvallis, Oregon, has gone Tablet PC with its building permit process. Applications and payment in the process can now be d...
Possible Contamination and Malfunction of Heart Valves and Valve Conduits, Annuloplasty Rings, Surgical Grafts, Meshes and Other Devices Manufactured by Shelhigh, Inc.
Issued : April 18, 2007 Dear Healthcare Practitioner: This is to notify you that all medical devices manufactured by Shelhigh, Inc. of Un...
Lilly Drops Its Prescription Assistance Program for the Poor
In a little-noticed move, Lilly has dropped “Lilly Answers,” its Patient Assistance Program for people without health insurance. Merrill ...
St. Jude Medical - FDA Approval of Internet Based Data Management for Implantable Cardiac Devices
Merlin(TM).net Patient Care Network is First Cardiac Rhythm ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2007--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NY...
UMPC Tablet helps individuals with Disabilities
This is a great page on showing how a tablet pc can help individuals with disabilities..the keyboard was ok, but when you read this article ...
Windows Home Server CTP
I haven't had time yet to post my own screenshots, but found this blogger who has done some nice work with adding a few screenshots of ...
Robotic surgeon to team up with doctors, astronauts on NASA mission
Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed in the UW's BioRobotics Lab, weighs about 50 pounds. Its nimble appendages can suture wo...
BiCOM Reports Better-Than-Expected Results Due to Unique Tonometer Diaton Launch – Tonometry Through Eyelid / Glaucoma Detection Device
Now this is very interesting...much less evasive than dialating pupils in the eyes...BD BiCOM Inc. at a recent conference call, reported ...
Doctors Try New Surgery for Gallbladder Removal
Doctors in New York have removed a woman’s gallbladder with instruments passed through her vagina, a technique they hope will cause less...
Watch out for EHR audit pitfalls - Coding consultants explain where the risks are and how to avoid them
Be aware of the pre-formatted templates to a degree...they can be useful but maybe it is best to customized and adapt your own... Overdocu...
Physical Therapists Have Top Occupation
We must all have a lot of pain these days...BD Physical therapists have come out ahead as a top career choice for US college graduates and...
Robotics Institute: HeartLander
The HeartLander is a miniature mobile robot to facilitate minimally invasive beating-heart intrapericardial therapies. The robot: ente...
Coding IV Therapy from Medical Economics
CPT 2006 replaces the universal infusion codes—90780 and 90781—with six new codes that follow the G code structure that CMS introduced f...
Hospitals are hiring again - New market forces mean job openings for physicians. But do your homework before you sign that contract
Why doctors and hospitals are hooking up again The upswing in hospital employment partly reflects the desire of many younger doctors to ...
Physician, hospital groups join lawsuit against Blue Cross
The largest organizations representing California physicians and hospitals joined a lawsuit against Blue Cross of California on Thursday...
More about Google as a health services tool
In my office, where all documents are either PDF or rich text format, or RTF, we use Google's desktop search for anything from a pat...
Med school in Valley? UC Merced gets grant
MERCED - Creating a University of California medical school in the San Joaquin Valley got a jumpstart recently with a $225,000 grant to ...
Schwarzenegger Touts Health IT as Part of Health Care Overhaul
Schwarzenegger in the past year has signed executive orders to: Develop a statewide broadband policy; Accelerate health IT adoption; a...
Tablets in Action
I don't know much about the context in which in this picture was taken, but it does demonstrate that Tablets are more welcome at a di...
NeuroArm - University of Calgary
World’s first image-guided surgical robot to enhance accuracy and safety of brain surgery Surgery is about to change with the introduct...
Making medical fact-finding easy
Faced with a minor illness or major health-care crisis, many people turn to the Internet for information. But with the misinformation th...
New York City To Provide No-Cost Electronic Health Record Technology To 'High-Volume' Providers Of Care For Medicaid And Uninsured Patients
New York City officials today will announce a $19.8 million contract with eClinicalWorks for electronic health records software systems, whi...
Tablet Man
Watch the short video with some simple math with a tablet..hope we see more of him in action...BD http://www.ustream.tv/LorenHeiny/videos/mA...
Arkansas school to trial iPod, WiFi-equipped school bus
If you thought taking a ride on the GamerBUS was a thrill, this one will really make you long to be a youngster in Arkansas again. Repo...
Hand Sanitizing Spray Moves Clorox Into Personal Care Category
For decades, The Clorox Company has helped consumers and industry professionals keep their homes and businesses cleaner and healthier t...
Cervarix® Offers 100% Protection Against Precancerous Lesions Caused By Cancer-Causing Human Papillomavirus Types 16 And 18 For Over 5 Years
The GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) cervical cancer candidate vaccine, CERVARIX®, demonstrated 100 percent efficacy in preventing precancero...
Dear Patient: P4P is Here
As one MD states..... Dear Patient: P4P is Here Dear Mr. and Ms. Patient, I regret to inform you that I will be spending less time focus...
AARP Says It Will Become Major Medicare Insurer While Remaining a Consumer Lobby
WASHINGTON, April 16 — AARP , the lobby for older Americans, announced Monday that it would become a major participant in the nation’s h...
Exmocare - a Watch that monitors your well being
This sure seems like a good idea in some areas, but I have to give this some real thought..I'm not quite sure I would perhaps want folks...
Epocrates for Windows Mobile Phones
Here are a couple screenshots of how the information looks on a mobile PDA phone. You can customize the formularies you need to research fr...
Update on United HealthCare’s Plan to Fine Physicians for Using Out-of-Network Labs
Apparently physicians in several states besides New Jersey are catching the attention of their insurance regulators over UnitedHealthcar...
Is Pfizer Outsourcing Innovation?
According to reports in the Pharma Blogosphere TM (see below), Pfizer has laid off a "large number of PhD scientists" in an eff...
CMS Proposes Payment Reforms For Inpatient Hospital Services In 2008
Payment to all hospitals would increase by an average of 3.3 percent for FY 2008 when all provisions of the rule are taken into account....
Massachusetts Connector Likely To Approve Health Insurance Exemptions
Not sure how this could work...a law passed for all to have mandatory insurance and now a 20% exemption for low income categories...BD The...
Feds say plans can soften deadline for doctors' universal ID numbers ...
Rumor has it that Medicare may not be fully prepared as well...BD Medicare and some insurers might allow physicians to use either their ne...
Massachusetts considers requiring all surgeries to be videotaped ... American Medical News
Doctors and plaintiff lawyers are the bill's biggest critics, saying the doctor-patient relationship would become a Hollywood productio...
Cost vs. compliance: Physicians encouraged to discuss prescriptions ...
Check out the links on the site to the $4.00 prescriptions offered from Target and WalMart/Sams Club...this could be a real help and make th...
Medicare Provides Funding For Health Insurance Counseling In All 50 States
Medicare will provide funding for health insurance counseling in every state to help beneficiaries get the most from the health program for ...
New drugs promise two days without sleep and improved alertness and cognitive powers
March 5, 2007 Two years ago, we wrote about the “time-shifting” drug, Modafinil that enables you to stay awake for 40+ hours with close t...
The Colo Rectal Surgeon
This is a funny video of a short song from a couple Canadian comics that was taken from a medical convention...BD
Tailored plus sized pocket fashion for the mobile multimedia gadget lifestyle
This page is very humorous and well worth the watch. With all the gadgets we carry today, they are providing some assistance with the latest...
Pharmalot...Pharmalittle...
Interestingly, AstraZeneca was largely silent much of the week, but by Friday, was forced to reply to a few blogs, including Pharmalot, afte...
RSS Translates Into Info On Savings
This site actually relies on RSS technology to preview the latest news as forces can be easily joined to combine new and events into one con...
New Storm Surges Through I.T. World
According to the Internet Storm Center, a hurricane-like virus is blowing through the PC world, with at least 20,000 infections on Thursd...
Faith, Hope, Charity, and the Jackpot Mentality
It is time to call an orthopedic surgeon. You don’t just put a cast something like this. “Good morning, Dr. Smith. Sorry to wake you up ...
Help Put Bob Through Med School!
Hello, my name is Bob and I am a first year Medical Student. A very broke first year Medical Student. I need tuition money, this is where y...
Unveiling Of Neurosurgery Robot April 17
The world's first MRI-compatible robot for brain surgery has been developed by a research team from the University of Calgary / Calgar...
Sneak Peek Photos of TabletKiosk's New Sahara i400 Dock
The Sahara is the full size tablet from Tablet Kiosk that offers both touch screen and digitizer. I have had my hands on the unit and it wo...