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Clinical Trials Vendor Medidata to Go Public
This is a new twist by today’s economy with little or very few companies taking the plunge to go public. I just briefly looked at the website which contains an API for integrated services and there are a number of both technology and CRO partners listed on the site. There are several modules to…
Cook Medical Unveils MicroWires to support Leg Therapy - Peripheral Arterial Disease
Cook Medical has quite an extensive product line with catheters, especially those impregnated with antibiotics to help keep infection rates down. This is the latest announcement that was used during a clinical trial. BD Cook Medical unveils the Advance Drug-Eluting Balloon and Other Cutting-Edg…
Bill Gates and Oliver Sacks to speak at Technology, Entertainment, Design conference (aka TED)
Additional information can be found on the website for the sold out event. If you haven’t taken in the website, I highly recommend taking a look to see what is happening. In addition to the conference, there are new videos, interviews, etc. from time to time speaking not only about healthcare, but…
2 hospital executives indicted in alleged fraud scheme in Los Angeles
This is a follow up on the City of Angels Medical Center where the homeless were being given medical care they did not need in exchange for money and other compensations to allegedly allow for fraudulent billing. We have seen a lot of fraud uncovered this year, including billing medical services un…
What happens when a drug is facing patent loss – create a new drug that with time or delayed release properties
Now there’s one more alternative medication for GERD, soon to be released from Takeda as Prevacid nears patent expiration. As the article states, choices for treatment of GERD certainly are not limited and this is really nothing new as many drugs have been re-created with the same type of time rel…
Complete Genomics to Release Its DNA Sequencing Data Next Week
This is perhaps one of the most awaited announcements with Complete Genomics, who is basically slated to use their technology to “wholesale” sequencing, in other words, they will run the DNA but will not provide the analysis and is said to have a pretty big impact on what the cost of sequencing is g…
Drinkers being penalized by insurance firms - UK
One more item being scrutinized for healthcare insurance from the UK, and the article states the insurance company can check with the applicant’s doctor to verify what has been put on the application. With obesity being such a huge healthcare problem, I wonder why perhaps this is not given a bit …
Doctor's offices using online business intelligence software to determine the amount to collect
It is confusing today not knowing what is covered and how much, thus many doctors offices are checking online to find out what they can to see what portions may or may not be covered by insurance carriers. It certainly is not getting any easier to figure out the complicated algorithms and formulas…
Rediscovering the 'Joy' of it all - “Joy of Sex” has been Updated
We are definitely living in a different world than where we were in 1972. The new release has been all over the news of late and states the update is more geared to values and how we live our lives today, even with technology related updates. The one message that has clearly changed from the or…
Obsessed with having babies? Update on the Octuplets Story
With 6 children and adding 8 more, how will she be able to afford to raise all of them is the big question. One physician said anyone who knowingly transferred 8 embryos should be arrested for malpractice, so perhaps this story will continue to be updated as more information is gathered. This is …
The Medical Quack is now a Fan of Lance Armstrong and LiveStrong
LiveStrong is the site of Lance Armstrong with his world wide mission to bring an awareness to cancer through out the world. He now has a Facebook site where one can become a fan and join the cause. Click on the pictures below to visit the links. Again, a word of thanks to the foundation for incl…
George Church Talks about DNA Genomic Mapping in Plain Terms
First of all if you are not familiar with what this is all about, use the link below to watch a video that will help you comprehend what is going on with the Human Genome Project and the Personal Genome Project. An Introduction to Genomics – Humans have Bugs just like Windows does and It’s all a…
Most Hospital Patients Unable to Identify Their Physicians - Survey
With many surgeons and nurses working from registries today, this might have something to do with the study. Under the related reading you can read about how general surgeons are moving from one hospital to another to make ends meet as they close up local practices that are not being able to withs…
Mother of octuplets has six other children
All one can say is that this is one huge family, and a bit costly for 7 weeks of hospital care prior to delivery too. Let’s see 8 plus 6 makes 14, right? By today’s standards though it is not cheaper by the dozen to raise children. BD (CNN) -- The mother of a woman who gave birth on Monday…
Bird Abatement - Business Intelligence and Data Logging with a Tablet PC
Since I like and totally make use of Tablet PCs, this is one that I could not pass up. I love the name of the program “Scarecrow”, it fits! At any rate the company uses Tablet PCs as part of getting rid of the birds around airports. It has a screen to help identify the type of bird, and all the …
Where are the Emergency Rooms in California - How Many hospitals have closed in the last 10 Years
The Los Angeles Times has put together a site whereby you can look up and see what services are available and where. Use the link below to go to the site for complete listings and see what is available and where. California's dwindling emergency rooms This is what the format looks like with lin…
Wisconsin Health Information Exchange RHIO connected with Amalga from Microsoft
Microsoft Amalga has been chosen to the software used to connect the network of hospitals. Each hospital was an “island” and had their own system and were speaking their own language. Amalga brings it all together and translates the data. The ER rooms are able to have access to see what tests hav…
