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Companies Making Big Dollars Without People – Healthcare Can’t Do That As We are the Product
This was in the LA Times and makes some very good points about economic times. How are the companies making big dollars and yet unemployment is not getting any better? Businesses today with technology are finding ways to increase profits without the rank and file workers, even companies who are do…
Mom Who Lost Hands and Legs At Hospital 6 Years Ago Depends on Help from Children
This is a sad story indeed when you look at all this woman went through, after being misdiagnosed at the hospital when she had a kidney stone and was sent home. Her 2 children help her get the day started with helping her put on her hands and legs, and thank goodness she has those. The court case …
The Health Internet – Government Looking to Expand The National Health Information Network For Public Use
The National Health Information Network already exists and to date has never been tested for the public to use, but the move to shift all of healthcare to it’s own network is a big one, so I would guess you could think of a separate entire entity here, used for healthcare information only. The gove…
15 States Including California Are Suing Amgen – Alleging Kickbacks and Overfill Billings to Boost Sales of Aranesp
The drug, Aranesp is used with chemotherapy and chronic renal failure to increase red blood cells and was approved by the FDA in 2001. We are hearing more about drug marketing today and now it’s spilling over to the “biotech” drug companies for investigation. The suit states that providers were br…
FDA Warns Proctor and Gamble – You Can’t Market Cold and Flu Medicine Combined with Vitamin C as It is Illegal
If you liked having vitamin C in your cold and flu medication from Vicks, well it looks like some changes might on on hand here as the FDA states that Vitamin C lacks sufficient data as being effective in preventing or treating a cold. That’s right, you read this correctly, so if you have a cold o…
Myriad's BRACAnalysis Tests Scrutinized by Insurance Carriers – Many Do Not Qualify and Myriad Marketing Questioned
I believe everyone probably remembers when this test first became available for women to see if they would have a genetic background that would see if they had a risk for developing breast/ovarian cancer. As time moves forward we now have additional information and the insurers are analyzing the wo…
Healthcare Sit Ins Continue For Mobilization for Healthcare - United Healthcare CEO Agrees to Meet With the Group
The sit ins this week were at Human, Blue Cross and United Healthcare and apparently with the help of cancer patient Robert Darling who was inquiring about his bone marrow transplant where he’s been waiting with no communication for 5 years from anyone other than assistants who could not make or rel…
23andMe Personal Genomics Company Lays Off Some Workers
The reason for the layoffs was slated to current economic conditions. I think what the company is trying to do is in the long run a good thing with bringing an awareness and information to consumers, but still maybe a bit of a luxury item with many just trying to get by at present. 23 and Me is a …
Dennis Hopper Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer – Cancels all Travel and Production Plans
He had several filming commitments in action and hopefully full recovery is in the making for him, no word on whether the diagnosis is early or late stage. BD LOS ANGELES - Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment. Manag…
SEEDIE – The Society for Exorbitantly Expensive and Difficult To Implement EHRs Submits Meaningful Use Recommendations
This site has been around for a while and looks like they have made some updates. We all are so involved in getting digital health records on the map and this group takes a different look at the entire situation with a bit of humor. Their EHR of choice is Extormity and it is worth the time to chec…
Aetna Health Insurance CEO Gets Some Early Trick or Treaters At His Home – Healthcare Reform
Aetna CEO Ronald Williams had some surprise visitors with the not so usual “trick or treaters” on his door step. The group has plans for more events and being the night before Halloween is called “beggars night” there could be additional activity this evening according to the article. People dres…
Bedwetting A Problem – There’s a Device For That - Wireless Urosensor
I am guessing this is targeted for children but I guess adults could benefit too. It is a wireless alarm system that you strap on before you go to bed and when you are about to pass urine when the device detects moisture, off goes the alarm. It is wireless so Mom and Dad can be in the other room t…
Pfizer Along With Johnson and Johnson Invest in Cancer Medical Device - Novo-Cure Stopping Growth of Tumor and Potential Reversal
49 Patients in Clinical Trials in the US are wearing this device that slows down or reverses the growth of cancer. It has a battery pack and weighs around 6-7 pounds. Watch the video to see someone in a trial wearing the unit and how it goes with him all day. It looks to be a bit of an inconvenie…
How to Bill and Code H1N1 Immunizations – Video With Information
You can’t bill for the immunization as the government is paying for it, but the injection process/service is billable. Also, many insurance companies are picking up the deductible for many patients in their plans, so one of those where you might want to check and find out. The video also discussed…
What is a Yacker Tracker – Ask Kaiser About Noise Control in Hospitals
I think everyone who has been in a hospital for care at some point in time can agree, they can be noisy. The Yacker Tracker at the facility in Hawaii helps keep this in check. Not only do we monitor data today, but add noise to the list too. It looks very similar to a traffic signal. They also …
Roadside Street Doctors Are A Thriving Business in India
I had to read this one twice when I looked at the numbers quoted, there are twice as many “quack doctors” as qualified doctors in the country. It is against the law to practice medicine without a license but enforcement efforts or small or don’t exist. They also pay “bribe” money to be left alone…
GE HealthCare to Work With CDC on Tracking H1N1 Flu in the US With Medical Records – Creating eHealth Connected Medical and PHR Records Outside the US
GE has a couple of things going on here today, first of all with the tracking of H1N1 with a report every 24 hours being generated. GE will be using it’s data base of 14 million records to query for the information. GE Health sells and installed their own EHR system Centricity and has additional s…
Aetna Takes a Year to Settle $31,000.00 Claim – Thought They Had a Doctor In Network Who Could Have Performed Special Surgery and Found Out They Did Not
This is an interesting story about a woman who was told up front her cost would be $6000.00 out of pocket up front. After she had the unique surgery that would allow her to breath freely again, her claim was denied. The local news station here got involved and finally got her claim paid. The i…
Interview with Curtis Schroeder, CEO Bumrungrad International Hospital and Nate McLemore, Health Solutions at Microsoft – International Personal Health Records with HealthVault
This week I spent a day at the World Medical Tourism Conference in Los Angeles and had a few minutes for an informal quick interview with Curtis Schroeder CEO Bumrungrad International Hospital and Nate McLemore, Senior Director Bus. Development Health Solutions at Microsoft. In the news this week,…
Stryker Biotech and its Top Management Indicted – Alleged Illegal Bone Putty and Medical Device Marketing
Some of the executives could face up to 20 years in prison along with fines, there are a number of management individuals named in the case. Earlier this year we had another company charged with unlawful clinical trials when 3 patients died on the operating table, and one other interesting fact som…
