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Hospital Gowns Go Hi-Tech To Keep Patient Warm in the OR – Medicare Reporting Begins Friday on P4P
I wish these were around years ago when I had all my surgeries, as yes I remember the cold surgery rooms pretty well. There are several videos here to view. From the website: “The Bair Paws system is revolutionizing forced-air warming by providing clinicians access to comfort and clinical warmi…
If you don’t want to manually type in all those contacts, here’s the answer and you will have to check for accuracy but correcting a few items certainly is better than inputting all the information. I don’t see anything yet for Windows Mobile but will keep looking. The price of $5.99 is reasonable…
TSA Eyes Full-Body Scanners – Could It Evolve To Include Looking for “Unhealthy Travelers” Too?
Right now of course the focus is on security but we have also had people arrested and tracked down who were deemed “not healthy” and scares related to healthcare with other passengers potentially being exposed to viruses that could be carried by individuals. You can watch the videos where the repo…
Suggested New Year’s Resolutions for the Pharma Business - Humor
This was just too good to pass up here. The writer, Martha Rosenberg did a great job with a touch of humor, and I think said some things that could probably be on the back our minds as well. Don’t sell those pens on eBay. Now the question is, will they take and follow these resolutions (grin).…
Arizona Man Travels to New Zealand for Shoulder Surgery – Cost was 1/6 of US Customary Charges
The price for his procedure included surgery, doctors' fees, hospital fees, airfare, local transportation and local accommodations. He did have to take some time to prepare and have testing done here in the US before making his trip. He states he had been on pain medication for over 6 years for the…
Defibrillators Found For Sale at Second Hand Store – Stolen from Hospitals
As the economy gets tougher to deal with it appears even defibrillators are open game for resale. In this case a man who needed money apparently stole them and pawned them at a second hand store. The value of each was around 10-15k. There were a few other medical devices found as well. This ce…
Meaningful Use 556 Page Proposed Rule is Out – Thanks WSJ for the Shortcut to the Meat and Potatoes
People always tell me to send item of importance with “bullets”, any luck of seeing this here, well I just glanced through the pages and have not sat down to read it all, but gee is the shape of things to come everywhere, even outside of Congress? Can’t we do better than develop pages and pages of …
Rite Aid Offers H1N1 Shot for $15.00 In Several States
Technorati Tags: H1N1, Rite Aid, flu shot, healthcare, immunization, pharmacy, Swine Flu If you have not had the chance to get a shot yet, here’s one more alternative that is affordable. You can visit the website and put in your zip code and find the closest location for the H1N1 immunization loc…
Nuance Buys SpinVox – Speech Recognition With Voice to Text With Cell Phones
It certainly seems that Nuance has just about captured most of the speech recognition companies out there today and with this acquisition , they are even more entrenched into the mobile market with cell phones. Just last month they introduced their product for the iPhone. Nuance Dragon Dictation…
American College of Cardiology Files Legal Action Against Medicare and Kathleen Sebelius Relating Provider Reimbursement Cuts
The American College of Cardiology has has their website on the internet with their cause and battle against the proposed cuts. You can also read some additional comments from cardiologists on the site as well as as watching videos from their website, one of which I have embedded below. One of my …
IBM Signs Contracts to Finance Medical Records with Siemens and 3 Other Healthcare Companies
IBM can make money it appears on the interest charges with implementing healthcare systems. No word on whether or not any stimulus funds may or may not compensate in this area. BD IBM in its aim to extend its benefits from the U.S. health-care stimulus bill, is providing financing to help a…
SMP – Seniors Preventing Healthcare Fraud With Medicare and Medicaid Programs – Empowerment and Education
This group may not be as well known as other groups, but care and medications need to get to the people who need them, and fraud hurts everyone. Individuals can volunteer to serve and basically this is an outlet for when someone smells something “fishy” with care and products being provided. In …
Tylenol Arthritis Formula Recall Expanded to All Product Lots with Red EZ-Open Cap – Johnson and Johnson
The reason for the recall is a chemical that is used to treat shipping pallets and perhaps some of the chemical, vapor, etc. has been captured in the bottles. This is what appears to be the story here as the bottles contain a “foul” smell. The chemical has the capability to ruin the medication as…
Dr. Oz Shows a Cardiac Catheterization Simulation – Opening Up Blood Vessels
This is interesting how Dr. Oz walks us through how the process works. The volunteer from the audience is a patient who had a stent put in place and talks about the bit of pain in her chest that she experienced when the balloon was put in place, she said it felt like she was having another heart a…
SenoRx Submits Implantable RFID Tags to FDA For Approval – Breast Tumor Surgery
This stands to change the way surgical procedures are done as relates to breast cancer and removal of tumors. Right now a wire is inserted at the time of surgery and it uses ultrasound. With the proposed process of using RFID, the tag, about as big as a piece of rice could be inserted as far as 7…
FDA Committee Agrees With Wider Use of Crestor – Is The Jupiter Study Data Creeps Up Once Again
We are back to the Jupiter study that came out not too long ago about expanding the use of cholesterol reducing drugs. The study involved individuals taking Crestor that were within normal cholesterol ranges, but had some type of heart disease. We only have a little over a year left until Lipito…
Transplanted Organs Are Not Always Perfect – Some Less Than Others
In the world of donors there are only so many, and it seems there are so many more waiting for a donor organ that what is available. Some in the story seemed shocked that a “perfect” organ was not used, but if you are in a situation where your own organs have ceased to function, there may not be a …
