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Federal Appeals Judge Rules Stem Cell Research Funding Can Proceed
The law pertains to the federal government being able to fund stem cell research and does not apply to state laws as in California it was voted in and a state agency was created, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine an $3 Billion over 10 years was appropriated. Agencies in California …
Community Hospital of Long Beach Officially Becomes Part of The Memorial Care System
I am guessing now as far as medical records they will become part of the Epic system since the current hospitals are either currently using the system or are or will be in the process. The original front of the hospital is actually a state landmark and over the years has been through some turbulent…
Would Doctors Boycott Their DEA License With the Proposed FDA Additional Education Requirements For Prescribing Pain Killers?
I ran across Dr. Doug Farrago’s blog on this topic and it deserves some additional attention in the fact that he is asking all to write to the AAFP and or the AMA even on this this topic. Doctors already have a number of CME hours each year as part of their continuing education to keep updated and …
President Obama Issues Executive Order To Federal Agencies to Improve Customer Service And Use Technology To Accomplish
This is good news and it certainly can’t hurt. Agencies have 6 months to submit their plans and the President says the government agencies are not learning from what private industry does. The President also knows this move will also save money. It’s too bad the folks on the other side of the hil…
CalHIPSO California State REC Announces Partnership With GE And Other Medical Record Vendors
GE has been around in the medical record business for a long time and they are pretty much at the Cadillac end when it comes to price so if you like their Centricity Products it might behoove you to visit a REC center to where they are listed as a partner as with licensing contracts, it could offer …
HHS Launches New Reward Program for Hospitals That Provide Quality of Care–Algorithms To Score For Value Based Purchasing
Ok here’s that word again but this is what it is, mathematical formulas to grade performance based on reporting. We are all trying to save money and so many hospitals are having trouble finding enough money today, so perhaps there might be enough in this till to help out there with proving quality …
Aetna's Reports 1st Quarter 2011 Profits Are Up 4%–Membership Down Almost a Million
You can read below that membership is down about a million but profits are up. IN addition you can see where they are buying Prodigy Health Group which is a contracted company that runs the benefit departments for employers. Below are a couple of examples to where they have pulled out of selected …
GE Healthcare Buys Applied Precision-High Resolution Microscopes and Software Tools
They look like some really neat items here and if you pay no taxes, then I guess acquisitions are easier to come by. Website description below. BD “Applied Precision provides researchers with the most advanced high-resolution and super-resolution imaging platforms, which turn the unobservable int…
Verizon And Casio Introduce Android Smartphone Ruggedized for Hospital Use
Security is good, EAS works for me so we have an Android system here with some Microsoft technologies added in. It would also function in other rugged areas too besides hospitals, but working in hospitals is getting getting pretty rugged these days and when you walk around all day with a device a t…
Social Security Starts Phasing Out Paper Checks for Direct Deposits and/or Prepaid Debit Cards
Starting My 1st anyone who applies can’t get checks anymore and there is a conversion time until March of 2013 to move everyone over to direct deposit. If you don’t have a checking account, there’s a prepaid debit card you can get instead. This new rule also requires bank to protect funds from cre…
Johnson and Johnson Prostate Cancer Drug ZYTIGA™ (Abiraterone Acetate) Receives FDA Approval
For a little back history a study announced in October of 2010 the drug prolonged life for an average of 4 months. You can read the entire press release and additional information at the links in the web pages below. In order to be prescribed, patients must be in the category of having received pr…
Second Annual DEA Drug Take Back Day–Saturday April 30, 2011 Across the US
No questions asked, just bring the drugs and the DEA will take them off your hands. Below is a picture of what was collected in Long Beach, California last year. BD “Collection sites in every local community can be found by going to www.dea.gov and clicking on the “Got Drugs?” banner at the top …
Medical Quack Adds Mobile Microsoft Tags–Start Scanning With That Smart Phone
It’s been a while and this is a new little project here to allow Smartphone use to scan and read the Quack on a phone browser. Also, I took one of my sponsors here and gave them a tag, so if you have smartphone handy, check it out. Notice how small I made my own Tag/bar code here, could fit in per…
Future of Mobile Technology Combining DNA, Personal Health Records, Food and Food Supplement Products With Bar Codes on Your Smartphone
If your head is not already hurting with some of the new mobile technology in healthcare, it will now . You also hear me too complaining from time to time about lack of collaboration with mobile applications, in other words applications that stand alone and do one thing only, and with this article …
