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Liposuction Patients Donate Fat to Stem Cell Research at UCLA
This is a good idea, donate the fat for research, why not, as otherwise it’s just disposed of. The fat is anonymous when donated, in other words there’s nothing that ties a donor to any type of recognition. BD Dr. David Stoker is offering Los Angeles liposuction patients the opportunity to b…
Dr. Oz Says “Enough is Enough” As He Volunteered at the CareNow Free Clinic In Los Angeles “Failure of Basic Morality in the US”
The CareNow Free Clinic got off to a rocky start but it looks like Dr. Oz had to be here as a consultant as California did not get the provisions implemented to allow doctors to travel over state lines to volunteer here. The Medical Board messed up and had over a year to get this set up. At any ra…
Microsoft Kinect Effect–Sensors Everywhere Including the Hospital OR- Video
This is a very cool commercial and has a little bit of everything in it with using in many environments. Earlier this year I met Microsoft/XBOX Corporate VP Ilan Spillinger at the Israel Conference and heard his fascinating story on how the technology come to Microsoft and how it came across his p…
Occupy San Francisco Participant - Denied Coverage for Life Saving Procedure for Cancer–Insurer Said It Was Pre-Existing When She Was 14 Years Old Now Is 18
This is very sad as she is not 18 years old and imagine if she could have had that bone marrow transplant 4 years ago! This is why the the Occupy movements are there with corporate greed alive and well. This is a big ethics problem by all means. ALGORITHM SAYS YOU HAVE A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION …
Prime Healthcare Responds to Billing Practices–Flawed Data and Algorithms Once Again-Who Got Sold a Bill of Goods as Kaiser, Stanford & Other Hospitals Had a Ton of Kwashiorkor Malnutrition Billings
I kind of like stories like this as it’s yet one more reminder to clean up the math we use today and a good reason to check out the bill software that is sold to both doctors and hospitals. I’m not a big fan of Prime Healthcare as they buy hospitals on their last leg with no money and cut out a ton…
Arizona Pain Specialists First US Pain Clinic To Begin Stem Cell Clinical Trials To Regenerate Deteriorating Discs To Reverse Damage to the Spine & Relieve Back Pain
Back in June of this year the FDA approved the trial to treat chronic lower back pain with stem cells. Mesoblast is sponsoring the trial and the company is located in Australia. Mesoblast Gets FDA Approval to Begin Advanced Clinical Trials Using Stem Cells to Treat Chronic Lower Back Pain Me…
Hawaii Medical Center Searching for Buyers–If Not Center Could Close As Early as November-Only Hospital in the State Capable of Performing Transplant Surgeries
The center is aggressively looking for a buyer to keep the doors open. If a buyer is not found they could begin moving patients to other facilities in November. The hospital is also turning to the government for potential help with emergency actions. The hospital has already gone bankrupt and t…
United HealthCare in New York to Disclose More Data Used to Justify Premium Increases–But You Can Almost Bet We Won’t See the Algorithms That Create the Data
This is getting to be such a hot topic today as you can no longer 100% rely on math to prove accuracy as with algorithmic formulas it can be marketed, flawed, you name it. This is great that consumers will have additional access but think of the marketing too, it’s done to help them have consumers …
Brooklyn Hospital Sells Off Its HMO To Amerigroup –They Need the Money for Health IT Updates and Pensions–All Four Brooklyn Hospitals Could Face Bankruptcy
Is this Health IT expense going to burst one day? Time will tell but we have the sale again of yet another HMO and they need the money to keep the doors open so the Medicaid HMO was sold for $85 million. In addition the state is looking to figure out how to handle the 4 Brooklyn hospitals that are…
California Stem Cell Company in Irvine Takes Over Cancer Program Developed at Hoag Hospital in Orange County For Treating Skin Cancer
The company is focused on working with stem cells and also has another division that creates tools for predictive toxicology screening, in other words drug screening. The company also has partnerships with Johns Hopkins, UC Irvine and a few other healthcare organizations. “California Stem Cell (…
Xigris Drug for Treatment of Sepsis Being Withdrawn the Market–Failure to Show Survival Benefits
The results of a clinical trial showed the results compared to the use of a placebo and benefits were not attained. It is the only drug on the market to treat Sepsis in this manner. The drug was approved back in 2001 so it has been around for a while and thus I’m sure many were given the drug. A…
Nurses And Other Healthcare Professionals Occupy Wall Street With Make Shift Clinic
The protesters are now getting help from professionals that have set up a clinic to help the protesters with common medical needs/ailments. Back in June of this year the nurses also held their own demonstration on Wall Street. Nurses Demonstrate on Wall Street Discussing Wages, Working Condition…
Cigna Buys HealthSpring Inc For $3.8 Billion, Who Bought Bravo Medicare HMO Who Had Profits of a Billion in 2010-Subsidiary Watch
Here goes another one with Medicare patients being a focus and this is yet one more acquisition to gain more patients from traditional Medicare coverage. Members have restricted lists of doctors they can see and preventive care is a big part of the program too. HealthSpring To Pay $545M For Brav…
“Attack of the Killer Algorithms” Part 3–Vatican Doesn’t Like It Either–Occupy Wall Street Belongs in New York As They Don’t Do Code or Algorithms in Washington–Only Find time To Talk Abortions
I don’t care whether you are Catholic or not, I’m not but this is a good statement and coming with recognition from the Vatican, it’s time to take note. I have been writing about the bad of use of code and flawed data and poignant algorithms and its living among us. The is the sheer frustration of…
Getting a Flu Shot Becoming Complicated–That Is If You Are Trying to Avoid Needles–You Can Snort Your Vaccine Instead
Painless needle free flu shots, the FDA says they may not work due to the fact that they have not approved “injector devices” for the shot. If you got one of these from a drug store or elsewhere, you might need another one. Pharmajet, the company who makes the device has FDA approval to use for …
Invisisport Less Invasive Skin Port for Medication Delivery Approved for Sale
This looks really nice for patients who need regular injections of either cancer or antibiotics. I have seen similar ports but they are something that kind of hangs out of your body and this way the port is covered and shows a “bump” to find. This has to also be a benefactor for fewer infections …
GE Centricity EHRs Need To Fix Their Algorithms (Math)-Some Customers May Not Be Able to Attest Until The End of November After the Software Update
I just made a post about healthcare being a few miles ahead with certifying software in comparing other industries so now it looks like I have to eat some of those words. The clinical records for patients are sound and no problems there but rather the problems lie within the integration portions fo…
“Killer Algorithms: Part 2” Disturbing News for Consumers With Credit Scoring Adding New Data Analytics–Some of the Same Methodologies Used by Insurers With Flawed/Potential Erroneous Data–One More Reason to Continue Occupying Wall Street
We see all of this in the news all the time with getting better with analytics and having more information as far as a “consumer rap sheet” on all of us; however the problem still lies in how this is used and the fact that when you dig deep there are tons of errors and flawed data to consider. You h…
