If you have not caught any of the opening events these videos show how proud the UK is of their National Health System as being one of their greatest accomplishments. It has a little bit of everything from the Grim Reaper to Marry Poppins in coming in to take care of the children.
Michael Moore provided the vide as you can see below 
in the credits. These are real doctors and nurses from the NHS. As you read on the web, sure they have issues as does any organization but if outside the NHS, you don’t criticize the NHS as in reality they are very happy to have free health services and look at what we have in the US by comparison. When you watch you see the beds all come together to form NHS. This was very well done with Mike Oldfield with Tubular Bells.
It is the battle of the contracts in the US as every day when a new one is signed and implementation begins patients are hearing you can’t see this doctor any more you need to choose from this list, or you can fill your prescription here anymore, you have to go here now and it goes on and on. You can’t take this drug anymore it’s not on our formulary so choose from this list and nobody is immune anymore it seems, not even the government as our insurers battle for turf, and the turf for profits is us. Here’s just one example and there are many more out there too numerous to list. BD
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insurance companies and so on make billions with a little code out there on the internet, while companies such as Cook can’t afford to expand and make life saving medical devices. Back when the law was written things were different but a lot happens in a couple of years. Just look at how rich the banks are for one and corporate profits on public companies have been at all time highs. Nobody has to admit they made a mistake with the law, just fix it to work with current economic times. 
the US too, so give that some real thought. Look at what they say about the device tax, will raise over $30 billion in a decade, well shoot tax the data sellers and you could probably hit that number in 5 years or less, half the amount of time. That’s why it makes sense to pursue another route and keep the tangible companies in business in the US. Who knows a company such as Cook could probably even jump in with a generic device division for commonly used nut and bolts as are used in back surgeries, etc. as that’s what is beginning to happen and we still win with jobs here in the US to make them.
entered the picture so strongly, the choices are getting fewer and the association here states the contract did not have federal approval. CVS was put on notice that they would no longer be reimbursed for Medicaid prescriptions. WellPoint just bought Amerigroup for just under $5 billion. Contract says to patients shift gears again. They did say other independent pharmacies and other chains would be added…wait till the contract business intelligence numbers are calculated to see which ones I guess. BD 
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lot of PHR 
AIMIA gathering, MMR plans on meeting with software and hardware manufacturers regarding the integration of its products and services into telemedicine systems and 4G devices as imbedded apps. The invitations followed last week's news release with the Company's Australian licensee VisiInc PLC to launch a unified Personal Health Record incorporating some of MMR's Australian patented health IT solutions. 
Now this is a bit long over due but very welcome in my opinion. The Institute for Humanism is concerned that the Affordable Care Act will divert attention from the doctor-patient relationship. Have we not all looked for compassion in healthcare at some point and find it missing? 
“That idea was conceived in response to a disturbing trend.
Burgeoning scientific discoveries and advances in technology seemed to dwarf the interest of taking care of people who were ill, suffering and/or dying. Physician trainees were scientifically proficient and technically well-trained, but often demonstrated a sad lack of caring and compassion. Dr. Gold decided, with Sandra Gold's help and prodding, to do something about it” 
we are almost all learning to live with it, but with healthcare it’s critical. Obviously it sounds like a failover to another data center was not in the picture either as that is normally what happens when one goes down, the other takes over and there’s no interruption of service. I do want to hear what the “human error” was here when it comes out. There are other glitches around to, but maybe not as critical such as this one, which delayed attesting for stimulus money for some with GE which related back to a SAP software issue. What is the back up plan in most cases, grab the pencil and paper until the system is live again. 
Yes it is the business intelligence software that helps government and companies on figuring where to cut money, where to move company branches, and so on. Also looking here at what has been reported, look at how varied the cuts are as well. No wonder it’s hard to figure out what is covered and what is not from state to state. Again if we began taxing the data sellers/brokers it would certainly stand to add a lot more money to the Medicaid pot. BD 
Also too, I don’t know how it is in other parts of the country, but hospitals here in southern California employee a lot of nurses from the Philippines as their training they receive there is up to US standards, unlike other countries such as Mexico. The article below was from 2010 where layoffs and outsourcing of jobs took place in North Carolina with Blue Cross. All the action when it comes to profits and business intelligence as far as where to cut, move and so forth comes from those algorithms to create business models. Sourcecorp was the company named in handling this contract. 
directed. There’s specific software marketed to some of the countries where English is not the native language and read this below to find out more as the folks in the call centers are given signals via the software to tell your “current state”. So this is what we get, folks outside the US assisted by some voice algorithms to help us out with customer service and other issues. 
Granted is is nice that the hospitals chipped in here and again one does wonder if the forgiveness includes those who do have health insurance? It does make one wonder about the bills and why such a statement came out if there was not some concern for perhaps some of the victims not having insurance. Stay tuned as I guess we could more on this later. Michael Moore somewhat addressed this question in his recent interview with Pierce Morgan. Two of the hospitals have not made a public statement yet on covering the emergency care. Charity funds have also been established to help the victims and one would guess contributions would be toward the cost of medical bills incurred. 
A few years ago I had the chance to speak with Dr. Bart Muhs about this procedure and this certainly looks to improve the precision versus having to use an X-Ray which is pretty much what most do unless in the last couple of years they have upgraded to new systems that monitor with better imaging. 
robotics, today announced FDA 510(k) clearance has been granted for the CorPath 200 System to be used in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The technology is now approved in the United States to assist interventional cardiologists in performing PCI, a procedure to restore blood flow to blocked arteries in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). 
woman! Yes! So far it only works with an Android phone and if the funding is reached an IPhone version is slated to come along as well. I think this little robot has a real future for all Video Conferencing for that matter. Just watch it follow you around and if you have ever done any video conferencing then you about keeping in front of the camera at all times. This takes care of that problem and of course this has a healthcare use, ask any doctor or patient who wouldn’t mind using such a device, it’s a winner and is estimated to cost $199, a fair price for what it does indeed. I have good feelings about her raising the money on this one. 
she’ll make an iPhone version) that roams around and lets you chat with people in the vicinity. Think of it as a little robotic dog wearing your face. 
and it’s not always something overlooked at the manufacturer either as it could be new data platforms not performing a they should if the device connects to the internet or a computer. I made one comment for a long time and I know it happens out there but it’s unspoken but sometimes you have marketing and executives of companies push the developers and mind you they are probably geared up working at 100% already, but they want certain deadlines met and in today’s world, you better not rush the developers. 
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As a matter of fact we are basing a little to much of our economy on algorithms and forgetting about creating some addition tangibles so we have jobs..get that? It’s funny as I don’t normally back much the GOP comes up with but singling out one industry for excise taxes, namely medical devices is dated. When healthcare reform was written, the economy was different and the good old algorithms have made the shifts for us. Now I’m not giving the GOP any real credit for research here as they don’t want any tax and this one just happened to fall into that category. 
and agree with me on the flawed data side of this. Just a few days ago I wrote a post about “Algo Duping” consumers and society and I guess that goes for lawmakers too as nobody seems to get the difference between formulas that are made for “desired” results and those that create “accurate” results and two should be the same, but not always. All you have to do is listen to Jamie Dimon with “I don’t know” and there’s your answer as the CEOs have no clue either. I was actually very flattered to hear some comments from the folks at Nielsen and Bloomberg on this one…the “Algo Duping” so I guess I said something of value and thank them for their comments:) 
well with some of the flawed data that results from the “intelligence” that emerges from business intelligence that is working for the “desired” results that may not be totally accurate. Again it’s hard to tell the difference at times and when you spin some of the information multiple times and use the old methodology of repetition, we start believing that some of the flawed data is the truth until someone proves otherwise and thus we continue with the world of insanity to where it starts getting out of control as the claims are way beyond what is commonly known to be true. Getting to the bottom of what really is the truth is becoming a big challenge. 
FICO sells on the medication compliance analytics they sell, we have mismatched data as this is the perfect example of credible with non credible information being combined. How do you combine such intelligence and then turn around and score people individually from zero to 500 and sell that analyzed data to insurance and drug companies as being credible? It hurts consumers as we don’t have enough folks out there that know how to work with “flawed data” and take everything they see on the computer screen to the bank? There’s the big part of the insanity today and when a naïve novice looks at such numbers a patient may get denied access to medications. Duh? 
others in every day life..it’s the algorithms and lawmakers and politicians don’t get this as it might be above levels of comprehension and that’s why so many of them are useless, talk is cheap but algorithms move and make money. Here’s a good video from someone else who reads here once in while, context is everything and this video too has a permanent spot on the Medical Quack, so where’s the context with those data sellers? How much data has been spun? I was actually looking at my web stats and I’m seeing Google searches now for the “Killer Algorithms” and thank you to those that read the chapters too as we really are under math and code attack. I don’t know when Chapter 36 will appear but on the look out for the next one. 
appears the product is ready to go with the FDA approval. Ok folks that do advertising, it’s here on the Kiosks too, you can run from it anywhere:) The company already had an eyesight kiosk and I understand all of those will be replaced. The company also received a grant from the NIH to study the need for kiosks in healthcare. When you sit down at one of the units you will get your eye sight evaluated for near and distance,
blood pressure, body mass and a listing of doctors and offers from healthcare partners (maybe this part of the advertising). You can have your tests emailed to you as well as a text message…even more exciting here, check out that bar code…nope we still can’t get these for FDA recalls for prescriptions and OTC products 
of the best out there when you have a second issue such as this one, time to buckle down and encrypt, lay the law down. This applies to all staff and students who will be required to bring their devices in. The first step are those owned by the school or hospital. He has set up a depot where users can bring them in. This is step number one and step number two will involve computers that are employee owned that connect and he will update us as it moves along. This is mandatory so no ifs ands or buts on the new policy. 
brought that out with remote wiping for the IS folks, a very good thing if a phone is lost or stolen, IT does the remote wipe. Ipads are right in here too as well as his reminder notice not to use a consumer cloud service for back up before bringing the unit in. The following statement is of interest as well, users will have some level of responsibility for maintaining the security of the device, so time for everyone to learn up. Stuff like this though is good as it is information that sometimes is also applicable and good education for maintaining one’s own person computer too. 
at the service depot, delete unneeded applications and data. All valuable data and important files, email, applications and other documents stored on the device should be backed up to your network home directory. Do NOT back up the data to an Internet cloud service such as Apple’s iCloud, or DropBox. Storing protected health or personal information on these sites is against corporate security policy. 
the International Aids Conference has been held in the United states. Instead of judging people who are infected, let’s help them with love he says. He talks about people being afraid to come forward due to fear. He says to celebrate people who are willing to be tested. He says America has shunned so many that are suffering and he points out to Washington DC where we have the contrast of the forgotten and of course the other folks who make laws or make a lot of money. 
thrives and get point of care systems in place. By getting such products to market it will allow for clinicians to have the ability to make decisions immediately rather than waiting to send specimens off to central locations and wait for the results to be returned and much of this requires some complex IT infrastructure to make it happen. The targets are especially critical in countries where income is low and and thus access is affected. Products need to be affordable to allow access and HIV treatment and diagnostics are a world wide project even in the US. 
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Math–This Could be a Subject for Michael Moore to Explore and Document In a Movie
Screenings Too–Killer Algorithms Part 12–Medical Billing Codes Style
Assessing Consumer Credit Scores–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 21 With Flawed Data
Duping” Society Combined With A World of Rogue Algorithms & Flawed Data Continues In Markets As Seen With Knight Capital This Week-Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 36
Study Fraud With EHR Technologies, Namely Medical Records/Billing Software Used by Hospitals– HHS And SEC Continue Getting Their Non-Algorithmic Fannies Kicked–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 46
SilverScript Senior Drug Program Sanctioned by Medicare Until the Payment And Billing Algorithms are Cleaned Up-Killer Algorithms Chapter 53
