
The FirmGrip™ combines a standard catheter enclosed in a polymer sleeve with a special silicone insertion unit to produce a self-contain...
The FirmGrip™ combines a standard catheter enclosed in a polymer sleeve with a special silicone insertion unit to produce a self-contain...
The practice continues to work with needy patients as stated in the full article...BD When a doctor's office prescribes timely payment...
The application fee for county residents will be $153, or $76.50 for Medi-Cal recipients. Medical marijuana users must present a doctor...
New automated process for securing lab results...results sent electronically to the physicians...be sure your PC or network is ready...BD Th...
The former manager at San Jose Medical Group entered a guilty plea to charges that he stole computer equipment containing sensitive pers...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved Wyeth's new drug Torisel (chemical name temsirolimus) for the treatment of ...
Working on a diet ...products are available for both personal and professional use and the data is recorded and used with PC software. The ...
CMS outsourcing efforts for improving health care...BD MCLEAN, Va., May 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NO...
MINNEAPOLIS - While United Health Group, Inc., tried to reassure shareholders that it's addressing a stock scandal that forced the o...
TOPEKA - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas will lose 350 jobs in the state after a bid for a five-year Medicare contract was rejected...
This may totally change the way radiology reports and images are viewed or just accessing a patient chart. Last year I remembered viewing ...
This story breaks down the generations in the search for information, "Dr. Google" in particular here provides the basic informati...
More about robotic surgery. As this field continues to grow and procedures are added, it really can help speed up recovery times and in mo...
"Nurses are the hospitals' safety officers"....BD A review of outcomes data for more than 15,000 patients in 51 U.S. hospita...
I think this is already taking place in many circles on the web...goes under the name of "blogging" BD The AMA on Wednesday plan...
(from Medscape, may require subscription May 25, 2007 (Dallas) — For patients with common inpatient diagnoses, the hospitalist model redu...
Electronic records and accurate information do save lives; however, in the chase to provide the one central location cure all to locate medi...
Study available - fee required. BD Margins are falling, bond ratings are dropping, and competition for patients and reimbursement is sha...
For anyone needing to keep their notes, emails, client information in one place, this is a killer application. I can literally take anythin...
Is one of your health plans sponsoring NEPSI? We will always maintain a permanent link on this site for physicians to get started as it is ...
This is the first type of service I have seen combining local health services and tourism in one package to speak...allowing 2 visits with l...
This can certainly make the decision process much easier for the patient and hopefully ends up with fair compensation for all physicians in...
Using mobility to get the technology to hospitals that may not be able to afford this service otherwise and saving lives at the same time......
For those of us that remember Dick Tracy and his phone...well many years later it has arrived or will arrive shortly...BD Features: Time...
CBS has a good storyline about medical insurance and this is just one of the stories featured. This so much reminds me of the recent Blue C...
I am guessing competition from the retail clinics may have some influence here with this decision and perhaps there will be more posted in t...
Everybody seems to be suing everyone in this story...BD Shareholder physicians want to boot key managers, saying the company that control...
Is it getting any better anywhere? BD Before reform, about 95 percent of Florida doctors participated in Medicaid. Now a survey conducted ...
I am not sure I totally agree with this methodology, but I can certainly add that in my travels, the "old school" hospital adminis...
Get those registry modules up to date in any EMR to make this task easy. If you are currently using an EMR or EHR program that incorporates...
Be sure to read any faxes these days from your neighborly PPO. BD The AMA and several state medical societies are engaged in ongoing dis...
Hospitals and clinics are exploring the alternative with non-English speaking patients, but experts say the cost must drop before it mak...
By the time the 2008 hurricane season rolls around, the LSU Healthcare Network hopes its patients will be well on their way to having po...
May 25, 2007 - Having spent a sleepless night with a bit too much pain in my abdomen, I informed my wife I was suffering from another bo...
Virtually the same kind of technology used to ring up merchandise at the checkout counter is being put to a new use by some hospitals to...
Cell Phones made simple for seniors...good idea..BD There's a reason Jitterbug has just won recognition as the best new company in th...
Check out the link below for the full story. The site is still working on a "find a physician" list at this time wh uses the Smar...
Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL) and Merck KGaA today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Mylan will acquire Mer...
Government regulators said yesterday that Medicare, the federal insurance program, planned to deny coverage for artificial disks implant...
Blue Cross of California on Thursday launched an advertising campaign to oppose health insurance market reforms that are being proposed ...
From Modern Health Care...this is a response to an earlier post with physician involvement with implementation of electronic medical records...
If you are a Medicare participant, this is worth checking out as many of the injection compensations are being changed by Medicare. Many sm...
United Health Care issues in the news once more...BD MINNEAPOLIS - To dramatize the need for health care reform, several organizations will...
Interesting perspective on medical record technology. Will we someday "Google" our medical records? BD The Google health care ...
John Mack creates some good questions here on the Pharma Marketing Blog...the Pharma companies do cater good lunches though, as many of the ...
SAN DIEGO, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administra...
The Syracuse Post-Standard on Monday examined how many health insurers have begun to encourage members to use generic versions of the a...
Windows Live Search for your cell phone can be a huge tool. In this example we did some live lookups on the phone. It has a very simple in...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Wednesday announced more than $1.6 million in grants to help fund six nurse training programs statewid...
I gave this a try this morning using several different search criteria and the results for each hospital selected were given on a bar graph ...
Interesting comparison on this blog, one person's opinion...BD But there's really more to it than that -- society perceived that ...
If you have not used one of these services, this is an online service built to help companies and individuals select and purchase various ty...
Interesting article about both sides of medical tourism..and brings to light what type of medical attention the citizens of these countries ...
Does marketing need to go this far? BD More new business opportunities for drugmakers - cross-promotional moments with toymakers. Here w...
In Japan a participant can simply snap a picture of the food and get expert advice back via the cell phone for nutrition information. BD ...
Performing less invasive laparoscopic surgery using robotic technology may improve survival rates for prostate cancer patients, accordin...
This is not a new concept as IV dispensers have been around for quite a while, but new technology allows for the same type of dispensing wit...