
Parody on Bush's veto position...View the link below to see an actual discussion about those who are one step away from disaster...BD ...
Parody on Bush's veto position...View the link below to see an actual discussion about those who are one step away from disaster...BD ...
Trick or Treat on the SCHIP bill? BD Halloween's an appropriate day to talk about it because there's a bill moving through Congre...
NEW YORK (Reuters) Oct 31 - Allergan Inc on Wednesday said U.S. regulators approved its combination glaucoma drug Combigan. The company sai...
After the "cherry picking", how do you market the left overs? The articles says that the over 50 group might be loyal, but also e...
The hospital was only open for 2 years...BD Basically what Memorial Hermann did is they went to insurance companies like Aetna and United ...
Follow up on Initial post : Portable Tablets Help MSP Secure Homeland I spoke with Gail at Tablet Kiosk to confirm that this is the Sahara...
Nice addition to the office...it will read email to you among other fun things...nice perhaps for a pediatrician or anyone who likes somethi...
Do you know where all the ingredients come from with the medication you are currently taking? How many sell ingredients to our US pharma ma...
What is the future on diabetes treatment medications - article explores the recent number of medications, origins, and the potential future....
In contrast to what is happening to primary care physicians here in the US , pay is on the rise for GP physicians in the UK...but the patien...
Is this happening to a practice near you? He is closing as the system is not working. $60,000.00 a year is not much income for all the tim...
More physicians are beginning to provide prescriptions right from the office...growing trend and certain a big convenience for patients...an...
Great article on using a tablet pc, and I agree here, this looks like the Sahara i440D from Tablet Kiosk ...it sure is much easier to work w...
According to the article, this is a fairly simple procedure to have done with a plastic surgeon...BD Millions of men who suffer from sleep ...
In hopes of combating the growing scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in particular drug-resistant staph bacteria, a team of scientis...
Sometimes a group we may not think about in the ranks of the uninsured..BD WASHINGTON -- About one of every eight veterans under the age o...
These are some pretty scary numbers in the survey...Marcus Welby no longer exists..and with all the additional pressures and reductions of i...
Might be part of the reason that Health IT is dragging as well....BD NEW YORK - The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on t...
This site makes use every day of RSS Feeds....my choice is Attensa which is free and we have a link on the site. The NHS in the UK is even ...
Nice story...and the baby was born healthy...BD BERLIN (AFP) A German hospital is celebrating a world first after carrying out life-savin...
Not real good news with the current shortage of nurses...entering too much information? From the information in this article, it sounds lik...
Blood pressure and cholesterol drugs both on the rise for young adults.....but losing weight can also be a big help too...perhaps a more nat...
I am guessing this relates to more hours of inactivity...BD They found obese children who watched four or more hours of TV a day were thr...
Good step and certainly can't hurt...BD CHICAGO (AP) Loyola University Medical Center on Monday announced plans to start testing all i...
Open enrollment - employees finding the choice a lot different this year..higher deductibles..change in types of plans with employers watchi...
Some physicians could stand to make some extra income on the pilot program...directed at Medicare patients..but the administration is also c...
Hot sauce may be the next pain killer...purified of course. Don't try this at home the article states next time you need some relief fo...
Alternative to surgery if used before the age of 60...BD Radiation seed implants (brachytherapy) are just as effective at curing prostate ...
Neat service that will enable email to your normal cell phone, you do not need a Blackberry or Windows Mobile device to get your email...req...
This could be serious...whenever the Security and Exchange Commission sets foot inside, there's usually some type of alleged substantiat...
Including pharmaceutical industry...BD NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lack of significant new drugs and products, declining sales of lucrative fla...
Major finding...people just don't go to the doctor...and small employers continue to look for a way out..but our leadership just tells u...
Income making the most from the Medicare business....and projecting earnings in 2008 to be around 5.30 to 5.50 per share..up from the averag...
Superbugs and lack of confidence in the NHS...India appearing to be the most popular choice..nurses all bogged down with administrative func...
RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - October 29, 2007) - Harmony Information Systems, Inc. (Harmony), the industry leading provider of software solutio...
International hospital software and systems management....BD Microsoft Corp. said Monday it is buying software, intellectual property and...
The direct result of the more complicated coding systems implemented for payment...hospitals have done itemized billing for a long time and ...
Flu Shots are everywhere this year...even the grocery stores have joined in...BD Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) will offer flu vaccines at all st...
This appears to be the first state action to put a limit on how high premiums can go...almost like regulating a utility, which is pretty clo...
More new contracts awarded from CMS for processing claims..this one includes California..will be the single point of contact once things are...
Could this be the next robot we see working at hospitals? He could use an appearance change though, scrub green is not too appealing for lo...
How clean is clean? The processor clean room is 100 times cleaner than the average operating room but chips don't have to worry about b...
More on the use of medical robots...the video from QualComm is also very good with the physician doing an in-room demo on the spot using wir...
The device can also deliver anti bacterial agents...perhaps helpful with the MRSA battle at surgical sites.....BD Two things you don'...
Many have GERD and if surgery would be deemed necessary, this sure looks to be a great way to to go...anytime you have less cutting and tiss...
This way the doctor can be there virtually...and it is working....they are also able to get the physical staff there immediately as well...t...
This hospital was also cited having financial difficulties in a post a couple weeks ago....BD Brotman Medical Center in Culver City has fil...
Having large monopolies in the health care business certainly does not help issues..if everything meets current criteria without any additio...
Employers and health plans are being courted...with the promise of huge savings over the same procedures in the US...BD The companies aren...
Provigil which is made by drug manufacturer Cephalon, is used to treat people suffering from narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea and sto...
Over the weekend some new changes were added to the blog and hopefully useful and beneficial to all readers. Now it is easier to locate pas...
The contest continues....so far 37 hospitals have submitted entries...BD Thats what Clay County Medical Center, about three hours west of K...
And other celebrities were present as well.....BD Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards joined thousands of protesters for a rally and march...
The government is working on this internally to have interoperable records between agencies...BD October 24, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- The...
I would like this job...BD What's the difference between an EMR, an EHR and a PHR? Why is an HIE not a RHIO? Does anyone really care? W...
Good article and addresses many issues, including how to incorporate both the roles of the PCP and hospitalists together for better health c...
I agree this should be addressed somewhere along the line..my mother a few years ago was a perfect example as she had 2 knee surgeries, befo...
Absolutely a must watch....if you are not familiar with DARPA, this is the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency...working under the Depa...
I think it would have been better to perhaps cancel and re-schedule...but there are a lot of good efforts with private industry jumping in t...
Another nice helping hand and welcomed by all....BD To help California residents affected by the fires stretching across Southern Californ...
Good points made here with the consolidation of carriers...as there appear to be fewer to choose from on the horizon in view of all the rece...
Thus far we have not heard much about his prior medical care...hope more will surface soon...and I think testing in hospitals at this point ...
Nice contribution and I'm sure appreciated by all...BD GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) shares the nation's concern for residents and ...
Michael Moore is back with his own health card..."don't get sick without it"....one of the readers of the blog brought this to...