Doctor Anonymous: Dr. A Show

<p>Blog Talk Radio....Paul Levy, hospital CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess hospital in Boston is the guest this evening, from the blog <a href="http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/">"<strong>Running a Hospital"...</strong></a>will put this on my agenda this evening!  </p> <p>You can also use the direct link on the right hand side of this page to connect later tonight...BD  </p> <p><a href="http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com/2008/04/dr-show-29-tonight.html"><img alt="image" border="0" height="117" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_UR71KOAGI/AAAAAAAAEu8/jgXRvbLb0DE/image%5B8%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="280"></a> </p> <p><a href="http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com/2008/04/dr-show-29-tonight.html" title="http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com/2008/04/dr-show-29-tonight.html">http://doctoranonymous.blogspot.com/2008/04/dr-show-29-tonight.html</a></p>

Doctor Anonymous: Dr. A Show

Blog Talk Radio....Paul Levy, hospital CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess hospital in Boston is the guest this evening, from the blog " Runni...

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The Deadly Risks of Organ Transplants

<p> No doubt, one big question to ask...and what is the disease inherent with the transplanted organ has a lot to do with it as well....BD</p> <blockquote> <p>When a liver became available, it came with a catch. The donor had a history of risky sexual behavior and the organ could give the middle-aged recipient hepatitis — or worse, HIV/AIDS. <a href="http://lh5.google.com/DucknetServices/R_UPYVKOAEI/AAAAAAAAEus/pB0e8JsZdBY/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="131" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_UPY1KOAFI/AAAAAAAAEu0/dcv3mkP3-iY/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="123"></a> <p>"The patient was not in the ICU and was able to answer questions, but it took him several conversations for him to make up his mind," said Kimberly Sullivan, his nurse and transplant coordinator. <p>"It depends on what might be transmitted," she said. "But if you look at it from the perspective of a dying patient, would he rather die or have a small chance of developing something like hepatitis B? Most patients take the organ and a chance at life."</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4576175&page=1">ABC News: The Deadly Risks of Organ Transplants</a></p>

The Deadly Risks of Organ Transplants

No doubt, one big question to ask...and what is the disease inherent with the transplanted organ has a lot to do with it as well....BD Wh...

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Stanford Researcher Criticizes FDA Plans To Reduce Oversight Of Off-label Drug Use

<p> My next question is, what's going to happen when "personalized medicine" become mainstay with seeing your physician?  </p> <blockquote> <p>Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step in the wrong direction, said a researcher from the Stanford University School of Medicine. "The FDA should not suddenly start telling physicians how to practice. Physician judgment is critical, especially when approved therapies have not succeeded. Off-label prescribing can be an important tool in such cases," he said. "But in other cases, off-label prescribing has become first-line therapy even in the absence of strong evidence of benefits and safety. This is problematic." <p><strong>Drugs approved for depression, schizophrenia and seizures were most likely to be used off-label without adequate support for other conditions.</strong></p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/102720.php">Stanford Researcher Criticizes FDA Plans To Reduce Oversight Of Off-label Drug Use</a></p>

Stanford Researcher Criticizes FDA Plans To Reduce Oversight Of Off-label Drug Use

My next question is, what's going to happen when "personalized medicine" become mainstay with seeing your physician?  Propo...

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Governor Offers Support to HMO Members - California

<p> But, the California Medical Association opposes the ban as physicians might send entire hospital bills to the patients, rather than bill directly to the insurers...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)  -- The Schwarzenegger administration announced Wednesday that it's working on plans help HMO members stuck with unexpected emergency room bills. <a href="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_UMeFKOACI/AAAAAAAAEuY/xxwX9G58pzU/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="105" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_UMelKOADI/AAAAAAAAEug/hry-IMmJ2z4/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="126"></a> <p>Governor Schwarzenegger wants to ban doctors and hospitals from billing patients more than their HMOs would pay. <p>Patients often have to pay out of pocket for emergency room care when doctors don't have contracts with the same HMOs that serve hospitals. <p>If providers believe they have NOT been paid enough by the managed care plans, they bill patients for the difference.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.kcbs.com/Governor-Offers-Support-to-HMO-Members/1934208">KCBS - Governor Offers Support to HMO Members</a> </p> <p>Related Story:  <a href="http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51315">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51315</a></p>

Governor Offers Support to HMO Members - California

But, the California Medical Association opposes the ban as physicians might send entire hospital bills to the patients, rather than bill di...

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Botox scare as scientists say the toxin may spread in the body

<p> New warnings about the use of Botox....BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>The scientists at the Italian National Research Council's Institute of Neuroscience in Pisa injected the toxin into the whisker muscles of rats and found traces of it were evident in the rodents' brain stems three days later and was still present six months later. <p><a href="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_ULZFKOAAI/AAAAAAAAEuI/RVnpUDhlEJs/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="139" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_ULZ1KOABI/AAAAAAAAEuQ/UzyuI-J15kc/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="146"></a> It works by weakening or paralyzing muscles or blocking nerves to smooth out the skin and the effects last for up to four months. <p>Botox can cause side-effects such as headaches, an upset stomach or flu-like symptoms and there have been a significant number of reports of dangerous botulism symptoms in some users. Last month the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. warned that Botox and Myobloc caused severe muscle spasms in children with cerebral palsy, a use not approved by the FDA and some children had died</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/?id=36933">Botox scare as scientists say the toxin may spread in the body</a></p>

Botox scare as scientists say the toxin may spread in the body

New warnings about the use of Botox....BD  The scientists at the Italian National Research Council's Institute of Neuroscience in Pis...

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The Hospital Nobody Wants

<p> In Chicago, and now they are trying to give it away...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>A money-losing hospital in a blue-collar Illinois suburb is closing because the nonprofit group that runs it couldn’t find a buyer at <em>any</em> price, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-thu-unwanted-hospital-apr03,0,6877123,full.story">the Chicago Tribune reports</a>. <p>The <a href="http://www.stfrancisblueisland.com/internet/home/stfrancisblueisland.nsf">St. Francis Hospital & Health Center</a> in Blue Island has lost $40 million since 2000, and the red ink is flowing faster all the time. Half the people who go to the hospital’s emergency room and a quarter of all those admitted to the hospital are either uninsured or covered by Medicaid, which makes it tough for a hospital to turn a profit.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/03/the-hospital-nobody-wants/?mod=WSJBlog">Health Blog : The Hospital Nobody Wants</a></p>

The Hospital Nobody Wants

In Chicago, and now they are trying to give it away...BD  A money-losing hospital in a blue-collar Illinois suburb is closing because the...

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What does CRM have in Common with EHR/EMRs

<p>A couple weeks ago I attended the CRM (Customer Relations Management - MS Dynamics) launch here in Huntington Beach, California.  I was surprised at the turn out as the room was full...I sat next to an individual who was in sales and couldn't tell me how much time he has gained back in being able to be back out in front of customers instead of doing paperwork and how he <strong>connects from the field easily to create short updates.</strong>  He told me it has really helped increase his sales.</p> <p>When you stop and think about the process of selling and implementing both types of applications, there are many similarities...both are record keeping applications, both link to additional <a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_SAAVKN_6I/AAAAAAAAEtQ/yyxLH8nZNrU/image%5B11%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="132" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_SABFKN_7I/AAAAAAAAEtY/6Yj-jmAJs7g/image_thumb%5B5%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="169"></a>information, they have reports, and most importantly both allow the users to drill down to find the information needed, as well as providing a user friendly method for data input.  </p> <p><strong>The biggest issue with both too, getting people to use the software, in that part of the scenario, the same issue exists.   </strong></p> <p>One other huge benefit from both is the ability to incorporate data from additional software, called integration.  We keep hearing this word<strong> "integration"</strong> today and it is quickly becoming the <a href="http://lh5.google.com/DucknetServices/R_SAB1KN_8I/AAAAAAAAEtg/cyyR4HwJ4TQ/image%5B7%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="126" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_SADFKN_9I/AAAAAAAAEto/hWC5aZ_x55U/image_thumb%5B3%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="143"></a>foundation as to how we maximize the use not only of our time, but the ability to create good decisions.  <strong>CRM software is building a data base much like an EMR,</strong> but is not necessarily health care critical, but again information is entered and queried in much the same fashion.  <strong>One of the larger expenditure items on the agenda this year for small  and medium size companies is the addition of CRM and Business Intelligence software to help speed up the process of mining and finding information with a couple of clicks instead of having to go to many sources for the same.  </strong></p> <p>Doing manual studies and creating reports from a myriad of sources is just as time consuming if not moreso than <strong>using paper patient charts, and just as cumbersome to have to fill filing cabinets full of paper folders.  We all focus on the "paper chart" doctor and how to convert to electronic records, when in fact there are just as many businesses out there still going about managing their business in the same fashion </strong>- on paper and requiring employees to manually handle folders and files, or having one big hard drive full of documents to have to manually search, much less copy and paste to move to another program or document.  <strong>Both CRMs and EMRs need document management</strong> as well for those items that do not have tabled information that can be stored in a program.  <strong>SharePoint </strong>can help to eliminate some of this and secure documents at the same time.  </p> <p><strong>The one big ticket that seems to be overlooked is employee time,</strong> to have to manually work with files that are not either in an organized EMR or CRM system.  I see that in both health care and in other types of businesses.  Employee time is the factor that will kill you with lack of efficiency and duplicating efforts.  <strong>With integration, you get the best of both worlds.</strong>  Enterprises have been doing this for many years, as you pretty much expect your phone carrier today to have their fingertips on every bit of information regarding your account...and they do.  </p> <p><strong>There is also the possibility of EMRs and CRM working together</strong>...when you stop and think about some of the possibilities.  The CRM can keep track let's say of your vendors, maybe the medication you need to keep on hand and what you spend for vaccines as an example, with some integration you will be able to further drill down and see actually how <strong>many patients required the vaccine, how often,</strong> and be able to make intelligent decisions as to how much you will spend in a year, or create a projected budget, complete with cost, based on combined information from both elements.  <strong><a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/02/using-business-intelligence-to-bring.html">This article from a prior post goes</a></strong> into additional detail about<strong> Business Intelligence and EMR/EHR integration.  <a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_SAEVKN_-I/AAAAAAAAEtw/jIv7mkQ_ThA/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="166" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_SAFVKN__I/AAAAAAAAEt4/UQTBYabKbzs/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="244"></a> </strong></p> <p>Microsoft also has <a href="http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2008/03/crm-microsoft-dynamics-healthcare.html">CRM software directly related to health care...</a>there are also open source solutions available.  <strong>CRM software integrates where it is supposed to be, with email.</strong>  Even some of the open source solutions will also integrate with <strong>Outlook.</strong>  </p> <p><strong>In short, healthcare gets all the attention of being farther behind the rest of the business world for not being in the digital age;</strong> however, other businesses face the same challenges and there's more small to medium size businesses that haven't capitalized on being digital yet as well. <strong> The real winner though for healthcare is to combine and maximize both to not only have digital records, but get grip on how the practice or hospital is operating in real time to make accurate and concise decisions quickly without an undue amount of time relegated to manually producing the same</strong>, the clock is ticking away and every minute counts.  A few clicks of the mouse is a lot faster and much more efficient than hours of rummaging through paper records, medical or otherwise.  </p>

What does CRM have in Common with EHR/EMRs

A couple weeks ago I attended the CRM (Customer Relations Management - MS Dynamics) launch here in Huntington Beach, California.  I was surp...

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GE Healthcare closes Tampa office

<p> Restructuring to allow for integration of patient monitoring systems and wireless IT solutions...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>About 72 people could lose their jobs when <a href="http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/tampabay/related_content.html?topic=GE%20Healthcare">GE Healthcare</a> shuts down its Tampa office. <p>In a notice filed with the <a href="http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/tampabay/gen/Florida_Agency for Workforce Innovation_09220DC546B64F2580315CB6A4A5226C.html"><strong>Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation</strong></a>, GE Healthcare said the shut down of the office at 4502 Woodland Corporate Blvd. would occur between June 27 and Sept. 26. <p>The company will relocate the business at the Tampa office to facilities in Milwaukee and Helsinki, Finland, according to a statement. A number of new positions will be created in Milwaukee, and qualified Tampa employees willing to relocate will be given priority, the statement said.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/masshightech/othercities/tampabay/stories/2008/03/31/daily40.html?b=1206936000^1614308">GE Healthcare closes Tampa office - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:</a></p>

GE Healthcare closes Tampa office

Restructuring to allow for integration of patient monitoring systems and wireless IT solutions...BD  About 72 people could lose their job...

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Medicine of the Future - DNA Testing for health and recovery...

<p> There are also offerings to the public called "recreational genetics", whereby one can send a saliva sample for $1000.00...it remains to be seen how insurance companies will fit in to the scenario....for payment of claims...and goodness forbid using the information for eligibility for coverage to fall in to any pre-existing areas...for this woman is was a tremendous help, but she was also lucky to find one of the few doctors who are familiar with the practice of testing DNA...BD </p> <blockquote> <p>With the growing popularity of generic drugs and big box stores featuring vast <a href="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_RshFKN_4I/AAAAAAAAEs4/nDmiYweXjkI/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="125" src="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_RshlKN_5I/AAAAAAAAEtA/Jtxthg_e0Pw/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="159"></a> pharmacies, it may seem that the medical world is becoming less personalized and more universalized. In some ways, that may be true, but several experts in the medical field say future diagnoses are likely to become as individualized as they can possibly be as genetic research continues to transition into the clinical world.</p> <p>.....the tests are not currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and are not regulated yet, they are not usually covered by medical insurance. And, because they are still somewhat new, there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding them.</p> <p>However, this type of medicine is already catching on in traditional practice. National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver recently opened the Center for Genetics and Therapeutics that will analyze DNA. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.fortcollinsnow.com/article/20080401/NEWS/230841362">Medicine of the Future - Fort Collins Local News |Fort Collins Now, Colorado</a></p>

Medicine of the Future - DNA Testing for health and recovery...

There are also offerings to the public called "recreational genetics", whereby one can send a saliva sample for $1000.00...it rem...

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Nuance Voicemail to Text

<p> Offered through a wireless carrier...<strong>speech recognition through the cell phone...</strong>converts your voicemail messages to text...sent to either Email or SMS format....nice...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_RlpVKN_2I/AAAAAAAAEsk/WzaHpNLAk_g/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_RlrFKN_3I/AAAAAAAAEss/vgCYz_AzzZM/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="191"></a> Nuance’s telco-grade Voicemail to Text service delivers high-quality readable messages in minutes, giving you quick access to accurate transcriptions of your voicemail messages. Your entire voicemail message is transcribed and delivered directly to your mobile device. Users don’t have to worry about writing down or losing information while on-the-go. Messages can be saved, indexed in an archive and retrieved anytime, anywhere.</p> <p> </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nuance.com/vm2text/">Nuance - Mobile Devices - Nuance Voicemail to Text</a></p>

Nuance Voicemail to Text

Offered through a wireless carrier... speech recognition through the cell phone... converts your voicemail messages to text...sent to eithe...

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Schizophrenic Patients Often Discontinue Medication Due To Restrictive Drug Policies

<p> Without medication chances of reoccurrences and hospitalization rise.  BD</p> <blockquote>Policies requiring authorization before physicians can prescribe newer medications to schizophrenic patients may be counter-productive. According to a new study, patients in Maine's Medicaid program who found themselves in this situation were 29% more likely to stop or disrupt medication use than patients not subject to the policy. In addition, although the policy was originally designed to cut costs, government savings were minimal at best.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/102559.php">Schizophrenic Patients Often Discontinue Medication Due To Restrictive Drug Policies</a></p>

Schizophrenic Patients Often Discontinue Medication Due To Restrictive Drug Policies

Without medication chances of reoccurrences and hospitalization rise.  BD Policies requiring authorization before physicians can prescribe...

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After Tax Breaks, Big Pharma Lays Off NJ Workers

<p> 3 major drug companies...even with the incentives created with tax breaks to create job sin New Jersey, but the job cuts are not just limited to one state of late...BD </p> <blockquote> <p>New Jersey has given more than $65 million in subsidies to Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer and Novartis in the name of economic development over the past 11 years. Recently, the three drug makers have turned around and laid off employees in the Garden State. <p>Was that a fair deal? Sarah Stecker, a policy analyst at <a href="http://www.njpp.org/aboutus.html">New Jersey Policy Perspective</a>, argues that it wasn’t in an <a href="http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-1/120711474477830.xml&coll=1#continue">opinion piece</a> in today’s Newark Star-Ledger.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/02/after-tax-breaks-big-pharma-lays-off-nj-workers/?mod=WSJBlog">Health Blog : After Tax Breaks, Big Pharma Lays Off NJ Workers</a></p>

After Tax Breaks, Big Pharma Lays Off NJ Workers

3 major drug companies...even with the incentives created with tax breaks to create job sin New Jersey, but the job cuts are not just limit...

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Microsoft Surface Coming to AT&T Stores to help customers select their cell phone

<p> Nice...some will get to see Surface in action...BD  </p> <blockquote><a href="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_RBBFKN_0I/AAAAAAAAEsM/OTmbnF7uYiU/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="173" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_RBFFKN_1I/AAAAAAAAEsU/W-09CxP77YU/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="244"></a> Beginning with 5 stores on April 17th, Microsoft Surface will finally arrive in public. Five AT&T stores will be the first places to see the new machines up close and personal. Specifically, Surface will arrive at two AT&T stores in New York, one in San Francisco, one in San Antonio, and one in Atlanta. Each store will have a few machines where customers can compare different features of the various handsets AT&T offers.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/21840/">Microsoft Surface Coming to AT&T Stores | Sarah In Tampa | Channel 10</a></p>

Microsoft Surface Coming to AT&T Stores to help customers select their cell phone

Nice...some will get to see Surface in action...BD  Beginning with 5 stores on April 17th, Microsoft Surface will finally arrive in publi...

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WellPoint won't pay for hospital mistakes

<p> Payment will be cut off if surgery is done on the wrong patients or body part...catheter infections...that could have been prevented...11 items on the initial check list...several other carriers have already made this announcement as well as Medicare...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>NDIANAPOLIS - Health insurer WellPoint Inc. will start making hospitals pay for certain medical mistakes by cutting off reimbursement. <p>The insurer announced Wednesday it will not cover costs tied to three major medical errors, so-called "never events" like surgery on the wrong body part. It also may withhold payment for expenses tied to eight other problems triggered by hospital care, including bedsores or infections from a catheter.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23925364/">WellPoint won't pay for hospital mistakes - Health care- msnbc.com</a></p>

WellPoint won't pay for hospital mistakes

Payment will be cut off if surgery is done on the wrong patients or body part...catheter infections...that could have been prevented...11 i...

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Report: IT Heads Back to Basics

<p><strong>Collaboration and information management</strong> are the two hottest software areas for small and midsize businesses, which means <strong>CRM and Business Intelligence software...</strong>good news is that it is becoming more affordable and easier for the small and medium size businesses to install...there are even <strong>many open source alternatives</strong>...shortage of skilled IT workers will continue..with a reliance on more outsourced solutions...and healthcare is in the same boat...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><strong>When it comes to technology, it's back to basics for 2008—that means security, disaster recovery and consolidating infrastructure</strong>—with dropping interest in extra goodies such as increasing business efficiency or improving work force productivity, according to a new report.</p> <p>Other important areas include e-commerce and converged communications. The <a href="http://lh5.google.com/DucknetServices/R_Q4r1KN_yI/AAAAAAAAEr0/IBq_2sx1TjU/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="102" src="http://lh5.google.com/DucknetServices/R_Q4u1KN_zI/AAAAAAAAEr8/QGs50oFodxI/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="137"></a>report also found that 57 percent ranked leveraging data assets as an important business goal, while 51 percent ranked business process improvements as very important. </p> <p>According to the report, spending on software in general will rise, with 43 percent of software budgets going to new initiatives in 2008—an 11 percent increase over 2007. Most software spending <strong>will go to upgrading or replacing legacy systems</strong>. As for specific software expenditures, <strong>security software spending led the pack,</strong> with 37 percent planning on increasing spending in that area. Closely following security software were <strong>information management at 32 percent, infrastructure software at 32 percent and collaboration applications at 28 percent.</strong></p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.midmarket.eweek.com/c/a/News/Report-IT-Heads-Back-to-Basics/?sp=0&kc=EWKNLINF040208STR3">Report: IT Heads Back to Basics</a></p>

Report: IT Heads Back to Basics

Collaboration and information management are the two hottest software areas for small and midsize businesses, which means CRM and Business ...

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Blue Cross of California taking on Anthem name

<p> New branding for Blue Cross in California...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/gen/Blue_Cross of California_4D2C020CB6EE4925A24DD1594E02C59F.html"><strong>Blue Cross of California</strong></a> is adopting a new name that has a nod to the past of its parent company, <strong>and starting Tuesday will be known as </strong><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/related_content.html?topic=Anthem%20Blue%20Cross"><strong>Anthem Blue Cross</strong></a><strong>.</strong> <p>The Woodland Hills-based company is part of Indianapolis' WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP). The current WellPoint Inc. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2004/11/29/daily22.html">was formed in 2004 </a>when Thousand Oaks' Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. merged with Indianapolis' Anthem Inc. in a $16.5 billion deal. <p>The following changes will be taking place as the new name is being used: </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/03/31/daily17.html">Blue Cross of California taking on Anthem name - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:</a></p>

Blue Cross of California taking on Anthem name

New branding for Blue Cross in California...BD  Blue Cross of California is adopting a new name that has a nod to the past of its parent...

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'Alien'-type Viruses May Be Able To Treat MRSA

<p> Just pack a few viruses on the dressing to go...and they can live for 3 weeks to keep killing the MRSA virus according to this article..and can also be used with sutures...and a new device that can identify MRSA on contaminated surfaces...BD</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_MvGVKN_uI/AAAAAAAAEqw/41vxHP_U8Yo/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="122" src="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_MvG1KN_vI/AAAAAAAAEq4/dCO6cawdlNg/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="98"></a> ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2008) — New methods that involve sticking thousands of bacteria-killing viruses to wound dressings are offering ways to prevent hospital operating theatres from spreading infections, scientists heard  1 April 1, 2008 at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting.</p> <p>Now doctors are harnessing these little alien creatures to help prevent the spread of hospital superbugs by developing materials impregnated with thousands of tiny beads <a href="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_MvHVKN_wI/AAAAAAAAErA/6nWyPHyVPaY/image%5B8%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="81" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_MvHlKN_xI/AAAAAAAAErI/lJPFkbsHQPA/image_thumb%5B4%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="85"></a> coated in bacteria-killing viruses.  "We've also developed a device to rapidly detect MRSA on contaminated surfaces. This will allow us to screen patients before surgery to limit the chances of passing on superbug infections by positively decontaminating patients and isolating them to avoid cross-contamination", says Janice Spencer.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080331223805.htm">'Alien'-type Viruses May Be Able To Treat MRSA</a></p>

'Alien'-type Viruses May Be Able To Treat MRSA

Just pack a few viruses on the dressing to go...and they can live for 3 weeks to keep killing the MRSA virus according to this article..and...

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Former Children’s Hospital doc hit with 4th suit alleging sexual abuse

<p> Not good...will be another story to follow...BD </p> <blockquote> <p>A noted former Hub pediatrician once featured on the Oprah Winfrey show was accused yesterday of molesting an 8-year-old patient in the 1980s, according to a Suffolk civil suit. <p>The complaint is the fourth lawsuit that Boston attorney Carmen Durso has filed against Dr. Melvin D. Levine, who was chief of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital in the 1970s.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1084201&srvc=rss">Former Children’s Hospital doc hit with 4th suit alleging sexual abuse - BostonHerald.com</a></p>

Former Children’s Hospital doc hit with 4th suit alleging sexual abuse

Not good...will be another story to follow...BD A noted former Hub pediatrician once featured on the Oprah Winfrey show was accused yeste...

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Aetna closes $1.5 billion financing deal

<p> Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Tuesday it closed a financing deal for $1.5 billion in credit with 21 domestic and foreign financial institutions.</p> <blockquote> <p>The company has an <strong>unsecured five-year revolving credit agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank and the lenders were led by JP Morgan and Citibank.</strong> The new financing supersedes Aetna's existing $1 billion five-year credit agreement.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8VP9SN01.htm">Aetna closes $1.5 billion financing deal</a></p>

Aetna closes $1.5 billion financing deal

Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Tuesday it closed a financing deal for $1.5 billion in credit with 21 domestic and foreign financial institu...

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Inexpensive Blood Pressure Drugs Fight Heart Disease

<p> Study was stopped early as the results were so much better than anticipated..inexpensive blood pressure drugs were helping folks avoid heart attacks...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death — even if they are very old.  The study was stopped last <a href="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_KgkFKN_sI/AAAAAAAAEqY/HNdfoPq3Eyg/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="124" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_Kgk1KN_tI/AAAAAAAAEqg/sZRiRHFq1h4/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="107"></a>July after monitors saw that those on the diuretic had 39 percent fewer fatal strokes and 21 percent fewer deaths from any cause — benefits far exceeding what researchers predicted. <p>Both studies were stopped early so the surprising benefits could be made known. Doctors presented results Monday at an American College of Cardiology conference in Chicago.It is never too late to start" on blood pressure drugs, said Dr. Nigel Beckett of Imperial College in London, who led one study in the elderly that also was published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseCenter/WireStory?id=4564317&page=1">ABC News: Blood Pressure Drugs Fight Heart Disease</a></p>

Inexpensive Blood Pressure Drugs Fight Heart Disease

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Restless Nurse Syndrome, An Integrated Viral Advertising Campaign

<p> ....it also promotes the cure for RNS, the imaginary drug Lacidem taken in conjunction with a 13-week travel nursing assignment from Medical Solution....aimed at creating an awareness of the traveling nurse vocation....BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JynlKN_qI/AAAAAAAAEqA/cy6Y51wjNXE/image%5B6%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="98" src="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JyoFKN_rI/AAAAAAAAEqI/H_UofvaNZrI/image_thumb%5B4%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="175"></a> Travel nursing and allied health staffing company Medical Solutions has launched an integrated viral marketing campaign directed towards nurses and allied health professionals throughout the United States. The campaign centers around a series of video mockumentaries which chronicle the work of the fictional Dr. Turbatus and his crusade against Restless Nurse Syndrome (RNS). Utilizing an interactive website, blog, social meadia, Web 2.0 techniques and traditional print media allows the campaign to engage healthcare professionals in various demographics</p></blockquote> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:b359ae19-5011-488f-b822-4a1dbfb8254e" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 210px; padding-top: 0px"><div><object height="172" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JIomlTl75Lw&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JIomlTl75Lw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="210" height="172"></embed></object></div></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/medicalsolutions/viralmarketingcampaign/prweb808764.htm">Healthcare Staffing Company Medical Solutions Launches Restless Nurse Syndrome, An Integrated Viral Advertising Campaign</a> </p> <p>You Tube Site:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/drturbatus">http://www.youtube.com/user/drturbatus</a></p>

Restless Nurse Syndrome, An Integrated Viral Advertising Campaign

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Healthcare IT Innovators MTBC & Practice Fusion Integrate 5% Medical Billing & Free On-Demand EMR

<p> This is interesting since MTBC has their own EMR and are now partnering with Practice Fusion, a free ad supported EMR...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>SOMERSET, N.J.--(<a href="http://www.businesswire.com/">BUSINESS WIRE</a>)--Two fast-growing innovators in healthcare technology, MTBC and Practice Fusion, have integrated comprehensive revenue cycle and practice management with a free on-demand electronic medical record (EMR) system, creating a cost-effective end-to-end solution, the companies announced. <a href="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JwdlKN_oI/AAAAAAAAEpw/ivzG3RZ5XoI/image%5B4%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="68" src="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JweFKN_pI/AAAAAAAAEp4/f577DwqlMM0/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="120"></a> <p>The partnership of web-based platforms substantially streamlines a medical provider’s business process. Patient and claim data initially entered in Practice Fusion’s EMR, such as procedure and diagnosis coding, is transferred securely and seamlessly on a daily basis to MTBC’s web-based billing platform, with its real-time financial reporting and array of practice management tools. MTBC’s dedicated teams in billing, practice and patient support complement the cutting-edge service package.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080401006282&newsLang=en">Healthcare IT Innovators MTBC & Practice Fusion Integrate 5% Medical Billing & Free On-Demand EMR</a></p>

Healthcare IT Innovators MTBC & Practice Fusion Integrate 5% Medical Billing & Free On-Demand EMR

This is interesting since MTBC has their own EMR and are now partnering with Practice Fusion, a free ad supported EMR...BD  SOMERSET, N.J...

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Riverside County Regional Medical Center Selects Surado CRM

<p> One more hospital invests in CRM and Business Intelligence software...hard to do all of this manually today as the hospital CIO notes...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 31, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Surado Solutions, the emerging innovator in Customer Relationship Management (<a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/">CRM</a>: 60.10, +2.23, +3.85%) solutions, today announced that Riverside County Regional Medical Center (<a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/">RCRMC</a>) went live with Surado CRM Health earlier this month replacing its current Indigent Managed Care System as part of its Comprehensive Case Management system initiative.<a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_Jvd1KN_mI/AAAAAAAAEpg/8UPcuYh5rqM/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="90" src="http://lh5.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JveVKN_nI/AAAAAAAAEpo/O_J5gFWEeJU/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="150"></a> </p> <p>Riverside County Regional Medical Center successfully completed an Indigent Services System, named HealthCRM. Using Surado CRM as the foundation for Indigent Services Business needs and working with Surado consultants, hospital staff created business solutions for Eligibility, Claims, and Financials.<strong> By leveraging Contact Management and features of Workflow within the Surado Enterprise product, and the use of Microsoft Visual Studio, RCRMC has been able to incorporate business practices into consistent business processes. </strong>RCRMC information technology software engineers developed more than <strong>240 custom healthcare screens for various business functions, including indigent Patient Registration, Scheduling, Eligibility Tracking, Claims Adjudication and Processing and Provider Relations. Reporting and Analytics using built-in reporting tools and integration with Business Objects' Crystal Report Writer will provide managers and administrators with operational reporting as well as key performance indicators</strong>. Complex business rules and screen designs were accomplished using Surado CRM Custom Application Designer (<a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/">CAD</a>), which is part of the Core Surado CRM system. <p><strong>RCRMC's Chief Information Technology Officer, Edward Papp, is considering expanding the use of the CRM solution into other areas of the hospital. "With tightening economic constraints in public health, Surado provided an affordable alternative to <u>outdated and manual processes</u>," said Papp.</strong></p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/article/riverside-county-regional-medical-center-selects-surado-crm_540115_1.html">Riverside County Regional Medical Center Selects Surado CRM</a></p>

Riverside County Regional Medical Center Selects Surado CRM

One more hospital invests in CRM and Business Intelligence software...hard to do all of this manually today as the hospital CIO notes...BD ...

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One man's story: When an autistic child grows up

<p> Good story about an adult living with autism....BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><b>CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (CNN)</b> -- When meeting Jeff Donohoo, it's not immediately apparent he is a 36-year-old man living with autism. In fact, unless you get him talking about the Atlanta Braves -- one of his true passions in life -- he is a very quiet person.</p> <p>"Jeff has a social problem, not a mental problem," she explained. "He's very smart. He reads encyclopedias ... he just doesn't know how to talk to people." <p>From then on, friends who visited the house always made an effort to interact with Donohoo, through a high-five or a simple "hello."</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/01/autism.jeffs.story/index.html?eref=rss_topstories">One man's story: When an autistic child grows up - CNN.com</a></p>

One man's story: When an autistic child grows up

Good story about an adult living with autism....BD  CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (CNN) -- When meeting Jeff Donohoo, it's not immediately ...

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Pay Per View Funerals....

<p> Good idea, but I think this should be a charity event...not something you need to pay for...has the same undertones as making money from healthcare...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JnA1KN_kI/AAAAAAAAEpI/6Wq_YOK3Khc/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="134" src="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JnB1KN_lI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/6H8DdrRDTU0/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="168"></a> LONDON (Reuters) - Pay-per-view funerals go live online in Britain on Tuesday, allowing mourners who cannot attend services in person to pay their last respects via the Internet. <p>"For those who need it, this is a very important service. It means that rather than being excluded, they can at least witness and be a part of a funeral as it happens. In a time of stress this is something that can ease the pain."</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0192261920080401?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews">Live, on Good Mourning TV! | Oddly Enough | Reuters</a></p>

Pay Per View Funerals....

Good idea, but I think this should be a charity event...not something you need to pay for...has the same undertones as making money from he...

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The 5 Biggest Mistakes of EHR Implementation

<p> Good lengthy article about how to transition the office or medical center...things are much more complicated today and it's not a world of "EMR out of the Box"...preparation and time management is a vital key....BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh5.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JkeVKN_gI/AAAAAAAAEoo/zxEvt8sqzVE/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="122" src="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JkfFKN_hI/AAAAAAAAEow/jZj1tnAHWvU/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="142"></a> <strong>"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."</strong> <p>The above quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is the theme of our article and the hope these five facilities had when they opened up to <i>ADVANCE</i> and bravely shared their stories of EHR disasters and downfalls. One facility watched as money drained out of its practice and its patients switched doctors; another made its physicians' workday even more cumbersome than it had been in the paper world; and a third unknowingly put its patients at great risk just by updating its system. In the end, however, all shared one remarkable similarity: <strong>They never gave up on their EHRs. </strong><a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_Jkf1KN_iI/AAAAAAAAEo4/8zF0pl-KSrA/image%5B7%5D.png"><strong><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="147" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JkglKN_jI/AAAAAAAAEpA/BMVFafRfUNk/image_thumb%5B3%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="121"></strong></a> <p>As the go-live date approached, Julie Barto, BS, MS, administrator, started getting nervous.<strong> Absolutely nothing had been scanned in. They hadn't made a single template, and no one had any idea what their EMR tablets even <i>looked like</i>.</strong> <p><strong>"We had older physicians who didn't know how to use a computer. They hadn't even e-mailed before this! Things like how to turn on the tablet, we didn't even know that," Barto said. "We knew nothing, absolutely nothing."</strong></p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://health-care-it.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=110980&CP=1">ADVANCE for Health Information Executives | Editorial</a> </p> <p>Source:  <a href="http://www.tabletpctalk.com/newsarticles.shtml#newsitemEkpZpVAFplEzrVWHBp">http://www.tabletpctalk.com/newsarticles.shtml#newsitemEkpZpVAFplEzrVWHBp</a></p>

The 5 Biggest Mistakes of EHR Implementation

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SQL Server 2008: What's New

<p> Hard Hat Area:  Summary of what is new with SQL Server 2008...<strong>notice the reference made to the new LINQ language...data binding language used with Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation applications.</strong>..something to give some though to...also Hot add CPU...which needs to work with a 64 bit enterprise edition of Server 2008 and requires the enterprise version of SQL Server 2008...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh3.google.com/DucknetServices/R_Jhh1KN_eI/AAAAAAAAEoU/rSqzvL-2mew/image%5B3%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh6.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JhilKN_fI/AAAAAAAAEoc/JyFfEx-grT4/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="244"></a> Once again, Microsoft has released a new version of SQL Server that promises to improve life for database administrators. The latest version is SQL Server 2008, and it offers a large variety of new features and functionality that will make the administration a whole lot better. <p>Database administrators who have been using SQL Server® 2005 for any length of time will find many of the same features that they use in their day-to-day jobs, but they'll also soon discover that these familiar tools have been enhanced in SQL Server 2008. The new functionality built on the existing features goes a long way in reducing the number of workarounds or customizations once needed for using various features in complex database environments. <p><strong>Well, SQL Server 2008 enhances LINQ by providing a new LINQ to SQL provider that allows developers to issue LINQ commands directly against SQL Server tables and columns. This will reduce the amount of time it takes to create new data queries.</strong> <p>Another new feature, Hot Add CPU, lets you add additional CPUs to a database server without affecting the availability of the databases residing on that server. However, you should know that <strong>Hot Add CPU does have some limitations, as it is only useful when running the 64-bit Itanium-based Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition, and it requires the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server 2008</strong>.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc434690.aspx">SQL Server 2008: What's New</a></p>

SQL Server 2008: What's New

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Doctors Lobby Against Medicare Payment Cuts

<p> Only 3 groups outspent the AMA with lobbying last year...Big Pharma right up at the top of the list..and this is a big issue this year...July 1st is the deadline for the proposed 10% cut in compensation...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>Every so often, the Health Blog puts in a phone call to the <a href="http://www.mgma.com/index.aspx">Medical Group Management Association</a>, a trade group for medical practices. Practically every time we hear the same dire warning: Physicians will cut back on care for Medicare patients because of impending cuts in payment. <p>Turns out we’re not the only ones who hear this refrain.<strong> It’s become a ritual for groups including the American Medical Association and other medical societies to warn Congress that doctor pay isn’t up to snuff.</strong> Last year, the American Medical Association spent $22 million on lobbying, its biggest sum ever, the Hill reports. Only three groups outspent it: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, General Electric and, you guessed it, the <a href="http://www.phrma.org/">Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America</a>.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/01/doctors-lobby-against-medicare-payment-cuts/?mod=WSJBlog">Health Blog : Doctors Lobby Against Medicare Payment Cuts</a></p>

Doctors Lobby Against Medicare Payment Cuts

Only 3 groups outspent the AMA with lobbying last year...Big Pharma right up at the top of the list..and this is a big issue this year...Ju...

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Lotrel, A Single Pill Combination For Treating High Blood Pressure

<p> Study is showing promise in reducing cardiovascular events by 20% with high risk patients..BD  </p> <blockquote>Interim results from the ACCOMPLISH (Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through COMbination Therapy in Patients LIving with Systolic Hypertension) trial demonstrate that high-risk, high blood pressure patients treated with Lotrel(R) (amlodipine besylate and benazepril HCl) had 20% fewer cardiovascular events than those taking a benazepril and hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) combination. This is the first cardiovascular outcomes trial in a hypertensive population where all patients were randomized to receive a single-pill combination treatment at the onset of the trial as opposed to a step care regimen. Lotrel is approved for the treatment of high blood pressure. It should not be used before other medications have been tried first.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/102261.php">Lotrel, A Single Pill Combination For Treating High Blood Pressure, Reduced Cardiovascular Events By 20% In High-Risk Patients</a></p>

Lotrel, A Single Pill Combination For Treating High Blood Pressure

Study is showing promise in reducing cardiovascular events by 20% with high risk patients..BD  Interim results from the ACCOMPLISH (Avoidi...

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Hot Sauce Numbs Knee Pain

<p> Hot Sauce, on the new frontier for pain relief...the nerves become overwhelmed and shut down...thus there goes the pain....this is not the hot sauce we put on a taco, but rather a purified version of the basic ingredient being studied...so don't pour hot sauce on your knee just yet...BD  </p> <blockquote> <p>WORCESTER, Mass. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Hot sauce can put a fire in your belly and leave your eyes crying for more. Now, doctors are testing to see if the hot stuff that numbs your tongue can numb knee pain. The spicy new treatment is part of a study that uses <strong>Adlea, an ultra-purified form of capsaicin.</strong> Dr. Birbera injects it into a patient's knee to relieve pain. <a href="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JY4FKN_cI/AAAAAAAAEn8/IdZpZPAqg48/image%5B7%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="92" src="http://lh4.google.com/DucknetServices/R_JY5FKN_dI/AAAAAAAAEoE/CHw8G9YWqyw/image_thumb%5B3%5D.png" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" width="116"></a> <p>Hot sauce is used to spice up your food. Now, capsaicin -- the active principle that gives chili peppers their punch -- is knocking out knee pain.  At age 71, Ron Johnson says his knee is in better shape than it was in his fifties.  <strong>Adlea is not FDA approved and doctors are still testing to see just how long the pain is relieved.</strong></p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=18265">Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs - Hot Sauce Numbs Knee Pain</a></p>

Hot Sauce Numbs Knee Pain

Hot Sauce, on the new frontier for pain relief...the nerves become overwhelmed and shut down...thus there goes the pain....this is not the ...

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