Grassley Investigating Medicare Contractor Conflicts of Interest–Some Are Owned by Subsidiaries of Health Insurance Companies- Will That Do It?  Get An “Algo Man” For Help Grassley Investigating Medicare Contractor Conflicts of Interest–Some Are Owned by Subsidiaries of Health Insurance Companies- Will That Do It? Get An “Algo Man” For Help

Here’s a screenshot below from a prior post that gives one a Wellpoint email address if your have “Congressional concerns” and I don’t kno...

Read more »
Friday, October 29, 2010

Portable Breast Scanner Developed And Patented–Perhaps Breast Screenings Will Be Done in the Home One Day Portable Breast Scanner Developed And Patented–Perhaps Breast Screenings Will Be Done in the Home One Day

Now this is earth shattering when you look at the images on how it works so will going to a scanning facility stand to change dramatically i...

Read more »
Friday, October 29, 2010

HealthVault Coming To China With Joint Healthcare Effort in Wuxi–iSoftStone Developing HealthVault Platform HealthVault Coming To China With Joint Healthcare Effort in Wuxi–iSoftStone Developing HealthVault Platform

HealthVault from Microsoft takes one more international step with the development of the platform in China.  We have seen some of this in th...

Read more »
Friday, October 29, 2010

Going to CES This Year–Health Insurance Carrier United HealthGroup Enters Sponsorship Arena Going to CES This Year–Health Insurance Carrier United HealthGroup Enters Sponsorship Arena

Normally we go and see all the new electronics coming out and this year we have seen a huge blast of new devices in healthcare that not only...

Read more »
Friday, October 29, 2010

Innovation Without Collaboration Is Fouling Up The US Healthcare IT System–We Need Both As We Can’t Stand on Innovation Alone Innovation Without Collaboration Is Fouling Up The US Healthcare IT System–We Need Both As We Can’t Stand on Innovation Alone

Every week I read in the news “we need more innovation” and for goodness sakes in Health IT we have innovation running out our ears!   Every...

Read more »
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Male Patient Attacked By Ants in the ICU Of Gulf Coast Medical Center in Florida Male Patient Attacked By Ants in the ICU Of Gulf Coast Medical Center in Florida

This could be any patient’s worst nightmare, in the ICU and getting bitten by ants.  This was quite a large feast too as the video shows.  C...

Read more »
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Medicare Data Base–It Is Not Ready for Prime Time To Expose to the Web Due to Errors Factors and Consumer Credibility In It’s Present State Relating to Physician Records Medicare Data Base–It Is Not Ready for Prime Time To Expose to the Web Due to Errors Factors and Consumer Credibility In It’s Present State Relating to Physician Records

We are all working to make as much data as possible public but sometimes until we are ready for prime time it may not be in our best interes...

Read more »
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

St. Joseph Home Health Network In the OC Working With Aegis Health (Just Purchased by PE) Group to Enhance Physician Relationships–Analytics and Algorithms St. Joseph Home Health Network In the OC Working With Aegis Health (Just Purchased by PE) Group to Enhance Physician Relationships–Analytics and Algorithms

This about improving financial relationships with the Home Care area and the company specializes in working with hospitals and how to grow t...

Read more »
Monday, October 25, 2010

SureScripts Announces New Secure Exchange Network for Sharing of Medical Records SureScripts Announces New Secure Exchange Network for Sharing of Medical Records

Eventually the fax will die and vendors like SureScripts are offering their new service to allow patient records to be shared security from ...

Read more »
Monday, October 25, 2010

$91 Million Prime Contract Awarded to Support Medical Record Sharing Veterans Affairs Beneficiaries–VLER-Lifetime Virtual Electronic Record Program– VA and DOD $91 Million Prime Contract Awarded to Support Medical Record Sharing Veterans Affairs Beneficiaries–VLER-Lifetime Virtual Electronic Record Program– VA and DOD

The contract involves more work with integrating the VA and DOD medical records with all the data available.  What is kind of interesting he...

Read more »
Monday, October 25, 2010

RapLeaf Building Data Bases with Consumer Information–You Are Public Until You Request Otherwise–SQL Queries Creating Data for Sale RapLeaf Building Data Bases with Consumer Information–You Are Public Until You Request Otherwise–SQL Queries Creating Data for Sale

This is interesting with the Wall Street Journal continuing the exploration of consumer data on the web. The process that is creating these...

Read more »
Monday, October 25, 2010

Grandfathering Employer Insurance - Seeking U.S. Health Law Exemption-Switch Plans Without Penalty–Disruptive Times Grandfathering Employer Insurance - Seeking U.S. Health Law Exemption-Switch Plans Without Penalty–Disruptive Times

Laws and regulations are certainly getting more complicate as time moves on and the original reason for the grandfathering even was to allow...

Read more »
Monday, October 25, 2010
 
Top
Google Analytics Alternative