Progenitorivox - Pharma Pill Video
Saturday, June 30, 2007
HMO-Lympics
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Surviving the U.S. health care system
Surviving the U.S. health care system What is the answer? Having insurance didn't help this patient and she lost her life, but when the ER rooms are full and busy, I don...
Treating the Computer, Not the Patient
Treating the Computer, Not the Patient If this video doesn't constitute a need for a physician using a Tablet PC, I don't know what does! This is absolutely the last thin...
Patient Abuse in the office...
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Closings are hitting the Northeast hardest - Philadelphia
Closings are hitting the Northeast hardest - Philadelphia Finding an obstetrician in northeast Pennsylvania getting tougher all the time according to this article, making it a bit scary to having a ...
Brown cut budget for English hospitals
Brown cut budget for English hospitals Gordon Brown quietly slashed by a third this year’s hospital building and equipment budget in one of his last acts as chancellor. Prompt...
Thousands of Cigna enrollees forced to find new doctors
Thousands of Cigna enrollees forced to find new doctors More added pressure for patients...BD "I'm not going to go any longer with physicians who are not associated with hospitals in o...
Consultant Favors Cuts to Medicare Plans
Consultant Favors Cuts to Medicare Plans "Because if you can't manage costs for less than the traditional Medicare plan, then why are we doing this?" A health poli...
Insurance firms destroying health care
Insurance firms destroying health care A letter to the editor regarding the health care system in Arizona missed the point of the real problems ("Medical liability is thr...
A $962,120 medical bill error - Los Angeles Times
A $962,120 medical bill error - Los Angeles Times This story also shows the big difference between a "negotiated" price and the actual bill for services from the hospital, which wa...
Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train
Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train Not too long ago another story about diabetic shock made the news...is this an area of awareness that we might need to look at to distinguis...
HMOs Propose Highest Rate Increases in Four Years, According to Hewitt Analysis
HMOs Propose Highest Rate Increases in Four Years, According to Hewitt Analysis Study shows yet another increase for HMO care on the forefront. Employers taking an active role as well with aggressively negotiating with ...
Pharmacists 'Bracing' For CMS Rule On Medicaid Prescription Drug Reimbursements, Newark Star-Ledger Reports
Pharmacists 'Bracing' For CMS Rule On Medicaid Prescription Drug Reimbursements, Newark Star-Ledger Reports Pharmacists nationwide are "bracing" for the July 2 release of a final rule by CMS that likely will reduce Medicaid reimburse...
NHS Alliance Welcomes 'NHS Choices', Department Of Health's New Website, UK
NHS Alliance Welcomes 'NHS Choices', Department Of Health's New Website, UK Sound familiar, similar to what the CMS is doing here....BD The NHS Alliance has welcomed the Department of Health's new website, NHS ...
ER Wait Time Problems Widespread
ER Wait Time Problems Widespread The problem isn't confined to hospitals that serve mostly the uninsured. Wait times of several hours also occur at places like Hoag H...
Another employee's butchered benefits
Another employee's butchered benefits After waiting for 18 months for insurance, he can't afford his portion, and still has almost the same amount of time to go before his ch...
PlanetHospital Offers SICKO Viewers an Answer to Their Healthcare Needs: Medical Tourism
PlanetHospital Offers SICKO Viewers an Answer to Their Healthcare Needs: Medical Tourism I know they are here to fill a need and have save money and enabled surgery procedures that folks could not afford here in the US, but I hop...
Hospital Computerized Ordering Cuts Medication Errors
Hospital Computerized Ordering Cuts Medication Errors 66% drop is huge...and those that change to computerized systems enjoy the most improvement too...maybe a link here..BD WEDNESDAY, June 27...
A case for deep vein thrombosis to kick in..??
A case for deep vein thrombosis to kick in..?? A very long delay...we have all probably been there...BD
Corrupt Doctors Plague Hospitals in Russia
Corrupt Doctors Plague Hospitals in Russia As a comparison, things could be worse. From the sound of this story, money talks first and surviving is secondary. BD When Karen Papiy...
How to use Windows Mobile Internet Sharing for a modem
How to use Windows Mobile Internet Sharing for a modem This is a great demonstration on how to use your mobile cell phone to tether for Internet access. Windows Mobile 5 can do as well, just a l...
Canada - Saskatchewan braces for health-care strike
Canada - Saskatchewan braces for health-care strike Canada may need US assistance in case of a health worker strike. BD REGINA -- A looming strike by health-care professionals in Saskatche...
AMA: Delegates Want Principles First with Pay for Performance
AMA: Delegates Want Principles First with Pay for Performance If you see the movie Sicko, the physicians in the UK receive bonuses for creating better health care and I'm not aware of the criteria t...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to sell data to large employers - Modern Healthcare Reader comments...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to sell data to large employers - Modern Healthcare Reader comments... This is definitely a fine line on data mining and appears to be an additional query source of information. This response creates a number o...
Get a DUI and sent to local jail after an accident, you could be at risk of not get medical assistance if needed - mistaken for just being intoxicated and complaining.
Get a DUI and sent to local jail after an accident, you could be at risk of not get medical assistance if needed - mistaken for just being intoxicated and complaining. A story released 6/26 about 24-year-old Emily Rice and the HMO Health Care she received at The Denver City Jail resulted in her death in...
Medicare Payments Favor HMOs Over Providers - Healthcare Association Of New York State
Medicare Payments Favor HMOs Over Providers - Healthcare Association Of New York State I might guess this may extend beyond New York as well...BD "New York's hospitals face consistent, dramatic cost increases every y...
CIGNA HealthCare Battles Colorectal Cancer
CIGNA HealthCare Battles Colorectal Cancer Pilot program in testing for Colorectal cancer. BD Because more than six percent of CIGNA HealthCare members in Florida who participated ...
Inside Bay Area - Hospital will close ward to save cash
Inside Bay Area - Hospital will close ward to save cash REDWOOD CITY —Despite pleas from workers to reconsider, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to close one of two long-...
Community Hospital's patient charts go paperless
Community Hospital's patient charts go paperless And they accomplished this on a pretty conservative budget...BD Hutchinson Community Hospital’s new electronic records system is improving...
Tenet success with turn around at Des Peres hospital
Tenet success with turn around at Des Peres hospital Those capital improvements have begun. The changes at Des Peres Hospital, for example, will include upgrades to information technology sy...
Dr. Peeno - On Sicko
Dr. Peeno - On Sicko Dr. Linda Peeno, not much of a party woman to begin with, resented the festive atmosphere of a premiere party last week for Michael Moore’...
'SiCKO' Premieres Outside on Los Angeles' Skid Row
'SiCKO' Premieres Outside on Los Angeles' Skid Row The premiere is shown on the same street where "patient dumping" in Los Angeles had occurred. BD
Doctors for the rich, nurse specialists for the poor - NHS Blog Doctor from the UK speaks out
Doctors for the rich, nurse specialists for the poor - NHS Blog Doctor from the UK speaks out Does this sound a bit familiar with some of what is occurring here? HCP would perhaps equal a nurse practitioner here with terminology. He...
Nursing Home MAR's sent to the ED with all times removed: A new and horrible trend
Nursing Home MAR's sent to the ED with all times removed: A new and horrible trend Good article about nursing homes records and the scary side of this trend. It certainly doesn't make sense to me either. BD There is...
Surgery, then a shock
Surgery, then a shock Surgeon operates with the wrong images as loaded by staff manually. Technology with having the data link versus relying on human hands to l...
AMA Adopts Strategies To Address Rising Health Care Costs
AMA Adopts Strategies To Address Rising Health Care Costs The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the nation's physicians today voted to approve a set of strategies for contain...
The healthy debate over Cuba's medical care
The healthy debate over Cuba's medical care WHEN Jose Luis Cabrera had coronary bypass surgery after a heart attack five years ago, his wife had to bring food and clean sheets to h...
Dr. JC Jensen, retired radiologist responds to Sicko request
Dr. JC Jensen, retired radiologist responds to Sicko request Could there be work on a sequel before Sicko even hits the mainstream release? BD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKYew1MEjcI
2007 AMA Medicare Physician Payment Action Kit
2007 AMA Medicare Physician Payment Action Kit Commercial from the American Medical Association to block Medicare cuts and get in touch with Congress. BD AMA (Washington) 2007 AMA...
Medicare cuts threaten imaging companies
Medicare cuts threaten imaging companies Reimbursement can and does get a bit confusing. Imaging equipment does not run cheap, nor does maintaining and servicing, thus offices outs...
Uh oh, we're making it TOO nice!
Uh oh, we're making it TOO nice! Nice comment on "Running a Hospital", a blog from hospital CEO Paul Levy. From the various articles posted on the Internet and re...
Another Response from about Physicians and lack of training for using electronic records
Another Response from about Physicians and lack of training for using electronic records I post some of these comments in order to help bring the awareness of training to a new level hopefully as I see this all the time. Many of...
Hospitals Are Posting Surgical Results Online To Inform Those Considering Going Under The Knife
Hospitals Are Posting Surgical Results Online To Inform Those Considering Going Under The Knife Hospitals are now posting surgery results and potential outcomes on their web sites. Excellent way for both the physician and patient to be...
TabletKiosk Sahara i440D Ink Show
TabletKiosk Sahara i440D Ink Show Very nice review and video about the Sahara Tablet from Tablet Kiosk. For those wanting a unit with real power and portability, this one ge...
SoftBrands Partners with Tablet Kiosk to Provide Mobile Software
SoftBrands Partners with Tablet Kiosk to Provide Mobile Software Hotels and Spas are realizing the value of mobility, both in customer service and providing a live tablet PC for interactions. Those who si...
More Hospitals Ask For Up-Front Payments, Increase Collection Efforts
More Hospitals Ask For Up-Front Payments, Increase Collection Efforts The Tennessean on Thursday examined how "as the volume of unpaid medical bills increases, hospitals in middle Tennessee and national...
Business - Big Pharma Chases Dogs And Cats
Business - Big Pharma Chases Dogs And Cats IS THE PHARMACEUTICAL industry going to the dogs? In a way, the answer is yes. A flurry of regulatory approvals for dog medicines in th...
California radiologist group sues United Healthcare over payment rates ..
California radiologist group sues United Healthcare over payment rates .. More about United Health Care related to the PacificCare contract....BD A radiology group in California has taken UnitedHealthcare to cour...
Health of US system is Spotty
Health of US system is Spotty Faced with casual comparisons with Canada or Europe, many were ready with counterarguments: Americans don’t have to wait months for bypass s...
Video game addiction may become medical diagnosis
Video game addiction may become medical diagnosis We will have to wait it appears until the year 2012 before the ICD and CPT Codes could appear for this. BD The American Medical Associa...
Mail Encryption - Are you encrypting information sensitive emails?
Mail Encryption - Are you encrypting information sensitive emails? As one individual, you can use the service for free. If you require service for a network of computers, the product requires a purchase. P...
Surgeon removes gall bladder from mouth
Surgeon removes gall bladder from mouth PORTLAND, Ore. --An Oregon surgeon has performed gall bladder surgery that removes the organ through the patient's mouth -- the late...
Health leaders issue stark message to Gordon Brown regarding the NHS in the UK
Health leaders issue stark message to Gordon Brown regarding the NHS in the UK With healthcare here in the US in the center arena, this is a good article telling a bit about how the Brits feel about their health plan, t...
Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare, 2ndEdition
Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security and Medicare, 2ndEdition My kind of books...even though I am not a Medicare patient, the title seems to elude to the fact that this might simplify some of the very c...
Australia has healthcare issues too
Australia has healthcare issues too The federal government was failing Australians when it came to health by underfunding public hospitals and shifting the cost burden to i...
Frequently Asked Questions about mandatory health insurance - Framingham, MA
Frequently Asked Questions about mandatory health insurance - Framingham, MA Interesting article on the mandatory health insurance law in Massachusetts. There are still a couple waivers available if you can't aff...
Palm Beach County faces health care crisis as family practices dwindle
Palm Beach County faces health care crisis as family practices dwindle Something that is happening all over the country as family practice physicians are getting smaller in number...BD Dr. Jim Byrnes already h...
9/11 Responders in "Sicko" investigated
9/11 Responders in "Sicko" investigated I think we have bigger fish to fry in this country and I'm sure if there's a fine to pay, Mr. Moore will gladly contribute to the ca...
'I don't like talking about it' says Ms Judy from Romper Room - another good reason for electronic records
'I don't like talking about it' says Ms Judy from Romper Room - another good reason for electronic records Good article telling about a patient with cancer having to relive the entire ordeal with each physician she meets with. BD She has never...
Another California hospital not making the Medicare grade - Enloe still caring for Medicare patients
Another California hospital not making the Medicare grade - Enloe still caring for Medicare patients Enloe Medical Center wants to reassure Medicare beneficiaries that they can still be treated at the Chico hospital. After reading a story...
OC jury awards $11 million to man in medical malpractice case
OC jury awards $11 million to man in medical malpractice case SANTA ANA, Calif. ( Map , News ) - A 45-year-old man who suffered a stroke because doctors failed to treat an infection that spread to h...
Blythe hospital facing shutdown
Blythe hospital facing shutdown Update on the story, definitely a sad state of affairs for everyone involved and medical care suffers all the way around. BD Palo Verde H...
Wal-Mart to Host Health Event
Wal-Mart to Host Health Event More retailer involvement in health education. BD Jun. 22--The Meridian Wal-Mart will host a health and safety event from 10 a.m. to 4 p...
Lines Drawn in Calif. Health Care Debate
Lines Drawn in Calif. Health Care Debate SACRAMENTO (AP) -- If California lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger strike a health care reform deal this year, Thursday may go do...
New technique in the delivery room
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Visit your Doctor on the Net
Visit your Doctor on the Net Nice video showing a visit to the doctor via use of the Internet. Dr. Bill Crounse of Microsoft does a good job in showing how some of our ...
Spoof on Microsoft Surface Technology
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Medical Error Is The Fifth-Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S.
Medical Error Is The Fifth-Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S. Something that is within our power to improve upon. BD Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market...
Health Insurers Show 14 Percent Increase in Use of MIB Data
Health Insurers Show 14 Percent Increase in Use of MIB Data The MIB has been around for many years and much of the information they provide is used to combat fraud, but on the other hand this inform...
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