Heatlhcare

Welcome to the 'Heatlhcare' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'Heatlhcare'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Heatlhcare”

• Reid Says Reports of the Public Options Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 486
  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said his party had reached a compromise that will unite liberals and centrists, a report from Dow Jones Newswires said.
  1 day ago

• Nurses Unions Merge to Form the Largest Ever Labor Group for Medical Professionals

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  Along with merging the 3 unions, the group also states they are looking to help set up and organize additional members throughout the US.  Nurses are who we see more than our doctors and are the day to day lifeline we have in the hospital by all means.  We need good care and good nurses everywhere.  When it ...
  3 days ago

• SEROQUEL XR(R) FDA Approved For Add-On Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  In posting this blog I somewhat seem to notice there’s been a bit of a flurry on antidepressants being approved lately or is it just me, we had Cymbalta approved last week for generalized anxiety treatment. Cymbalta (R) Gets FDA Approval For Treatment of Generalized Anxiety ... Seroquel had been ...
  6 days ago

• AMA Announced Settlement of Class Action Suit of $350 Million with Ingenix (United Healthcare)

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  This was one long lawsuit that drug on for over 9 years.  When you think about it the data base was only shut down recently so how about everything else that has taken place in 9 years, or perhaps that is part of the settlement amount?  There are plenty of other Ingenix lawsuits that have been filed as well from ...
  6 days ago

• Cymbalta(R) Gets FDA Approval For Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  It looks as if Cymbalta is getting close to being an “everything-anything” drug when it comes to treating depression.  Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD is now a “chronic condition”?  In reading the last paragraph about the problems, it appears the economy and our current state of affairs could almost lay ...
  1 week ago

• If You Are Too Fat You Can’t Graduate From This University Unless You Take the “Fitness for Life” Class

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  This is drawing a lot of fire and in addition to using the BMI rule, they also measure the circumference of their waste to ensure folks with heavy muscle mass are not caught up in this.  One student makes the comment that she feels this should be mandatory for all students, which in a way makes sense as making it a ...
  1 week ago

• Dodge Is Using Microsoft Tags To Give Away Prizes – Why Can’t the FDA Use the Same Technology for Medical Device Information And Save Lives?

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I have suggested this before and even sent it off to the FDA without a response, well so much for those “contact us” pages I guess.   It’s more important it seems to have a chance to win a prize than maybe save a life?  I am not discounting this at all and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Depressed Woman Loses Health Benefits – Insurer Looked at Facebook

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  I knew it wouldn’t be too long before we started seeing stories like this on the web.  I have said this many, many times, what goes on the web, stays on the web, so think twice as one cache does it all.  In this case in Canada they found “happy pictures” of her at the beach , this during the time where she ...
  2 weeks ago

• ObammyCare Doomy or Gloomy?

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 491
  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen  Sebelious held a Reporter Conference Call today to announce a State by State Report on Health Insurance Reform.  The HHS.gov product is entitled:  Health Insurance Reform: The Case for Change.  The report cautions that if we do nothing, that by 2019 the number of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kaiser Permanente and Exempla Healthcare in Boulder EHRs Connected

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  You can read how they are doing it, this goes back to the announcement in October 2008 on the blog.  BD  Exempla Healthcare Hospitals to interface with the Kaiser ambulatory EMR - Colorado “Three hospitals in the system preparing to integrate and connect with Kaiser facilities, as they will more than ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quest Diagnostics gets European CE Mark for H1N1 (Swine) Flu Test

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  The test has been approved here in the US by emergency declaration a few months ago.  Quest recently posted 3rd quarter profits of 1.9 billion so they are doing a lot of tests.  I did a short interview with their VP of sales with MedPlus, the IT connection with the company not too long ago and you can read more at ...
  2 weeks ago

• California PPO Report Card is Out – No Five Stars and No Four Stars For That Matter

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  Here’s the screenshot of the summary, details can be read at the site.  This is created by the Department of Insurance and Blue Cross didn’t even respond on this go around.  Does this mean anything to individuals any longer or are the carriers too busy with their own business intelligence operations and software ...
  3 weeks ago

• Blood Clotting Drug Lysteda approved by FDA for Treatment of Heavy Bleeding with Menstrual Periods

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  The state 3 trials were just completed.  The article said use with contraception pills is also not a good idea.  I believe this is one of the first non hormone treatment in a pill format (beyond what Midol can do)  that had been approved to treat menstrual period with heavy bleeding.    This is the same ...
  3 weeks ago

• Health Insurance Company Offering 20% Discount for Members Who Want DNA Testing

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  This is interesting and perhaps a way of both helping educate and help the slow growing genomics testing business at the same time.  OptumHealth, a subsidiary of United Healthcare is offering the discount.  They are not covering the tests, but if patients want to have their DNA tests done, it’s a chance for a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Remote Area Medical Holds Free Healthcare Clinic in Union County Tennessee

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  I think we all remember when Remote Area Medical came to Los Angeles.  I was busy here posting updates on the free 8 day medical clinic that was held at The Forum.   Tennessee is the only state that allows doctors to cross state lines, thus of course it is a popular location for the clinics.  Insured and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Wright Receives FDA Approval for CONSERVE Hip Resurfacing System

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  Resurfacing is al alternative that has been suggested for use in younger individuals instead of a full hip replacement.  With this recent approval the company can go beyond the prior premarket approval.  I remember just a few years ago resurfacing was not even approved in the US and most have to go overseas to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Glaxo Gets FDA Approval for H1N1 (Swine) Flu Vaccine

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  38 Million of the 250 million doses ordered by the government are available, but Glaxo said it’s approved vaccine won’t ship until next month.  This has been absolutely a fire drill to get supplied out in the US.  In the meantime, Glaxo is continuing to close facilities like some of the other manufacturers ...
  4 weeks ago

• Dolly Parton Tells You About Web Slices with Internet Explorer

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  This is classic and funny too!  Web Slices are a feature of Internet Explorer and do save some time and energy, so you can select what is useful to you in searching the web.  We have a role model here, Dolly giving it her best (grin).  We could sure use a few more role models in Health IT too come to think of it!  ...
  4 weeks ago

• Healthcare reform and abortion

  
  Health Care - From Policy to Practice — Authority: 118
  Now that healthcare reform is in full swing, were sure to see several issues that votes and opinions collide on when it comes to coverage. Currently the House and the Senate are looking at if and how abortion should be covered. Should this be dropped from the health bill, it may leave many women with private ...
  4 weeks ago

• Intel Introduces a Reader – Capture Text and Pictures and Have It Read Back to You

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 548
  We have one more gadget to add to today’s choices, one from Intel that focuses on people with dyslexia, low-vision or blindness or other disabilities.  It reads out lout, connects to your PC does MP3, and more.  Of course it is fully integrated with a USB slot and integrates with your computer to transfer ...
  4 weeks ago

Comments about Heatlhcare