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• 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: 534
  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 ...
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• Depressed Woman Loses Health Benefits – Insurer Looked at Facebook

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 days ago

• ObammyCare Doomy or Gloomy?

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 539
  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 days ago

• Kaiser Permanente and Exempla Healthcare in Boulder EHRs Connected

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  3 days ago

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

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  6 days ago

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

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
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• Health Insurance Company Offering 20% Discount for Members Who Want DNA Testing

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
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• Wright Receives FDA Approval for CONSERVE Hip Resurfacing System

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dolly Parton Tells You About Web Slices with Internet Explorer

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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!  ...
  2 weeks ago

• Healthcare reform and abortion

  
  Health Care - From Policy to Practice — Authority: 119
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Working to Support Physicians on Guam – Telemedicine and More

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  Recently I attended the World Medical Tourism Conference in Los Angeles and you can read the links below to find out more about how I was educated in healthcare and how things are changing.  World Medical Tourism Conference 2009 – A Learning Awareness   Interview with Curtis Schroeder, CEO ...
  2 weeks ago

• Florida To Offer Medicaid Enrollees a Personal Health Record Soon

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  This is a start, but it appears that all information will need to be entered manually and can be printed out on a card format.  I remember software doing that a few years ago that I used to recommend before all of this became available online.  Down the road, all Medicaid claim data will be populated for the patient ...
  2 weeks ago

• Health Insurance the Worst Product in the US – Former BlueCross/BlueShield “Spokesjerk”

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  Andy Cobb was hired to make commercials for BlueCross/BlueShield and now he has joined up with Brave New Films to give his honest opinion, it was his fault that he made the commercials and now is a proponent for the public health option.  He states now he has done all the damage he can do.  He states there is no ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sit Ins Demonstrated at Senator Liebermans Office – 4 Arrested

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  Four individuals were arrested today at the sit in.  These are non violent protests that are asking for a single payer system and getting arrested to bring it to the forefront.  Recently the group has been sitting in at insurance company headquarters and in Rhode Island, one group stated that United has granted ...
  2 weeks ago

• How Does Socialized Medicine Work in Israel

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  With healthcare reform carrying center spotlight, it’s never a bad idea to look around and see what others are doing to provide healthcare for their citizens.  This video shows people with dual citizenship who have experienced both, and granted the US is a much larger entity than Israel so our problem is larger ...
  3 weeks ago

• CMS plans cuts to Medicare Cardiology Provider Fees Close to 40%

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  As proposed in the draft rule in July, the new physician fee schedule also eliminates payment for consultation codes, which will reduce payments for cardiology consultation services.  If CMS is using the survey from the AMA and there was such a small return and this is the basis for the cut, I guess it would ...
  3 weeks ago

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