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We have all heard by now about the threat of the swine flu. According to the Centers for Disease Control over 40 cases have been reported in the United States. Swine flu can be deadly for the elderly…especially those with multiple medical conditions who reside in nursing homes or other long term care facilities.
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We recently commented on the conviction of a state legislator charged with selling his influence to a powerful local medical center. NorthJersey.com has a follow-up on this story which shows how health care leaders are often members of the power elite, if not quite of the superclass, and how their machinations put this group’s interests ahead of the mission of their health care organizations.
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Well its official now, the Smart People are technical advisors for Obama. Where did they come from, Google and Microsoft. Craig Mundie is no 
strange to the blog here with his presentations covered at MIT and other locations and everyone knows Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google too. Click on the images to refer back to a couple posts on both individuals.
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Well the solution to this one is perhaps keep your ear aches to yourself if you dont want to be marketed with products for the problem (grin). You could also set up a private following as well if you just wanted a close group of friends to know what is going on. Just like everything else we are getting sold every time we turn around. Funny too how Home Depot stepped right in there too about painting her room.
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While I would have used the title “The Dubious Promise of Digital Medicine When Led By Amateurs in the Health IT Industry”, the following Business Week article is one of the better and more realistic appraisals of the current state of Health IT.
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This is a video from the Texas Medical Association with an interview of a physician wanting to report a case to the authorities she deemed necessary from her visits with the children, but when discussed with management, she was relieved of her job. Do organizations listen to doctors or do they know better? In the age of transparency we live in today, theres not much to hide, so you can watch the video and make your own conclusion.
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I ran across this little news story about a nursing home in my home town of Roanoke, Virginia. It seems that this private pay facility charged residents and their families for days they were not living in the nursing home….how about charging for days they were not even alive!
Outrageous conduct if you ask me and just another example of abuse.
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As we get closer to graduation season for most institutions of higher education, another story about the leadership and governance of higher education, involving an institution housing a prominent medical school, has come into view, albeit indirectly. Let me try to explain this complex story, which on its surface has something to do with the ongoing financial crisis, but nothing to to with academia, by quoting, as usual, from media coverage.
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If you have not seen this video, well worth watching how the technology works, even to using a hammer. BD
