Jul
23
Open Letter to Dr. Josephine Briggs
Filed Under (Health Care) by Admin on 23-07-2010
Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.
Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Dear Dr. Briggs,
Jul
21
Shrinking Federal Budgets May Be Opening Doors of Opportunity for Microsoft – US CIO Shelving Projects That are Not Working
Filed Under (The Medical) by Admin on 21-07-2010
What is really worth reading here are the comments under the area of culture shock with Microsoft talking about how long a project stays in the works, no more than2 to 2/2 years and this was a shock to government workers as they have had long slow drag outs for implementing new 
applications and software, not to mention hardware too.
Jul
21
TRINITY MISSION NURSING HOMES: BEWARE OF THE ADMISSION AGREEMENT!
Filed Under (Legal Medical) by Admin on 21-07-2010
I have seen some unfair and unreasonable admission agreements prepared by nursing homes…but the agreements now used by Trinity Mission take the cake!
Jul
21
The National Program for Healthcare IT in the U.S., and the Elephant in the Living Room
Filed Under (Health Care) by Admin on 21-07-2010
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has begun to address deficient clinical IT usability. A PDF with presentations on the topic from the recent NIST conference on HIT usability is here (warning: very large, 26 MB).
Jul
21
Department of Justice Charges 94 With Medicare Fraud Billing
Filed Under (The Medical) by Admin on 21-07-2010
First of all finding fake store fronts is a good idea and something has never been researched to any large degree. Florida is a huge area for fraud. 
Crooks are better billers so you cant rely on electronic monitoring only as all their data looks perfect as they have one focus of fraud and do not see patients. One other big area was dead doctors who were rolling in their graves submitting claims. This was a disconnect of data systems to where authenticity was not being conducted by Medicare.
Jul
20
Anthem Blue Cross President Quits – Leaving to Create Healthcare Reform Coalition
Filed Under (The Medical) by Admin on 20-07-2010
Prior to Blue Cross she worked at Kaiser Permanente as a chief operations leader and with Cigna for 13 years as President and General manager of Cigna of California in their legal department. I wonder how well she knew Wendell Potter who left Cigna a couple years ago and became the whistle 
blower of the health insurance industry.
Jul
20
Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH: "Let’s be patient" with experimental devices that harm patients
Filed Under (Health Care) by Admin on 20-07-2010
At an interview of Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS, former Chairman of the Board of health IT trade group HIMSS and chief medical officer of Imprivata, a company specializing in healthcare IT security, Chaiken pleads for the following special accommodations for Health IT relative to other medical sectors:
Jul
19
Avandia Drug Trials in India Stopped by Indian Government
Filed Under (The Medical) by Admin on 19-07-2010
Heres one more problem for Avandia, will it survive? BD
CBS News has learned that the Indian government has ordered Glaxo Smith Kline to suspend 19 drug trials in India for the controversial
diabetes drug Avandia because of recently released studies showing potential heart problems with the drug. The trial continues at over 300 locations worldwide.
Jul
19
Not Your Average Joe’s Health Plan
Filed Under (Health Care) by Admin on 19-07-2010
A Denver Post article offered a brief glimpse into the health benefits of corporate leaders, on the unusual occasion of a former CEO now in legal fight for the health benefits in the style to which he had become accustomed:
Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
19
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules that Surrogate Mothers Can’t Be Denied Insurance Coverage
Filed Under (The Medical) by Admin on 19-07-2010
According to the case ruling, the insurance company/HMO cant deny coverage due to the reason for the pregnancy. In many cases the parents who 
will be the parents usually foot much of the expenses which may or may not included the hospital and doctor costs.