You Can’t Take That Away From Me
Is this “the end of progressive government?” asks E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post. Do Republicans intend to break “America’s promise to seniors and to the poor?” asks Jon Cohn…
Women Caregivers and Savings
The Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement has some good tips about saving throughout the stages of your life. Here's a snapshot but do check out their site for more.…
Join me for my Public Sector State and Local Executives’ HIE webinar Wednesday, April 13
State and local CIOs have worked for many years to foster the exchange of data between medical providers, health insurance plans, and government agencies. Building out such health information exchange…
Hospitals not Leveraging Facebook
US hospitals are not leveraging Facebook to engage patients, improve brand recognition, build communities or just about anything else, a new study finds. Verasoni Worldwide and Simon Associates conducted the…
Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare, and Group Health Securely Share Patient-Specific Data
What do all of these companies have in common besides their care and technology, they are non profits so we have an alliance here with like entities. All will be…
World Medical Device Organization Launches It’s 100th Online Course
I felt this is well worth a mention to have a central location to search and find online healthcare classes. This is from the USNews University Directory. You can filter…
Is the GOP Ready to Get Serious About Medicare?
One of the most despairing aspects of the last 10 years has been Republicans’ failure to get serious about Medicare spending. As I’ve written many times, Medicare is the monster…
4th Annual FDA/MTLI Medical Device and IVD Statistics Workshop (Event)
Wednesday, April 13 – Thursday, April 14, 2011 National Harbor, MD (Washington Metro Area) | The Gaylord National Hotel This annual conference, co-sponsored by FDA and AdvaMed-MTLI, b Wednesday, April…
Radiofrequency Ablation Systems Drive a Multi-billion Dollar Market
One of the most active areas of development (products and market) in the field of ablation technology is in radiofrequency ablation systems. Currently at over $1.5 billion in sales globally,…
Alzheimer’s Plaques Might Begin in the Liver
The brain “plaques” commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease might actually originate in the liver, according to scientists at Scripps Research Institute in a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience…
