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Healthcare Consumerism
As a senior analyst for a research based investment bank, it shouldn’t…
Tweets from American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting 2011
Here's a window into the American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting this…
Investment in Medtech Continues Upward Trend
Financings for medical technology during the month of June 2011 have passed…
Making Cigarette Smoking Uncool
Pause to consider the logic here. We decide it is not a…
Is Medicare A Good Deal?
Think about everything you will pay to support Medicare: the payroll taxes…
Medtronic, Infuse and the Senate Finance Committee
Spinal fusions jumped 1,500% among Medicare patients between 2002 and 2007. The…
Sepsis: A Challenge for Patients and Hospitals
I thought I'd carry through on Infection Control again this week and…
Fed Gov’t Approves Covert Study of Access to Primary Care
The federal government is planning what has been termed as a “stealth…
Do Overworked Medical Interns Cause Medical Errors? Let’s Sleep on It.
As of this writing, 5 air traffic controllers have been found asleep…
Bacteria and Mobile Devices
I really see us moving beyond COWs (computers-on-wheels) and an explosion in…