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- A single national market for health care
- health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Healthcare reform, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- News to know: AMD; Windows 7; Chrome OS; 'Slow IT'
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: AMD rounds out six-core Opteron lineup Joe McKendrick:Â In praise of 'slow IT' Mary Jo...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PecoBOO, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Sensors, search and sleep apnea on Microsoft Research confab's line-up
- Microsoft has spread itself pretty thin, as of late. But did you know the company is working on helping to remedy sleep apnea? That's just one of the research projects Microsoft execs and invited researcher guests are slated to discuss at next week's Faculty Summit 2009 by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Sensor, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-10
- Industry commits to comparative effectiveness
- Industry commits to comparative effectivenessUniversal Health Insurance CoverageI love your unstated assumptions. The first obvious one is that universal coverage will be deemed successful by the using public.It could be perceived as successful but I doubt it for the following reasons:1) Insufficient health care providers to handle the increased...
- Tags: health care, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Who are the real swine here?
- Who are the real swine here?Glad to see this getting some pressIt's about time that the meat industry gets called on their part in the evolution of viruses and other diseases. Their industrial production techniques lead to a homogeneous gene pool. This condition is ripe for the propagation...
- Tags: Containment, swine, real swine, meat
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
- Health records and the KISS of life
- Health records and the KISS of lifeBig brother 2.0Socialism...Start with paperInstead of waiting for various companies and organizations getting their act together, the first step is to ensure that you have a laminated card in your wallet with the KISS information.Another issue is going to be that a lot of...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, PHR, health care, Health Record, Hypertension
- Discussion threads 2009-04-17
- Risks and potential in the polypill
- Risks and potential in the polypillBeen there, done thatFortunately there are a lot of drugs that have, or soon will, become generic and available at Wal-Mart or the like for $4 for 30 days - or $10 for 90 days.I'm in the group that believe a lot of problems are...
- Tags: OSA, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- A broken heart can kill
- A broken heart can killAnd the hidden problemI have obstructive sleep apnea OSA which is often initially mis-diagnosed as depression. Other problems of undiagnosed OSA would be hypertension, stroke, diabetes & reflux.Quick checks?Night time refluxa1c hemoglobin - a very accurate blood test for diabetesSnoringA neck side > 16" for...
- Tags: obstructive sleep apnea
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Making comparative effectiveness partisan is malpractice
- Making comparative effectiveness partisan is malpracticeA Couple Comments"Comparative effectiveness CE is a tool that tells doctors what is most likely to work, based on hard data, knowledge they can override if they are willing to defend their decision. What CE thinks works changes as the data changes."If you doctor isn't...
- Tags: Taxes, Insurance, Personal finance, BPH, Hytrin, comparative effectiveness
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- Monty Python was right about hospitals
- Monty Python was right about hospitalsInsurance companies are glad...... to see people are ambulatory and able to move quickly from ICU to home. They are now trying to add outpatient emergency surgery in dining rooms to the list of cost saving methods.In England, because patients already in the ICU...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, ICU, hospital, Monty Python, health care, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- Do the simple stuff first is Klepper's Law
- Do the simple stuff first is Klepper's LawProtocolsWhich tests you do, in which order, when presented with a condition and a history can make a big difference. What Klepper is advocating is that we systematically create and distribute protocols based on an analysis of the database we already have, in...
- Tags: Klepper, hypertension
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- Turns out my doctor goofed
- Turns out my doctor goofedMore controversial than you indicateSelected quotes from the NY Times story:The guidelines recommend starting treatment for high blood pressure with a single pill, preferably a diuretic, and then adding other drugs if necessary. (Many patients cannot control their blood pressure with just one medicine.)The appropriate use...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Insurance, diuretic, patient, OSA, blood pressure
- Discussion threads 2008-12-05
- The good news about cancer
- The good news about cancerBowel cancer and rotting meats.There is an unarguable link between eating meat and bowel cancer. Eat meat by all means (heck, we wouldn't even have many animals left if it weren't for our consumption of them) but limit it.As it stays rotting in your gut the...
- Tags: OSA
- Discussion threads 2008-11-28
- Did suicide viewers commit a crime?
- Did suicide viewers commit a crime?A crime? Probably not...But it would seem the traditional Internet mob justice of public humiliation would not be inappropriate, for those who encouraged him to do it.few issuesGoading someone is not assisting.. that would mean that cheering your favorites sports teams is actually helping them...
- Tags: INTERNET, suicide viewer, suicide
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- How medical device makers can improve U.S. health care
- How medical device makers can improve U.S. health careIt could be that 289,241,887 less people areeasier to take care of?Population of the US: 305,682,000Population of the Netherlands: 16,440,113A minor difference to be sure.Additionally, how many people imigrate, or are illegal to the Netherlands vs the United States? Are these poeple...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Document management, INTERNET, HEALTHCARE, Netherland, DME, medical device, management system, imaging, ROI
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?
- Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?To answer your question, yes.I'd write more, but I'm too busy.ChrisBusy IT LifestyleIt's true - the IT world is very hectic and requires lots of work as well as time to research and respond to messages in many forms....
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Sleep Apnea, Eating Well
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?
- Let's face it, the last month or so has been a challenge for just about anyone's tolerance of stress and has made even the most "stable" of us question our own emotional and mental health. But I've discovered that IT workers in particular, or anyone who...
- Tags: Sleep, Job, Beverage, Health Care, Computer, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Texting? Pull Over ...
- Texting? Pull Over ...re: Texting? Pull Over ...It's scary. I went through line in a grocery store, everytime the cashier had two seconds between ringing up customers her head was down texting. I can't imagine that kind of person on the road.RE: Texting? Pull Over ...TST: None of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, stat, headset, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Washington Manual™ of Surgery (washsurg) (Mobile)
- Washington Manual of Surgerypowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Revised and updated by residents and faculty of one of the world''s top surgical training programs, The Washington Manual of Surgery, provides reliable guidelines and algorithms for management of surgical diseases.Incorporates evidence-based medicine into each chapter, so readers can...
- Tags: Mobile, Surgery, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
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