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August 28, 2008
Dangers of Methadone Usage
Analysis of: Dr. Mark Yergin testifies to Congress | www.nytimes.com
Author: William Fink, President, Managed Care Pharmacy Consultants, Inc
Doctors must be educated on the correct use of Methadone if unnecessary deaths are to be avoided.
Frederic GoldsteinAugust 26, 2008
Healthways A Market Downturn and Results
Analysis of: Healthways' Guidance Not So Healthy | www.forbes.com
Author: Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
Healthways reported lower than expected earnings in its current quarter and analysts are pointing to a tightening in the healthcare markets and the fact that Healthways products are expensive. Does this really make sense?
Jeanette PlowmanAugust 7, 2008
While the RPO concept has taken a healthy shape in the Western countries, in India however, the RPO sector is currently at its infant stage.
Analysis of: HR outsourcing gaining steam | www.hindu.com
Author: Jeanette Plowman, Independent Consultant, Jeanette Plowman
A recent study claimed that the global BPO industry will be worth $230 billion by 2012 and India stands to gain $50 billion of that global pie.  This boom may be in the wake of an U.S. economic downturn as employers who have historically shied away from offshoring may now become more receptive...
August 6, 2008
Healthcare Consumers Are More Savvy
Analysis of: Patients Curb Prescription Spending | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The article is based upon the premise that U.S. pharmacies are reporting fewer filled prescriptions. Many Americans have determined correctly that filling their prescriptions via the Internet from mail-order and foreign outlets is less expensive. Other Americans simply cannot afford the high cost of...
Steve DavisAugust 6, 2008
Hospital transparency an illusive ideal
Analysis of: Transparency in Healthcare | www.hospitalimpact.org
Author: Steve Davis, Director of Radiology, Clarendon Memorial Hospital Inc
Patients requiring health care today demand quality.  Quality from their physician, their diagnostic services, and the insurance companies.CMS already mandates certain levels of quality and hospitals.  They assure these quality levels by doing spot inspections, and also contracting with the...
August 4, 2008
FDA Restrictions on ESA's Will Have Minimal Effect of EPO Usage.
Analysis of: Amgen Told to Reword Drug Label | www.nytimes.com
Author: Joe Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Concepts & Innovations
1)  Concerns over the new FDA restrictions on ESA's is being overstated. 2)  Amgen will continue to do well in the ESA market place, in spite of these changes. 3)  J&J will receive the brunt of these changes, strictly because of their market concentration in the oncology market. 4) ...
August 4, 2008
Veterans Admininstration Sets The Standard for Electronic Medical Records: Why Re-invent The Wheel?
Analysis of: Nationwide EHR Implementation Price Tag Estimated at $150 billion | www.govhealthit.com
Author: Joe Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Concepts & Innovations
The VA has already won many awards for an electronic medical records system, which tax payers have already paid for. Adopting the VA "CPRS" program would save the taxpayers and the private sector hundreds of billions of dollars.
Sunil DhawanAugust 1, 2008
Will access to dermatology care suffer with increased cosmetic procedures ?
Analysis of: As Doctors Cater to Looks, Skin Patients Wait | www.nytimes.com
Author: Sunil Dhawan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Stanford University
 This article is important in that it describes a growing trend among dermatologists to offer a higher level of "customer service" for their cash paying cosmetic patients. This has contributed in a small way to the long waits for non cosmetic dermatology patients to be able to see a dermatologist....
Ken PowellJuly 28, 2008
New blood-based test for colorectal cancer
Analysis of: GeneNews begins marketing ColonSentry colorectal cancer screening test | www.labnews.com
Author: Ken Powell, President, Genesis Business Development
A non-invasive, DNA-based screening test for colon cancer could significantly increase the 90MM US adults over 50 that should participate in colorectal cancer screening.  Colon cancer is responsible for approximately 57,000 deaths in the US each year and account for 9% of all cancer deaths. ...
Ken PowellJuly 24, 2008
New Developments in Sepsis Diagnostics
Analysis of: SIRS-Lab Pre-Announces Biomarker Based Sepsis Test | www.medcompare.com
Author: Ken Powell, President, Genesis Business Development
Severe sepsis is a major cause of death in the US.  Annual mortality rates of over 215,000 patients exceed those for acute myocardial infarction and leading cancers.  A sensitive and specific marker could relieve the huge medical and financial burden created by the 750,000 cases of sepsis...

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