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September 2, 2008
Hospital Death Rates Unveiled for Second-time
Analysis of: Hospital Death Rates Unveiled for First-Time Comparison | www.usatoday.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
1) Health Care Financing Administration published hospital mortality rates in the 80's, only to later discontinue the practice.  2) Mortality rates are a poor proxy for quality.  3)  Other measures are better to assess quality of care.
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...
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.
Richard AmerlingJuly 25, 2008
The Dark Side of Fosamax
Analysis of: Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken Them | www.nytimes.com
Author: Richard Amerling, Director of Outpatient Dialysis, BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER INC
Considering the effects of fosamax and other bisphosphonates on bone remodeling, it is not at all surprising to see problems arising with the long term use of these agents.  
July 21, 2008
PhRMA Fairy Tale is Over
Analysis of: Drug groups prescribe for future growth | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Drug manufacturers must evolve to an outcomes based reimbursement schedule to gain formulary placement and avoid prior authorization and oher utilization management tools
July 11, 2008
A Pill For Every Mouth
Analysis of: 8-Year-Olds on Statins? A New Plan Quickly Bites Back | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Dangers of over-medication.  Lack of long term studies.  lack of personal and parental responsibility

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