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Study Group: Medical Tourism Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 317

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Arnold Greensher, MD
Independent Contractor
Independent Contractor - Arnold Greensher

Arnold Greensher, MD, is a Medical Director for the commercial managed care section of Schaller Anderson Healthcare, Arizona. He is Board certified in Family Practice and Pediatrics and fellowship trained in Genetics. Dr. Greensher lectures widely on issues related to Medical Malpractice, Risk Management...

Josh Valdez, DBA
Owner
The Right Way

Josh Valdez, DBA, is Owner of The Right Way, a full service healthcare consulting organization. For the previous four years, Dr. Valdez served as the Senior Vice President of Health Care Management for WellPoint Pacific Zone, one of three Regions comprising WellPoint, Inc, the leading health plan in...

Richard Baland, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer, Richardson Medical CenterRichard Baland
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
Richardson Medical Center

Richard Baland is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Richardson Medical Center in Rayville, Louisiana. Formerly, Mr. Baland performed the same roles with Lutheran Social Services (LSSS) and Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC). LSSS operates not for profit assisted living,...

Jan Hacker, Managing Partner, Oberender & PartnerJan Hacker
Managing Partner
Oberender & Partner

Jan Hacker is the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Oberender & Partner, a leading Healthcare Consulting Company in Germany. Mr. Hacker has expertise in strategic hospital management and the development of market entry strategies for foreign companies. He is also a member of the board of EconoMedic...

Forrest Rubenstein, MD
Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon
Rubenstein Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Forrest Rubenstein, MD, FACS, is a Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon in private practice. Dr. Rubenstein is board certified in General, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He has experience in cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery, aortic surgery, trauma, endovascular surgery, drug eluting stents,...

Rochelle Pleskow, MS, HSA, Healthcare Consultant, Rochelle J Pleskow, MS,HSARochelle Pleskow, MS, HSA
Healthcare Consultant
Rochelle J Pleskow, MS,HSA

Rochelle Pleskow, MS, HSA, brings 20 years of healthcare industry experience encompassing the clinical and business perspectives of medicine, focusing on technology, medical real estate, payer relations, physician practice management, hospital systems, ambulatory care, and supply chain logistics. Her...

Aemad Aslam, MBA
President
MindPharma

Aemad Aslam, BPharm, MBA, RPh, is the President of MindPharma, a pharmacy and retail strategy consulting group. Most recently, he has consulted with a PBM, Prime Therapeutics, in Texas, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield. He also has served as an Executive Team Leader for Pharmacy at the Target...

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Back 9 Healthcare Consultants Lyle Berkowitz, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Back 9 Healthcare Consultants

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, is an Internal Medicine Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Illinois. He also serves as the Medical Director of Clinical Information Systems for the largest primary care group in Chicago, helping to oversee their electronic medical record system and other IT projects. In...

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Massachusetts Follows Up its Universal Coverage Law with Health IT Mandates | 08-29-2008
Analysis of: Mass. Law Requires some IT Systems in Hospitals | www.modernhealthcare.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

It used to be said that everything good (and bad) in this country started in California.  It seems that at least in health care that dubious honorific may now apply more to Massachusetts. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a law last week, which, among other things mandates that hospitals...

New Therapeutic Avenue for PDE5 inhibitors: Relief of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in BPH | 08-28-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The conclusion of this preliminary trial (dose finding study) is that "once daily tadalafil demonstrated clinically meaningful and statistically significant efficacy and it was well tolerated in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia lower urinary tract symptoms", and hence suggesting at least two...

Hospital Death Rates No Longer a Secret | 08-25-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

This past week for the first time, the federal government posted on its  Hospital Compare web site the actual death rates for hospitals treating patients with three conditions:  heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia.  In the past, the feds had only indicated whether these death rates...

Its all about the spin | 08-21-2008
Author: Marc Hamet, MD, President, Image Guided Therapeutics, LLC.

This article could easily be spun as a victory for stent efficacy.

Electronic Medical Records-EMR | 08-18-2008
Analysis of: Majority of Patients Want Doc to use EHRs: Study | www.modernhealthcare.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) or Electronic Health Records (EHR) are the most modern formats emerging in the medical field thanks to the innovations emerging in Information Technology Segment.  Most of the current day patients are aware of medical attention needs unlike the olden past. However,...

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