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Study Group: Physicians with Dialysis Patients that use the NxStage System One(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 31

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

Andrew Krutul, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Michigan State University

Andrew Krutul, MD, is a Nephrologist at the Renal Associates of western Michigan in Grand Rapids Michigan. He served for years as a Clinical Section Chief of Nephrology at St Mary's Mercy Medical Center and serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at the Michigan State University School of Medicine....

Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT
Chief Executive Officer
Medical Concepts & Innovations

Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, is the Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Medical Concepts & Innovations. He also works part-time as a dialysis nurse at the local VA Hospital. He serves as a Consultant for ESRD providers, manufacturers of dialysis supplies, and investment houses in New York and London....

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FDA Restrictions on ESA's Will Have Minimal Effect of EPO Usage. | 08-04-2008
Analysis of: Amgen Told to Reword Drug Label | www.nytimes.com
Author: Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, 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) ...

Veterans Admininstration Sets The Standard for Electronic Medical Records: Why Re-invent The Wheel? | 08-04-2008
Author: Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, 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.

FDA: Chinese Manufacturer of Tainted Heparin Involved in Fraud. | 04-30-2008
Author: Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Concepts & Innovations

First, and foremost, the only working link for this article can be found at: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSWAT00934620080415?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews Although there is no proof offered in the article to substantiate the suggestion of fraud, there is enough circumstantial...

FDA Fees Must Be Increased to Fund Inspection of Chinese Products. | 04-30-2008
Analysis of: FDA fees eyed to boost food, drug safety | www.usatoday.com
Author: Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Concepts & Innovations

One only has to read about the Heparin debacle, which has killed, at least, 81 Americans, to realize that there is a serious issue with the quality of medicines produced in China.  Manufacturing of medical food and consumer goods in China is growing at such a rate, the Chinese government has neither...

Who to Blame for Waste in the Medical Industry? Who's on First? | 04-30-2008
Author: Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Concepts & Innovations

It's easy to point fingers of blame and this article does that, very well.  According to the "annalysis" everybody is to blame.  And, they're right, everyone is to blame, but where the article fails is the authoris inability to point out a real solution to the problem of wasted dollars spent...

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