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Posted June 19, 2008

Government is hindering good surgical care
Analysis of: Writing New Prescriptions for Change--Policymakers' Interest in Health Care Intensifies | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

'Safety' scalpels, blunt needles and government interference.

Posted June 17, 2008

Bottle Feeding, Teething & Seething Toxins
Analysis of: FDA's Chief Scientist Asks Science Board Subcommittee To Review Research On Bisphenol-A | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

Parents never gave plastic a second thought that these seemingly safe vessels are capable of destroying, altering, and risking our children's internal building blocks of life. Babies used to be nursed with glass bottles that were capable of being sterilized,...

Posted June 17, 2008

Healthcare Reform Beckons Again: This Time the Stars may be in Even Better Alignment
Analysis of: Writing New Prescriptions for Change--Policymakers' Interest in Health Care Intensifies | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

The pressure is building from virtually all stakeholders of the $2.3 trillion healthcare industry for major reform in 2009, regardless of who may be the new occupant of the Oval Office. Even the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (arguably the most powerful person in the world at least when...

Posted June 17, 2008

Babies used to be nursed with glass bottles that were capable of being sterilized, but along with disposable diapers, wet wipes, and gourmet babyfood, the plastic industry presides to contain our infants nutritional and bathing essentials. Parents never gave plastic a second...

Posted June 16, 2008
Behavioral change aint easy for physicians regardless of data
Analysis of: Good is Never Enough for P4P | www.hhnmag.com
Author: Robert Forster, Healthcare Consultant Robert Forster, MD

Although administrative and nursing/allied medical staff can and will respond to the Quality challenges, physicians (forgive my stereotyping) must be approached more comprehensively to elicit medical behavioral change based on evidenced based medicine or process improvement. They will slow the...

Posted June 16, 2008

Prospering under Pay for Performance will Require Clearing an Ever Higher Quality Bar
Analysis of: Good is Never Enough for P4P | www.hhnmag.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

The Premier (Hospital Purchasing Alliance) and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS in the U.S. Dept. of HHS) have undertaken the nation's highest profile pay for performance program for about five years now. Those 250 plus hospitals participating are finding that the longer they do...

Posted June 13, 2008
Cerberus Reportedly Shopping Talecris Biotherapeutics to Competitors
Analysis of: Owners Might Sell Talecris Instead of Pursuing an IPO | www.newsobserver.com
Author: Keith Berman, Consultant Health Research Associates

After abandoning a 2007 IPO, Talecris majority owner Cerberus Capital is now reported to be pursuing negotiations to sell the $1.2 billion plasma products firm. Talecris' valuation will necessarily involve projections of worldwide market demand for intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), the industry's most...

Posted June 11, 2008

More Study is Certainly a Good Thing
Analysis of: FDA's Chief Scientist Asks Science Board Subcommittee To Review Research On Bisphenol-A | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

Gee, remember when Nalgene was the way to go, because it was safer/healthier than phthalates? Now Nalgene is suspect, since it may contain BPA. Metal is no good, especially aluminum. And if the inner lining is some epoxy coating, there are yet other things to worry about. I THINK glass is still safe...

Posted June 11, 2008

BPA uncertainty will cause short-term opportunity regardless of ultimate conclusions
Analysis of: FDA's Chief Scientist Asks Science Board Subcommittee To Review Research On Bisphenol-A | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

The FDA is opening investigations into whether the widely used plastic additive bisphenol A may have various effects on humans, based on animal models. Several companies are already touting their "BPA-free" status; as the FDA investigation will take a prolonged period to review and summarize available...

Posted June 6, 2008

Feds Finally Publish a Strategic Plan for Widespread Health IT Adoption
Analysis of: ONC-Coordinated Strategic Plan Released Setting Health IT Milestones Across Federal Agencies | www.hhs.gov
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor

The federal government, through its HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), has finally published its much anticipated (and delayed) strategic plan for spreading health IT throughout the country. The feds are still trying to reach the increasingly more elusive...

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