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Posted October 11, 2007
Future Treatment Of Back Pain, A Brief Synopsis
Analysis of: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society | www.annals.org
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Cost effective treatment of back pain. working within insurance guidelines An older population dealing with increased medical problems. Separating the acute, chronic, traumatic and non-traumatic patients. Unfortunately future guidelines for treatment of lower back pain will be dictated by the insurance...
Posted October 10, 2007
Excellent foray into untapped field of Online Medical Records
Analysis of: Microsoft launches Web site to hold medical records | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
This move by Microsoft has brought attention to a vast untapped field of personal medical information being saved online. It promises the convenience factor as well as privacy sought after by the patients. Making its foray into this field with two well thought acquisitions by Microsoft, this website...
Posted October 10, 2007
Microsoft Made Money, will they Make Money in Medicine?
Analysis of: Microsoft launches Web site to hold medical records | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Microsoft has run out of operating systems and is turning to a never ending source of revenue namely the medical field. Will it work for them?
Posted October 10, 2007
When doing 'nothing' is the right thing to do
Analysis of: Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society | www.annals.org
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1) Consensus guidelines are emerging from intersociety collaborations, resulting in evidence-based diagnosis and treatment recommendations with broad applicability, and potentially, efficacy and cost containment. 2) The guidelines stress results-oriented diagnostic pathways: don't perform diagnostic...
Posted October 10, 2007
Safety? Safety? Safety?
Analysis of: Microsoft launches Web site to hold medical records | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
We are all in love with the web. However, there will need to be protection on this site to be able to avoid any HIPPA issues and the ability of someone being able to hack in and steal "alot" of personal data.
Posted October 9, 2007
Managing Managed Health Care
Analysis of: HEALTH COSTS: The Boss Says, 'Try This.' | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
"More companies are offering workers and their families help managing their medical care, right down to adding services that arrange for doctors' second opinions and suggest specialists and hospitals."
Posted October 9, 2007
Microsoft's consumer MHR offering: Another addition to the fragmented consumer healthcare space.
Analysis of: Microsoft launches Web site to hold medical records | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Microsoft is the latest Internet firm to jump on the consumer healthcare train. Offering a medical health record (MHR) to consumers is not unique. Also standards for electronic health records (EHR) are still evolving with many current and potential players.
Adam Fein Posted October 8, 2007
More Consolidation in the Oncology Channel
Analysis of: McKesson Expands Specialty Pharmaceutical Business with Agreement to Purchase OTN for $575 Million | www.mckesson.com
Author: Adam Fein, Founder & President Pembroke Consulting Inc
Although McKesson’s move looks like nothing more than a horizontal distribution acquisition, it actually represents the ongoing vertical consolidation of the specialty pharmacy channel. And as the channels to the non-retail customer gets narrower, combined distributor-GPO entities gain leverage. ...
Eric Gruff Posted October 8, 2007
Microsoft's HealthVault: Putting Medical Information on the Web Offers Great Promise and Great Risk
Analysis of: Microsoft launches Web site to hold medical records | uk.reuters.com
Author: Eric Gruff, Principal E4 Consulting
Microsoft's HealthVault will store medical information in an encrypted database available via the Web. In addition, there will be access to health information available to the public. Putting secured health data online seems like a great idea provided that personal information remains out of reach of...
Posted October 8, 2007
Continuing in office?? He must be kidding??
Analysis of: Senator’s Illness Requires Monitoring | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
To quote the NYT "Mr. Domenici, who is 75 and in his sixth term, revealed on Thursday that he had frontotemporal lobar degeneration, a term that describes a family of diseases that damage parts of the brain that control language, behavior, planning, organizing, decision-making and movement. Patients...
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