http://www.hexguard.com Medicine, Diet, Fitness and Parenting Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday we tried to put EHRs into perspective. They're important, and we can't effectively move health care forward without them. But they're only one of many important health IT functions. EHRs and health IT alone won't fix health care. So developing a comprehensive but effective national health IT plan is ... http://www.hexguard.com/health/lets-reboot-americas-health-it-conversation-part-2-beyond-ehrs.htm http://www.hexguard.com/research/beverly-hills-plastic-surgeon-uses-his-patients-liposuction-fat-to-fuel-his-girlfriends-suv.htm Call for Safe Medicine at the State Capitol - CALPIRG .priority { height: 285px; } function getWebguiProperty (propName) { var props = new Array(); props["extrasURL"] = "/extras/"; props["pageURL"] = "/newsroom/health-care/health-care-news/call-for-safe-medicine-at-the-state-capitol"; return props[propName]; } http://www.hexguard.com/stories/call-for-safe-medicine-at-the-state-capitol.htm In the winter 2009 issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History,a review essayappearsby Anne Hardy, one of the preeminent historians of medicine in the world, entitled "A New Chapter in Medical History." Here is the Abstract:Once the domain of physicians intent on recording and memorializing professional achievements, the history of ... http://www.hexguard.com/weight-loss/on-a-new-chapter-in-medical-history.htm Kibbe & Klepper are back with an update to their pre-Christmas piece on EHRs and the forthcoming Obama Administration's investment policy towards them. Lest you think that this is just a small group here on THCB and fellow traveler blogs shouting to each other, I'd point you towards the Boston ... http://www.hexguard.com/news/lets-reboot-americas-hit-conversation-part-1-putting-ehrs-in-context.htm Michael Lewis has returned from writing about Jim Clark, technology, baseball and football to his first topic; finance. (Liars Poker is still the best book about Wall Street ever) His two part piece with hedge fund manager David Einhorn this weekend in the NY Times is one of the best ... http://www.hexguard.com/health/not-exactly-health-care-but-follow-the-money.htm AstraZeneca appears set to follow Merck into the market for “bio-similars.” (See AstraZeneca may join generic rush.) Congress and the media tend to portray biosimilars are analogous to generic chemistry-based pharmaceuticals, and therefore believe that they will lead to much lower prices as a result of the commoditization of these ... http://www.hexguard.com/events/a-me-too-strategy-for-me-too-drugs.htm Just thinking, along the lines of a New Year's resolution. What if all of the hospitals in the Boston metropolitan area -- academic medical centers and community hospitals -- decided as a group to eliminate certain kinds of hospital-acquired infections and other kinds of preventable harm? And what if they ... http://www.hexguard.com/medical-news/a-new-years-resolution-for-greater-hospital-transparency.htm In last week’s NEJM, physician-author Abraham Verghese paints a disturbing picture of a medical world in which technology has morphed from tool to object, the patient relegated to a supporting role. To me, Abraham has nailed the diagnosis but not the treatment.I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know ... http://www.hexguard.com/health/can-the-physical-examination-save-us-from-the-dehumanization-of-medicine.htm Those of you outside of Washington, DC likely missed the Washington Post's three-part investigation of the events leading to the downfall of AIG.It makes for good holiday reading. I highly recommend the series to you.Knowing the culture at AIG from many years of activity with the company and its leadership, ... http://www.hexguard.com/health/the-downfall-of-aig.htm