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The L.A. Times reports on the financial difficulties of primary care docs in solo practices. Are large group practices the way of the future? MartketWatch reports on how interactive video games are motivating people to get active. The NY Times...
December 17, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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By THCB Staff The consumer genetics company Navigenics has partnered with Scripps, Microsoft and Affymetrix in a landmark clinical study to assess the behavioral impact of personal genetic testing on people who choose to receive such screenings to identify their...
October 15, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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By THCB Staff The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's reader blog has a great entry by a college-educated working individual who wonders how people making twice the minimum wage can afford health benefits for the entire family -- even if the employer foots...
October 9, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (1)

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iHealthBeat: The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel is seeking comments on six draft interoperability specifications designed to support the electronic exchange of health information, Health Data Management reports. Academic medicine representatives told the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission that medical education...
October 7, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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A computer and one expert are as effective at spotting breast cancer as the two experts who usually used to read mammograms in the UK, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study. The BBC reports that these results...
October 2, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Esther Dyson explains why she believes Health 2.0 companies, such as Organized Wisdom are a great investment. Dyson has been an early investor and guiding influence on many technology start-ups, including including 23andMe, Medstory (which was acquired by Microsoft), PatientsLikeMe,...
September 26, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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New surgery technique uses the somebody's existing openings to allow for scarless surgery, the Washington Post reports. The new experimental procedure takes "minimally invasive to a new level." Microsoft plans to buy back another $40 billion of its own stock...
September 23, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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The majority of ER patients leave confused and with unanswered questions, which can contribute to medication errors and return visits, the New York Times reports. And the study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine was among English speakers! Imagine...
September 16, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (1)

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By Sarah Arnquist Associated Press: Only 2 percent of medical students plan on going into primary care, according to survey published today in JAMA (subscription required). "I didn't want to fight the insurance companies," said Dr. Jason Shipman, 36, a...
September 10, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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By Sarah Arnquist ELECTION 2008: Stateline.org has a useful Web tool to compare synopsis of McCain and Obama's stance on issues ranging from health care to abortion to the environment. Despite the fact both candidates barely mentioned health care reform...
September 8, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (1)

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ABC: A Rhode Island man arrested this week for drunk driving had a potentially lethal blood-alcohol level at the highest ever recorded by police. LA Times: Physicians and entrepreneurs team up to launch Medpedia -- a Wikipedia for medical issues....
July 25, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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By THCB Staff USA Today: Examines individual health policies and concludes they leave many behind. USA Today: A record number of babies were born in the USA in 2007. Is this the next baby boom? CNN: Teen pregnancies up for...
July 21, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (1)

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WASH POST: Pioneering heart surgeon, Michael E. DeBakey, 99, dies. WASH POST: AMA apologizes for historical racism. NY TIMES: Docs Medicare payment problem persists. NY TIMES: The hilarities and health benefits of dancing. WSJ: Lessons from Massachusetts health reform. WSJ:...
July 14, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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By THCB Staff FORBES: Fed Chief Ben Bernanke fans the flames of health reform. "It's not just balancing the federal budget; it's really a much broader question of the stability and strength of our economy over a longer period of...
June 19, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health wonk review

It's up at Jason Shafrin's Healthcare Economist.
May 15, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (0)

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By THCB STAFF NYT Lying - Giving Ourselves The Psychological Push We Need to Reach Future Goals? Or Just Good Old-Fashioned Twisted Fun? LAT: Food 2.0 - What to eat while Googling Microsoft: Health 2.0 could eventually "expand Web 2.0...
May 6, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink | Comments (1)

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By THCB Staff VentureBeat: Emphasis Search, This Year's WebMD, Raises 1M for Specialist Matching Service Surgeons Meet in Second Life: First International Virtual Association Formed (Hat Tip: Medical Quack) WSJ Health Blog: Are General Surgeons the Primary Care Docs of...
April 22, 2008 in Around the Web | Permalink

Health Wonk Review - 4/3/08

By Brian Klepper HWR has clearly arrived, at least in the sense that all KINDS of columnists are clamoring to be read here. More than thirty submissions arrived in my inbox, a collection of the utilitarian, the thoughtful and sometimes...
April 3, 2008 in Around the Web, Brian Klepper | Permalink | Comments (4)