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MONDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 29, 2008
A 21st Century Plague? The Syndrome of Inappropriate Over-Confidence in Computing  Health Care Renewal
"physicians ... must realize their profession is being encroached on by one of the most arrogant occupations known to mankind, the business IT specialty."
The Most Exciting Future Biophysics Tool  Biocurious
"The ultimate fantasy ... an atomic scale femtosecond movie of a living cell over hours."
Ethics and population.  Adventures in Ethics and Science
"Shouldn't the first world folks ... be at the front of the sterilization line?"

TUESDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 30, 2008
Why, why ... PQRI?  The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty
(Physicians' Quality Reporting Initiative)
Put your fears in perspective  Science-Based Medicine
"The solution to medical errors isn’t voodoo, it’s science."
Look into the eyes of the PGP-10  Genetic Future
(Personal Genome Project)
The Health Care Levee - Community Clinics as Medical Homes for the Indigent  Crossover Healthcare
"no primary care, crash in the ER, most expensive place to treat, kicked to the street, no followup, and back to the ER. Rinse. Repeat. Ad Nauseam and Ad Infinitum"

WEDNESDAY

hNBIC Editors: Published items (items 1 to 50)
December 31, 2008
Online Patient Community Battle for Survival: MDJunction [Highlight HEALTH 2.0]  The Highlight HEALTH Network
"Given the stiff competition, many of the primary health consumer online patient communities are dying on the vine."
Recession-Resistant Medicine  Technology Review Feed - Biomedicine Top Stories
"Novel medical treatments thrive as investors get cautious."
Are We Finally Entering the Golden Age of Healthcare Transparency?  Wachter's World
"...the power of shame and embarrassment as motivating forces..."
Insights From Mercer’s Annual Survey  Patient Centric Healthcare
(Mercer’s Annual Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans)
Suing patients for poor online reviews  KevinMD.com - Medical Weblog
"It clearly exposes plaintiff" -- a chiropractor -- "to hatred, contempt, ridicule, and obloquy..."
Of fish oil and back pain -- complementary medicine utilization shifts since 2002  Health Populi
"There's been little new evidence about the clinical efficacy of [Complementary and Alternative Medicine] therapies."
A Yearend Note to Readers  GoozNews
"a tremendous number of stories are going uncovered in the nation's capital"
Bringing Down Specialist Salaries  Ezra Klein
Don't raise the bridge (primary care physician salaries), lower the river.
Robotics for Healthcare Final Report  eHealth News EU
From the European Commission
Why Shouldn't Patients Pay 14% More for Their Healthcare?  Dr. Wes
State-of-the-art branding and marketing by Partners HealthCare Inc.
Taking Control of Biology  Bioethics Forum
Synthetic biology and "the industrialization of life"