MONDAY
January 12, 2009
New Study Finds Over Half Of US Hospitals Utilize Hospitalists
Public Health News From Medical News Today
(PR)
Vatican -- Taking End-of-Life Bioethics Back to 1967
Medical Futility
"The Church has also spoken out against living wills..."
The Web 2.0-EBM Medicine split. [1] Introduction into a short series.
Laika's MedLibLog
Thoughtful comments regarding evidence-based medicine v. the wisdom of the crowd.
"Free" antibiotics and wellness -- a 2009 retail health update
Health Populi
Loss leaders:
First Beyonce, Now Prozac.
Has Bioinformatics Hit A Hard Wall of Stagnation?
Health Care Renewal
Bioinformatics v. Medical Informatics
Pinker: My Genome, My Self
In a long article in the New York Times Magazine, psychologist Steven Pinker describes the many promises -- limitations -- of personal genomics.
Critical care checklists: A case for streamlining the approval process in quality-improvement research
Clinical Cases and Images - Blog
TUESDAY
January 13, 2009
Pinker: My Genome, My Self
In a long article in the New York Times Magazine, psychologist Steven Pinker describes the many promises -- and limitations -- of personal genomics.
"The Innovator's Prescription": Christensen's Book Offers Insightful Dx, Unrealistic Rx
The Health Care Blog
The guru of disruptive innovation examines healthcare.
Chopra and Weil and Roy, Oh My! Or: The Wall Street Journal, coopted.
Science-Based Medicine
"The Unholy Trinity of Pseudoscience launch[es] a counterattack."
Medical Device Networks Trouble Industry
Medical Connectivity
Outstanding analysis of critical healthcare networking issues.
Call Centers In India Provide Reproductive Health Information To Anonymous Callers
IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today
Online trumps print for health information - Pharma's window of opportunity to build trust online
Health Populi
St. Elisabeth Hospital, Leipzig Moves From Analogue to Digital Radiography In One Step
eHealth News EU
(Vendor PR)
NEJM article critical of health reporting
Covering Health
Patient empowerment depends on good information.
Transparency Trek: The Million EOB March
Crossover Healthcare
Nascent Web 2.0 movement to post Explanation of Benefits documents -- as soon as they get the details worked out.
WEDNESDAY
January 14, 2009
McKinsey blames technology for our health care woes
ZDNet Healthcare
"Just say no to unnecessary high-tech care."
Scientists Call Up Stem Cell Troops To Repair The Body Using New Drug Combinations
Stem Cell Research News From Medical News Today
“I Reject Your Reality” - Germ Theory Denial and Other Curiosities
Science-Based Medicine
Invincible ignorance is part of the wisdom of crowds, too.
Reverse evolution in real-time
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news
After 50 generations, you can't go home again.
The waning effect of direct to consumer drug advertising
KevinMD.com - Medical Weblog
"Patients may be less trusting of the pharmaceutical industry than before,"
A Text Message-Based Intervention for Weight Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Small study, interesting approach.
In 'Biopsy' Tests Wireless Microgrippers Grab Living Cells
IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today
(PR)
Word-of-mouth remains the top consumer channel for finding a physician
Health Populi
Low price is not really the object.
The Camden Group Outlines Major Healthcare Industry Trends And Challenges For 2009
Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today
(Interesting PR)
National Research Council: Current Approaches to Health IT Insufficient ... and Other "Master of the Obvious" News
Health Care Renewal
"I've been sayin' it, I've been sayin' it, ain't I been sayin' it?"
Emory Prof Launches Shadow DSM-V Group
GoozNews
Monitoring conflicts in the revision of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Psychiatry.
The diversification of consumer genomics
Genetic Future
Notes about the Universal Carrier Screen for 100 serious genetic diseases from start-up
Counsyl.
The Problem with VistA: “Its the Platform, Stupid”
Crossover Healthcare
Good post and comments on the Veterans Adminstration's pioneering Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture electronic medical record.
Software Helps ID Terrorists Carrying Out Attacks
Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News From Medical News Today
Artificial intelligence that mines web traffic, similar to last year's story on
Google Flu Trends.
THURSDAY
January 15, 2009
My Family Health Portrait: A Family PHR
Health Care Law Blog
Updated with links to personal health records.
Rules of [Health] Engagement
The Health Engagement Blog
"The public has rewritten the rules of public engagement in health."
Systems Biology Is The Key To Future Medical Breakthroughs, According To Leading European Scientists
IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today
(PR)
'COMPARE' Provides Global Positioning System For Health-Care Policy
Public Health News From Medical News Today
Simulation, but not really GPS.(PR)
Testes Stem Cells Can Change Into Other Body Tissues
Stem Cell Research News From Medical News Today
One man study.
The Chart Is Dead, Long Live The Chart
The Last Psychiatrist
If the chart is not shaped by the doctoring, the doctoring will be shaped by the chart.
Many Likely to Create Own Online Personal Medical Record - Report
The Medical Quack
"...it still surprises me to see the number of clinicians, medical staff, patients, etc. that are unaware of the existence of the PHR."
March of the mobile medical wonders
ZDNet Healthcare
"...patients with remote health monitoring spent 25% fewer days in the hospital than those who were not."