MONDAY
January 26, 2009
Not Much Hope for HopeCube [Highlight HEALTH 2.0]
The Highlight HEALTH Network
If you build it, maybe they won't come.
.NET Micro Framework: Good Choice for Medical Devices?
Medical Connectivity
Anything would be better than Windows.
Insurers scrutinize nanotechnology
And some won't cover nano. From Environmental Science & Technology.
Sneaky genetic testing
Genetic Future
"there is no federal law clarifying people's right to privacy with regard to abandoned DNA"
A Virus That Rebuilds Damaged Nerves
Technology Review Feed - Biomedicine Top Stories
"Genetically engineered viruses could form a scaffold for nerve cells."
Science-based Longevity Medicine
Science-Based Medicine
A review of
"Living Healthier and Longer – What Works, What Doesn’t" by Carl Bartecchi, MD and Robert W. Schrier, MD.
Strategic Implementation of the NHIN
The Health Care Blog
National Health Information Network, legacy networks and more panels, commissions and committees.
We need a conference [on Free and Open Source in Healthcare]
Fred Trotter
July 31-August 3 in Houston TX.
Register here.
3D Multi Touch Application for Heart Surgeries – Microsoft Surface and HealthVault
The Medical Quack
The Truth About Health IT Standards -– There’s No Good Reason to Delay Data Liquidity and Information Sharing
Neupert On Health
Just do it.
If Somebody Came to Your Physician Practice with a 23andMe
Think Gene
Strong IT perspective on personal genomics:
"To assume that professionals are going to use a test in medicine that legally declares 'do not use this test in medicine' is absurd."
ePrescribing opens up a world of opportunity for pharma
World of DTC Marketing
Unintended consequences: "...it's only a matter of time before a [patient] gets an ad for a competitors drug when they receive their Rx."
TUESDAY
January 27, 2009
The Doctors Company Provides Tips For Physicians To Minimize Risk While Practicing Medicine By Phone Or E-mail
IT / Internet / E-mail News From Medical News Today
Excellent Web 2.0 checklist. (PR)
Peering into the Genetic Future: trends in human genomics in 2009
Genetic Future
A comprehensive look at the near future.
Blue Cross Terminates Concierge Doctor: Why It Doesn't Matter
Dr. Steven Knope
"illuminating the coming revolution in health care delivery"
WEDNESDAY
January 28, 2009
Concierge Medicine: Can it Help Solve Our Medical Malpractice Crisis?
Dr. Steven Knope
"We know that lousy doctors cannot sustain a concierge practice."
New Age Experiment Goes Wrong, Hundreds Dead
Neuroskeptic
"...if you look hard enough you can literally find any conclusion in any data set." Hilarious.
A re-review of peer review: Leading journal looks to end the 'review nightmare'
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news
Ethical questions about consumer-driven health care plans and marketing thereof
Schwitzer health news blog
More on yesterday's JAMA Commentary.
Why Thoughtful Patients Lie to Their Doctors
The Covert Rationing Blog
"...doctors are not above ratting their patients out to insurance companies."
The Virtual Health Home
The Health Care Blog
"The consumer-owned, consumer-designed and consumer assembled virtual health home provides ... support for every aspect of a person’s health."
(Verified link to the 12-page white paper.)
Home Monitors Come in Many Shapes and Sizes and Monitor more than what you could imagine
The Medical Quack
Case Western Reserve University DTC Genomics Public Opinion Study
Think Gene
"I expect it to be cited by clueless business school drones to 'prove' a genomic testing market for years to come."
THURSDAY
January 29, 2009
Autism, Testosterone and Eugenics
Neuroskeptic
The more we know, the less we know: an interesting study gets badly misreported.
"Managed consumerism" -- a look at the past decade of consumer-driven health from two gurus
Health Populi
Study Finds Consumers Desire More Genetic Testing, But Not Designer Babies
Genetics News From Medical News Today
...at least when they're surveyed by genetic counselors.
Eye on DNA Interview: Dr. Tzung-Fu Hsieh of RedTracer DNA Test for the Red Hair Gene, MC1R
Eye on DNA
Cosmetic genomics.