MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'aaps'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997503&cid=t_156332_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fblogscan-forensic-statistics.html Several interesting points are raised in the newsletter of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in a post entitled "Forensic Statistics" in their July 2011 newsletter headlined "Numbers." Healthcare Renewal is cited:Forensic StatisticsWhile claims from RCTs fail to replicate about 20% of the time, the problem with epidemiology is so bad as to constitute a crisis, writes S. Stanley Young (“Everything Is Dangerous: a Controversy,” National Institute of Statistical Sciences, June 2008, www.niss.org). Fewer than 20% of nonrandomized trials [e.g., observational studies - ed.] replicate; i.e. 80%-90% of epidemiologists’ claims are false.More than $1 billion in grant/tax money flows to institutions with reproducibility problems, Young states. A fundamental flaw in the... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997503 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:13:00 +0100 4997503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3145936&cid=t_156332_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmore-on-perversity-in-hit-world.html At "Are Dissmissive Industry and Government Reactions to Physician Concerns about EHR's and other Clinical IT Simply Perverse?" I observed that cavalier dismissals of physician reports on HIT unusability and difficulties fit quite well the definition of "perverse:"Merriam-Webster dictionary:Perverse (adj).Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French purvers, pervers, from Latin perversus, from past participle of pervertereDate: 14th century1 a : turned away from what is right or good : corrupt b : improper, incorrect c : contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law 2 a : obstinate in opposing what is right, reasonable, or accepted : wrongheaded b : arising from or indicative of stubbornness or obstinacy3 : marked by peevishness or petulance : cranky4 : marked by... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3145936 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:19:00 +0100 3145936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1863432&cid=t_156332_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opera.com%2Fproducts%2Fmobile%2F It could be quite confusing for the geek-impaired [like me] pediatricians or doctors to understand the difference between built-in native applications and online applications available for the... This is just a summery, visit pda4peds.com for more details and for everything about PDAs in clinical pediatrics! (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1863432 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:05:40 +0100 1863432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1063016&cid=t_156332_150_f&fid=35779&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmamanufacturing.com%2Fonpharma%2F%3Fp%3D1398 Building a “world class” organization requires true teamwork. However, in many situations this teamwork is just a myth. Most employees can recall almost a dozen negative teamwork stories for every positive one. Investing in total employee involvement (TEI) can help change this situation, according to David Gootnick at the AAPS show in San Diego. Gootnick, Managing [...] (Source: On Pharma) On Pharma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1063016 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:40:22 +0100 1063016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1033107&cid=t_156332_150_f&fid=35779&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmamanufacturing.com%2Fonpharma%2F%3Fp%3D1387 In May of 2007, the FDA added the Critical Path Initiative (CPI) for generic drug development. Still in its infancy, the framework hopes to eventually clear some of the roadblocks in the generic development process.   Speaking at the AAPS show, Robert Lionberger, from the FDA Office of Generic Drugs, explained FDA’s role of challenge identifier, input [...] (Source: On Pharma) On Pharma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1033107 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:53:50 +0100 1033107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1022536&cid=t_156332_150_f&fid=35779&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmamanufacturing.com%2Fonpharma%2F%3Fp%3D1382 The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) has announced its 2007 AAPS Fellows, cited for making “remarkable scholarly and research contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences.” They will be recognized at the group’s annual meeting this week in San Diego, which Bill Swichtenberg will be attending. Congratulations to each and every one of them.  (If PhRMA would [...] (Source: On Pharma) On Pharma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1022536 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:10:01 +0100 1022536