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 'analyst'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062327&cid=t_129031_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F07%2F19%2Fipo-window-open-for-ehr-vendors%2F I’m pretty sure that many readers of this site haven’t found my new EMR related website called EMR and EHR Thoughts and so you might have missed the post I did about Greenway Medical filing to go public. This is obviously big news for Greenway, but I also think it’s a sign of things to come. I believe that Greenway is likely the first of many EHR companies that we’ll see go public over the next year or so. I’m sure that many of you haven’t followed the trends of tech company IPO’s and I’m far from an expert on this. However, the IPO window which was generally closed for tech companies now seems to be open after a number of successful public offerings from tech companies. I’m not sure why it took me so long to realize this, but I believe... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062327 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:31:27 +0100 5062327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953050&cid=t_129031_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FMzBp8c6lN5A%2F What happened in the M&A arena had interesting ramifications, but what didn’t happen might be equally significant: The overcrowded electronic health records market didn’t consolidate. Well over 200 EHR vendors are fighting for meaningful use business. How crowded is the field? As of mid-April, the federal government lists 393 Complete or Modular certified ambulatory EHR products, along with 182 certified inpatient Complete or Modular products. There were several good reasons for the non-event, but consolidation’s got to come soon, says Rob Tholemeier, senior research analyst at Crosstree Capital Partners, a Tampa-based corporate financial advisory firm. “There has never in the history of software been 200-plus companies selling similar functionality,” he ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953050 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:17:31 +0100 4953050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096827&cid=t_129031_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXKut6CftOp8%2F By Justin LoganForeign Policy magazine performs an important public service, publishing a compendium of the “top 10 worst predictions for 2009.” My favorite? “If we do nothing, I can guarantee you that within a decade, a communist Chinese regime that hates democracy and sees America as its primary enemy will dominate the tiny country of Panama, and thus dominate the Panama Canal, one of the world‘s most important strategic points.“ —Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), Dec. 7, 1999 Rohrabacher made this alarming prediction during a debate on the U.S. handover of the Panama Canal. His fellow hawk, retired Adm. Thomas Moorer, even warned that China could sneak missiles into Panama and use the country as a staging ground for an attack on the United States. Well, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096827 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:01:10 +0100 3096827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044730&cid=t_129031_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fuw-CyuxtMzo%2F There are two things that President Obama’s plan won’t do: win the war, or end the war. While all Americans hope that the mission in Afghanistan will turn out well, the U.S. military’s counterinsurgency doctrine says that stabilizing a country the size of Afghanistan would require far more troops than the most wild-eyed hawk has proposed: about 600,000 troops. An additional 30 to 40,000 troops isn’t just a case of too little, too late; it holds almost no prospect of winning the war. Accordingly, this likely won’t be the last prime-time address in which the president proposes sending many more troops to Afghanistan; my greatest fear is that this is only the first of many. But we shouldn’t just commit still more troops. President Obama should have recogniz... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044730 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:55:33 +0100 3044730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1939215&cid=t_129031_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FwyDl6e2Ftz0%2F Parents in Norwalk (CT) have raised concerns that an autism consultant hired by the school district was not certified as a behavior analyst as she claimed, the November 4th Stamford Advocate reports. Stacy Lore, owner of Carmel, N.Y.-based Spectrum Kids, also allegedly “charged the district for several therapy sessions with their children that never took place.” The Norwalk Board of Education is meeting today in a closed session to discuss these allegations: Parents filed Freedom of Information requests with the district to get billing information tied to their children’s therapy sessions, which they received, along with evidence the district checked Lore’s credentials and documentation of those credentials. Special Education Director Janie Friedlander said Lore has... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939215 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:15:18 +0100 1939215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773341&cid=t_129031_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F01%2Fso-avandia-stays-but-will-doctors-prescribe-it%2F Filed under: Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, ComplicationsIt was plastered all over the news earlier this week. The committee of advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted 22-1 to keep GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia on the market. They also voted 20-3 the evidence reveals Avandia increases risk of heart attack. Comforting, isn't it? Avandia, used to treat type 2 diabetes, has been under attack for cardiovascular risks since a late May study showed a 43 percent higher risk of heart attack. Okay, so Avandia will likely get a black box warning from the FDA, its sternest alert to doctors. Pascale Boyer Barresi, an analyst at Bordier & Cie in Geneva stated the black box is likely and Avandia sales will probably not recover to previous levels. They might gain 10 to 15 percent... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773341 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 773341