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 'businessweek'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045074&cid=t_100702_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0JMVllrwUl8%2F By Michael F. CannonBloomberg’s Caroline Baum has a great column in BusinessWeek on ObamaCare.  It leads off with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s oft-repeated remark, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Truer words were never spoken.  Heck, ObamaCare gives HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius so much arbitrary power to reshape the health care sector that Congress had to pass the law so that Pelosi could find out what is in it. Baum explains why such discretionary power is dangerous: Discretion may be the better part of valor, but it’s not something businesses can rely on for planning purposes. Corporations are already hunkered down because of (take your pick) weak demand, hurt feelings as a result of presidential persecution, or uncertainty over ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4045074 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:43:39 +0100 4045074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3658934&cid=t_100702_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fexclusive-mediabistro-com-founder-laurel-touby-on-making-millions-marriage-and-moving-forward%2F Laurel Touby and husband Jon Fine at the Webutante Ball in NYC, June 8, 2010 A former freelance writer, Laurel Touby came up with the idea for her influential media company, Mediabistro.com, in 1994, and in 2007, sold it for a cool $23 million. (She didn’t pocket all of that, though.) Just back from an eight-month international sabbatical, Laurel took some time out to answer our 11 questions about marriage, making more money than her husband, and moving on after major success. Long before you sold Mediabistro (the company you founded) for many millions of dollars, did you care who made more money, you or your then-boyfriend? I would love to say that it didn’t matter, because I’m an emancipated woman who went to Smith College. But, it was nice to know that he could pay his part of... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3658934 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:30:40 +0100 3658934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142514&cid=t_100702_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDVMBZvjcGTY%2F By Tad DeHavenOur bloated government does a lot of things it shouldn’t, but the decennial census is one of the handful of federal activities the Constitution approves of. The census was intended simply to determine the number of seats each state would have in the House of Representatives. Today, census data is plugged into government formulas to determine how more than $400 billion in subsidies from the federal welfare state are allocated to state and local governments. The impetus to grab federal dollars caused controversy back in December when the National Association of Latino Elected Officials distributed a census promo that read, “This is how Jesus was born…Joseph and Mary participated in the Census.” The group’s website says that, “For each uncounted Latino, more ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142514 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:10:39 +0100 3142514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367429&cid=t_100702_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fbusiness-week-on-health-it-dubious.html While I would have used the title "The Dubious Promise of Digital Medicine When Led By Amateurs in the Health IT Industry", the following Business Week article is one of the better and more realistic appraisals of the current state of Health IT.Business Week, April 23, 2009The Dubious Promise of Digital MedicineChad Terhune, Keith Epstein and Catherine ArnstRecommended reading for anyone interested in improving healthcare via information technology. (Full disclosure: MedInformaticsMD was a contributor to the article.)I will be commenting in upcoming posts on the article's points and HIT industry's customary, self serving and unscientific counterpoints. The article's thrust is that a HIT remains an experimental technology with a mixed history, which like any societal-level experiment (HIT r... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367429 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:12:00 +0100 2367429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734636&cid=t_100702_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F375383683%2F BusinessWeek covers a best practice in a topic of growing importance: how large companies can retain older workers in productive ways beyond a set arbitrary retirement age. Issue: Retiring Employees, Lost Knowledge (Business Week) A pilot program at American Express gives soon-to-be retirees less work and more time to pass along their expertise to younger generations - "Before long, the group made an important discovery: Not only would a huge number of employees become eligible for retirement in the next five to 10 years, the company had done little to retain the wealth of institutional knowledge they would be taking with them. From the intricacies of key client relationships to mainframe computer languages no longer being taught in school, many experienced workers possessed critical ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734636 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:10:44 +0100 1734636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=658843&cid=t_100702_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F05%2Fdiabetics-taking-avandia-caught-in-volley-of-debate%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, DrugsFor those of you following the Avandia story in the news, you're probably wondering how the patients currently taking Avandia are feeling. Are they flushing the pills down the toilet? What about the patients enrolled in GlaxoSmithKline's current Avandia clinical trial -- are they dropping out like flies? If you are unfamiliar with the Avandia debate, news broke last week that Avandia, a popular diabetes drug, may increase the risk of heart attack. A 43% higher risk. It may depend on the specialty of your doctor. BusinessWeek has reported endocrinologists tend to be more skeptical of the study, noting its weaknesses compared to original, more rigorous clinical trials. Many cardiologists and drug safety experts give the study more weight, and remain wo... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658843 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 658843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470313&cid=t_100702_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fmy-three-shrinks-podcast-7-fireside.html Blame Roy on the delay in getting this podcast out. We strive to get these out on Sundays, but life just gets in the way sometimes. We recorded this on Sunday, Jan 21, in front of Dinah's fireside studio, when we had our first snow of the season (not even an inch). Go to the bottom of these Show Notes for a picture of us in front of the fire (the crackles and pops you hear in the audio are from the fire). Roy (our podcast producer) has added a new "feature" where the music which is played as we transition from one carefully planned subject to the next will change from week to week. Feel free to figure out where each week's song snippet comes from. The first one to figure it out will receive the dubious distinction of a link to their blog or site in the following week's Show Notes. (Extra p... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470313 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:13:00 +0100 470313