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 'deval'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519541&cid=t_224124_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fceo-summit-governors-hit-conference This week was filled with special HIT events convened by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.   Yesterday, the Governor's Healthcare IT Conference began with a panel of CEOs from Humedica, Patientkeeper, Vecna, eCW, Microsoft, Intersystems, Concordant, Biscom, Bessemer Ventures, Life Image, EMC, NaviNet, Navigator Ventures, Meditech, and T2Bio.   Here's a summary of their comments:   (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519541 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:47:57 +0100 3519541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294576&cid=t_224124_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEC6-I7P_zjE%2F By Michael F. CannonHoping to revive his increasingly unpopular health care overhaul, President Obama has invited Republicans to a bipartisan summit this Thursday and plans to introduce a new reform blueprint in advance of the summit.  On Sunday, the White House announced that a key feature of that blueprint will be premium caps, a form of government price control that helped kill the Clinton health plan when even New Democrats rejected it. The New York Times reports on President Obama’s blueprint: The president’s bill would grant the federal health and human services secretary new authority to review, and to block, premium increases by private insurers, potentially superseding state insurance regulators. It bears repeating what Obama’s top economic advisor Larry Summers thi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294576 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:41:15 +0100 3294576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832129&cid=t_224124_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6C77Jt75yRk%2F With Gov. Deval Patrick’s appointment of longtime Kennedy courtier Paul Kirk to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate, there are now at least three close aides holding on to Senate seats while their states go through the formality of an election. The governor of Delaware appointed Joe Biden’s longtime friend and former chief of staff to fill the rest of his term in the Senate. Can you name him? It is generally thought that he is obligingly holding on to the seat until Biden’s son Beau gets back from National Guard service and is able to run to succeed his father. And in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist named his former chief of staff to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Mel Martinez until the 2010 election in which Crist is running for the seat. There are more ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832129 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:12:49 +0100 2832129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605948&cid=t_224124_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fwj4R82P0WKg%2F While politicians and bureaucrats generally are on the same side, there are occasional conflicts. For instance, if politicians want to limit the growth of an agency’s budget (an infrequent impulse, to be sure), the bureaucrats get upset and sometimes they fight back. A common tactic is to try and generate public opposition by leaking to the press that they will have to curtail something that taxpayers actually value. This is known as the Washington Monument Syndrome, which is a reference to the National Park Service’s petulant decision about 40 years ago to close national monuments two days per week because of a very small budget reduction. A very perverse example of the Washington Monument Syndrome just took place in Massachusetts, where officials at the New England Zoo t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605948 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:01:22 +0100 2605948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405029&cid=t_224124_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F27AtbbyjyiA%2F Government is busy trying to protect us from ourselves.  It tosses nearly a million people in jail every year for marijuana offenses.  City councils, state legislators, and Congress all add ever more restrictions on cigarette smoking.  Legislators demand action to stop steroid use by athletes.  And the Senate Finance Committee is considering a “fat tax” on sugared drinks. This isn’t the first time legislators have considered trying to squeeze a little money out of us while micro-managing our lives.  Editorializes the Boston Herald: Earlier this year Gov. Deval Patrick proposed a 5 percent tax (more if the sales tax is raised) on sweetened drinks and candy bars under the pretext of battling obesity (while thinning out our wallets). Happily we haven’t heard much abo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405029 Thu, 14 May 2009 13:04:16 +0100 2405029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2150763&cid=t_224124_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F01%2Fcutting-mental-illness-services-at-what-cost%2F When budgets start getting slashed in a recession, sometimes the poorest, neediest people are hit the hardest. In Massachusetts, this has meant the closing of mental health clinics that serve the poor: When Governor Deval Patrick stood before cameras on Beacon Hill in October to announce the elimination of 1,000 jobs and scores of state services, he solemnly warned, “People will feel these cuts.” Five miles away, at this mental health clinic that served some 370 poor and mentally ill patients last year alone, Jepson and Thiboult would feel the truth of those words. The Boston Globe’s front-page story about this topic was a good read, detailing the difficulty many people with mental illness will have now that one of their treatment supports is being removed. The heart-... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2150763 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:34:30 +0100 2150763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1711849&cid=t_224124_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F368035997%2F And so, as promised, we have returned. We trust you had a pleasant and productive week while we were away. And we want to say thanks for the nice send-off notes so many of you posted. Much appreciated. As always, though, the time has now come to reach for that favored cup of stimulation as we recap a few of the more interesting events of the past several days… Despite last-minute huffing and puffing from drugmakers and biotechs, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law one of the nation’s strictest limits on gifts given to doctors and other medical professionals by sales reps, the most contentious measure contained in a broad package intended to improve healthcare safety and curb skyrocketing costs. Read more here and here. Which course should Bristol-Myers Squibb p... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1711849 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:55:17 +0100 1711849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689196&cid=t_224124_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F358486494%2F Last week, the Massachusetts state legislature passed a compromise version of the Health Care Cost and Quality act, a controversial bill that angered drugmakers and biotechs with an initial effort to greatly restrict interaction between industry and doctors, such as an outright ban on gifts. (Here it is). The gift ban didn’t survive the compromise, but the bill would create an academic detailing program to provide unbiased information to prescribers; requires drugmakers to disclose payments to health care providers valued at $50 or more; directs the state’s Department of Public Health to establish regulations on marketing, using the industry’s own code as a minimum standard (so, this means no branded items, such as mugs and pens; limits on meals, gifts and travel support). The gi... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689196 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:11:34 +0100 1689196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1522435&cid=t_224124_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F313289318%2F File this one under the carrot, not the stick. Drugmakers and biotechs are peeved that Massachusetts is considering a health care bill that would ban various goodies industry can give docs. In fact, the governor, Deval Patrick, was expected to be given a cool reception at the BIO convention being held in San Diego this week. Instead, in what may be an inspired move, the association will bestow its ‘Governor of the Year‘ award on Deval at a luncheon ceremony. Patrick, you may recall, hopes to use a $1 billion, 10-year life sciences initiative to lure biotechs to Massachusetts, a bill that was signed into law today. What could have prompted such warmth? And what might this mean for that annoying health care bill? When we hear from the governor’s office, we will let you know... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1522435 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:56:19 +0100 1522435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1437093&cid=t_224124_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F288692424%2F When three of the state’s politicians, led by Governor Deval Patrick, visit a major biotech conference in San Diego next month, they’re likely to receive a cool reception. They hope to use a $1 billion initiative to lure biotechs to Massachusetts, but biotechs are upset over a provision in bill aimed at controlling health care costs that also would ban industry from giving docs any kind of gift, the Associated Press writes. “Strictly interpreted, the `anything-of-value’ ban could bring clinical trials to a halt in Massachusetts, severely cut into necessary and mandated continuing educational studies undertaken by physicians and mean that fewer new medicines are readily available to patients in the state that is the global hub of medical innovation,” the Massac... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1437093 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:42:29 +0100 1437093