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 'guarantees'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:37:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139698&cid=t_111298_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fe2yDOuRLLa8%2F By Tad DeHavenTwo polls of likely voters released by Rasmussen Reports today indicate that the federal government’s corporate welfare programs should be prime targets for spending cuts. The first poll found little support for the Small Business Administration’s lending programs: A majority (58 percent) of likely voters said that the federal government shouldn’t guarantee loans issued by private lenders to small businesses. 23 percent said the government should back small business loans and 19 percent were unsure. A majority (59 percent) of likely voters said that reducing government regulations and taxes would be more helpful to small businesses than the government providing loans to small businesses that can’t obtain financing on their own. 22 percent said the government lo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139698 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:47:19 +0100 5139698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062324&cid=t_111298_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F07%2F22%2Ftop-5-ehr-contract-pitfalls-identified-guest-post%2F The decisions don’t end after deciding on an EHR system for your medical practice. An EHR contract is an important and legally binding document, and it’s absolutely essential to consider every line of fine print before accepting the terms. O’Toole Law Group founder William O’Toole strongly believes that contract terms should be one of the top criteria in the EHR selection process. Consulting with a lawyer before you sign is the best way to avoid difficult and expensive problems in the future. The following five issues arise frequently in EMR/EHR contracts, which are being rushed to execution by many practices that are aiming to qualify for federal funding under ARRA/HITECH. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it aims to shed light on a few of the most frequent contract issu... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062324 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:21:58 +0100 5062324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750110&cid=t_111298_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F14714335%2F1kxzn9%2Fneuromarketing%7ESimple-Guarantees-Work-Best.htm The issue of simplicity vs. complexity is, well, complicated. In business, simplicity and brevity are usually greatly preferred, but in marketing trying to get your message into a few words sometimes doesn’t work as well as longer text. For example, some of the most effective direct sales letters are lengthy, running many pages [...] (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750110 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:33:14 +0100 3750110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287721&cid=t_111298_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNzFTrqOzcBA%2F By Jerry TaylorA good default proposition regarding the government’s role in the economy would state that the government should not loan money to an enterprise if the enterprise in question cannot find one single market actor anywhere in the universe to loan said enterprise a single red cent.  It might suggest – I don’t know – that the investment is rather … dubious. Alas, like all good propositions regarding the government’s role in the economy, this one is being left by the roadside by the Obama administration.  Unfortunately, the only complaint being made by a not insubstantial segment of the political Right – frequently, the political crowd that is busy decrying “Bailout Nation” – is that the loan guarantees are not fat enough. I write, of course, about the $8.3 b... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287721 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:17:49 +0100 3287721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048084&cid=t_111298_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHQqn4XqYCUI%2F John Kay’s column in yesterday’s Financial Times criticizes government guarantees to banks because they involve hidden but large costs. According to Kay: Such guarantees distort competition: sheltered banks outperform rivals not because of greater efficiency, but because capital becomes cheaper to obtain. Sheltered banks gain too-big-to-fail status, which creates barriers to entry for smaller, more efficient banks. Relief from business risk leads to more risk taking, AKA moral hazard. Cheaper private risk management incentives are reduced within and outside the bank. Other kinds of government guarantees, such as social insurance, also involve large hidden costs. Social Security and Medicare’s guarantee of a paid holiday with medical care for the rest of retirees’ lives generates ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048084 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:23:22 +0100 3048084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376277&cid=t_111298_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FIU3iPC7brEg%2F Have you ever taken a pill or other type of medication that just, for whatever reason, has not worked? Yeah, me too. Luckily, most of the time my doctor is able to give me a sample so we can see if it works or not. Sometimes, though, I’ve paid for a whole bottle of pills, taken one, and had it not work. Then I’ve ended up throwing the lot of them out and wasting a bunch of money besides. Now, it appears that some drug makers are trying to “adjust what they charge for their drugs, based on how well the medicines improve patients’ health.” Kind of like a “guaranteed or your money back” type of thing. The first of this type of program is expected to be with Merck. Merck will base the cost of Januvia and Janumet (both for diabetes) based on how well the p... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376277 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:41:02 +0100 2376277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=536613&cid=t_111298_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F11%2Fon-life-absolutes-and-frogs%2F Filed under: All CancersLife has no guarantees. No one ever promises we'll sail easily through life, fall into the lap of a loving family, find the love of our lives, land a good and stable job, and have the perfect number of children, houses, cars, and toys. That brings me to health. No guarantees here either. No one ever predicted I would get cancer. But I did. And while maybe it's a blessing I had no advance warning, the future would certainly be much more clear if it came with absolutes. It sure would be nice -- even now, 36 years into my life -- to hear the words: you will absolutely never get cancer -- again.As soon as Joey hopped in the car after school today, he looked at his little brother and announced, "If you have two frogs and one more comes along, then you have three." Joey i... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=536613 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 536613