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 'hampshire'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118998&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fg-WZvl9XAuY%2F The new president of the American Medical Association is lashing out at critics who claim the AMA has not done enough to persuade physicians to join its five-year-old Physician Data Restriction Program, InformationWeek reports. So far, less than 28,000 doc have joined the PDRP, which enables them to opt out of prescription data mining used in pharmaceutical marketing campaigns. Last week, a commentary in The New England Journal of Medicine commentary suggested the AMA had sabotaged the PDRP. As part of a discussion about the recent US Supreme Court decision to strike down a Vermont data mining law (read here), the authors pointed out that the AMA makes a great deal of money from selling its physician lists, which data miners combine with prescribing data. “To date, few physicians (... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118998 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:37:32 +0100 5118998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984691&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fr04LoWLwBgU%2F This is hardly surprising. After the US Supreme Court last week struck down a highly controversial Vermont law that restricts the sale of prescription drug info identifying prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes, a similar law in Maine is now being sent back to a federal appeals court for judicial review (see this). In pushing for its legislation, Vermont maintained such laws can protect doctor-patient relationships and consumer privacy, promote patient safety and contain health care costs. But market research firms successfully convinced the Supreme Court that the statute hurt public access to healthcare info and violated commercial speech (back story). Maine and New Hampshire are the only states to have passed similar bills, but these are now coming under pressure. I... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984691 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:38:41 +0100 4984691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968911&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FBc0iyAnR7mo%2F In a 6-to-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court has struck down a highly controversial Vermont law that restricts the sale of prescription drug info identifying prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes. The practice is known in the pharma world as data mining and has been growing for the past two decades, ever since data was gathered by market research firms. However, data mining has also sparked heated arguments over free speech, health care costs and information privacy. The decision is a setback for consumer advocates who maintained such laws can protect doctor-patient relationships and consumer privacy, promote patient safety and contain health care costs. Vermont, in fact, passed its law three years ago and then amended it in hopes of staving off court challenges. Similar b... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968911 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:58:18 +0100 4968911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747882&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F9c4NOuPTQQ8%2F The US Supreme Court tomorrow will review a highly controversial issue - the constitutionality of a Vermont law that restricts the sale of prescription drug info identifying prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes. The practice is known in the pharma world as data mining and has been building for some two decades ever since data was gathered by market research firms, but has since sparked heated arguments over free speech, health care costs and information privacy. The information at issue includes the name of a prescribing physician, patient age and sex, the type and strength of each drug prescribed, and the date and location of prescription. Pharmacies, of course, are required by law to collect and maintain data about each prescription that is filled, and are allowed c... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747882 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:16:39 +0100 4747882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322690&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FUjxdBU3b7R8%2F After several years of courtroom battles, the US Supreme Court has agreed to review whether laws that ban data mining - specifically, the sale of prescription drug info that identifies prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes - are unconstitutional (see this). The move, which is not surprising, comes after conflicting rulings issued by different federal appeals courts. Last November, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit shot down a Vermont law after deciding it violated the First Amendment right to free speech (see here). Previously, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld similar statutes passed by Maine and New Hampshire (read this). The challenges to the state laws were made by three healthcare research firms - IMS Health, SDI, Wolters Kluwer hea... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322690 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:10:01 +0100 4322690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314090&cid=t_112595_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fhealthcare-information-services-provider-business-model I've written previously about Healthcare Information Exchange Sustainability and the need for Healthcare Information Services Providers (HISPs) to serve as gateways connecting individual EHRs. How should HISPs be funded and how can we encourage HISP vendors to connect every little guy in the country? We've started to think about this in Massachusetts. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314090 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:19:25 +0100 4314090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197361&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F56S6t7OGekU%2F A federal appeals court has ruled that a Vermont law restricting data mining - specifically, the sale of prescription drug info that identifies prescribers and patients for commercial marketing purposes - is unconstitutional. The law was challenged by three healthcare research firms - IMS Health, SDI, Wolters Kluwer health - and the PhRMA trade group, which argued the legislation would hurt public access to healthcare info and violated commercial speech. The decision is a setback for consumer advocates who maintained such laws can protect doctor-patient relationships and consumer privacy, promote patient safety and contain health care costs. Vermont, in fact, passed its law three years ago and then amended it in hopes of staving off court challenges (see here). Similar bills have been intr... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197361 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:29:23 +0100 4197361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197030&cid=t_112595_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZmiEwqb5y0s%2F By Ilya ShapiroAs the legal battle against Obamacare continues, we got good constitutional news today in another aspect of health care law.  The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York City, ruled that statutes restricting commercial speech about prescription drug-related data gathering are unconstitutional.  The court emphasized that the First Amendment protects “[e]ven dry information, devoid of advocacy, political relevance, or artistic expression.” The case, IMS Health v. Sorrell, concerned a Vermont law that sought to constrain various aspects of prescriber-identifiable data gathering, dissemination, and use. The state argued that such information collection and exchange could induce doctors to alter their prescribing practices in ways that impose additional costs on ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197030 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:37:57 +0100 4197030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179519&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FuFNz5Akkn8M%2F Earlier this year, US Senator Chuck Grassley asked all 50 states to provide data on doctors who wrote huge numbers of prescriptions for specific drugs that are paid for by Medicaid programs. The move was prompted by reports indicating certain meds - notably, several widely used antipsychotics, as well as the OxyContin painkiller and Xanax anxiety pill - have been prescribed at particularly high rates. The purpose in launching this inquiry was to determine whether the drugs are overprescribed and, consequently, costing taxpayers unnecessarily. And so Grassley, who is the ranking Republican on the committee and has launched several probes into the pharmaceutical industry, recently followed up with the Department of Health and Human Services in hopes of learning how the agency oversees paymen... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179519 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:19:22 +0100 4179519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3460246&cid=t_112595_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F04%2F05%2Fhimss-public-policy-forum-quick-hits%2F Yes, I still have quite a bit of HIMSS content that I haven’t had a chance to post. Luckily most of the information is really timeless and so it doesn’t matter when it’s posted. One of those was some of the information I got at the public policy forum at HIMSS. Here’s some quick hits from it: Dr. Rhonda Medows from Georgia said, “Could extend benefits to Long Term care based on capital improvement benefits.” I wonder if she’ll still do this if it’s true that there will be some money for long term care in the current healthcare reform. At least Georgia was looking at some creative ways to get some money for healthcare IT in under served areas. State representative Rosenthall from NH-Representative said that 40-50 percent of doctors in NH have ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3460246 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:44:25 +0100 3460246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236086&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fy8sUVGHi_mE%2F Nearly two years after after a controversial drug used to prevent heartworm in dogs was returned to the market, the FDA will hold a meeting to review a Risk Minimization Action Plan that was put in place to track the safety of the med, known as ProHeart 6. The meeting will be held on March 24 by the FDA’s Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (see here) and review 18 months’ worth of data. The question at hand: is the drug truly safe to use? For those who don’t recall, ProHeart 6 was yanked in 2004 after being linked to a high rate of deaths and serious side effects following a review by an FDA vet. However, Wyeth then launched a secret probe into the vet, Victoria Hampshire; raised conflict-of-interest charges against her at the FDA; and implicitly threatened FDA offici... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236086 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:36:02 +0100 3236086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786024&cid=t_112595_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fprescription-data-mining-is-getting.html Prescription data-mining is a marketing tool in which drug companies purchase information from pharmacies that allow them to spy on doctors' prescribing practices. The companies use this information in a variety of sneaky ways. Front line drug reps download this information to their laptops and use it to tailor their marketing pitches before they call on doctors. Higher level marketing executives use the data to craft targeted marketing campaigns involving everything from pseudo-journals to invitations to promotional dinner meetings.It is a deceptive and quite nauseating marketing practice, but it has continued through the years because it seemed for a while that everybody stood to win. Drug companies got invaluable demographic information in order to sell the newest and most expensive dru... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786024 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:27:00 +0100 2786024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2134644&cid=t_112595_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2Fhere-come-assisted-suicide-bills.html Two states have had assisted suicide bills introduced; Hawaii and New Hampshire. Hawaii's law requires a suicide "monitor" to be present at the death--which in practice would often be an assisted suicide ideologue, such as the "counselors" who work with Compassion and Choices:Monitor required; form. (a) A qualified patient shall designate a competent adult to act as a monitor and who shall be present at the time of actual administration of the medication to the qualified patient and shall witness the event. The monitor shall have the power to act on behalf of the qualified patient to:(1) Stop the administration of the medication if it has not yet been carried out; or (2) Enlist medical assistance to attempt to reverse the effect of the medication if the medication has already been delivere... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2134644 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:08:00 +0100 2134644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056167&cid=t_112595_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FwQoauS6IcQw%2F Winter Solstice Today was the first day of winter.  Here in New Hampshire, where I live, a blizzard hearlded the day.  My family and I have just come inside after shoveling and blowing the snow, about 15 inches, on our deck and along the long 400 foot driveway.    Fortunately the snow was light and fluffy, so wasn’t such a chore to shovel.  However, this was truly a “wintry way” to greet the winter solstice or shortest day of the year.   Here are a few books to learn more about winter and the winter solstice, when we have the shortest amount of daylight.  Some have colorful pictures, something that often entertains Alzheimer’s patients.  They also often like watching the snow fall and reminiscing about the days when they were children in the snow. The Sho... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056167 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:22:22 +0100 2056167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1969316&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F457607692%2F In a move that will likely embolden other states, a federal appeals court upheld a first-in-the-nation law that prohibits prescription data identifying patients or prescribers from being used for marketing purposes. Pharma challenged the law, citing a First Amendment right to track prescription records, while state officials argued the law protected doctor-patient relationships, promoted patient safety and contained health care costs. Drugmakers want this data so they can learn which docs are high prescribers and figure out who to target for the hard sell. Two research firms, also known as data miners, IMS Health and Verispan, challenged the law and called it unconstitutional. They received backing not only from industry, but also free-speech advocates. Consumer and patient groups lined up... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1969316 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:35:13 +0100 1969316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1782893&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F387884584%2F Earlier this summer, the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration reviewed new guidelines on paying for antipsychotic drugs for children. This came after newspaper stories detailed that the number of kids in the program prescribed the meds had nearly doubled between 2000 and 2006. however, the most common primary diagnosis was ADHD, an ailment not approved for using the meds. The agency proposed rule changes to permit Medicaid reimbursement under one of two circumstances: if an antipsychotic has an FDA-approved use or is listed in an official compendium or - and this is the new twist - if prior authorization is granted. Both moves would continue to make it possible for very young children to receive antipsychotics. Only Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal is approved for childr... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1782893 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:17:43 +0100 1782893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1677267&cid=t_112595_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FpHTts5PZIl0%2F AlzheimersNotes.com Try something different to keep your youngster busy while you care for Grandma or Grandpa.  (Perhaps even the grandparents will enjoy watching.)  In other words…take some time for family fun. In keeping with the theme, Winter in July, at another of my blogs, One Book Two Book , you’ll find a link to instructions for making snowballs.  Then have a snowball toss or “fight.”  (Even though it’s now August, pretend these are snow and will cool you down!  End the session with a snow cone.) No, we didn’t have a freaky snow storm (although back in 1816 there were records of snow in New Hampshire during the “freezing year.”).  Char, at Camp Weary Parent, who collaborates with us on theme weeks, has the idea for Summer Snowb... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1677267 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:31:13 +0100 1677267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671775&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F351935987%2F The House Energy & Commerce Committee, which is investigating the “potentially premature” return to market of ProHeart 6, a controversial drug used to prevent heartworm in dogs, notes that the med contains moxidectin. And the ingredient is also found in a drug being tested on humans in Ghana for preventing and treating river blindness. Wyeth hopes its drug is better than Mectizan, a widely used Merck med. Why does the committee care? ProHeart 6 was yanked in 2004 after being linked to an unusually high rate of deaths and serious side effects following a review by an FDA vet. However, Wyeth then launched a secret investigation into the vet; raised conflict-of-interest charges against her at the FDA; and implicitly threatened FDA officials that further action would be pursue... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671775 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:17:19 +0100 1671775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640370&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F340735021%2F A group of 17 New Hampshire legislators want the state’s Attorney General to pursue a criminal investigation into several drugmakers that sell antipsychotics after learning the state’s Medicaid program has spent increasingly large amounts on these medications for children. In a May 6 letter, the legislators wrote that “civil actions merely appear to be write-offs as business expenses to drug manufacturers in cases like Vioxx, OxyContin, Neurontin, Paxil and those mentioned above. A criminal deterrent is needed to protect our children and others placed on powerful medications.” Their letter notes state spending rose from $300,000 in 2000 to $4 million last year. Last week, the state announced it would receive $1.2 million as its share of a national settlement paid b... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640370 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:57:40 +0100 1640370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543924&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F320012374%2F Three weeks after the FDA allowed Wyeth to begin marketing what the drugmaker calls a reformulated version of its heartworm med on a restricted basis, a pair of dogged Congressional reps want the agency to justify its decision. ProHeart 6, you may recall, was yanked four years ago after being linked to an unusually high rate of deaths and serious side effects. The episode spoke poorly of the FDA, though. In 2003, an FDA vet examined a growing number of adverse reactions, prompting the withdrawal. Wyeth then launched a secret investigation into the vet; raised conflict-of-interest charges against her at the FDA; and implicitly threatened FDA officials that further action would be pursued if the vet was allowed to remain in place. Among those involved in a failed effort to allow ProHeart 6 b... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543924 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:35:47 +0100 1543924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497749&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F305474104%2F Wyeth isn’t have great luck getting the FDA to approve its drugs for humans, but dogs are another matter. The agency is allowing a limited return of a reformulated version of ProHeart 6, a heartworm med for Fido that was yanked four years ago after being linked to an unusually high rate of deaths and serious side effects - lethargy, vomiting, seizures, difficulty walking, jaundice, bleeding disorders, allergies, and convulsions. With drugs like that, who needs disease? The new version is an injectable and will be available on a restricted basis under a so-called ‘risk minimization’ program, in which vets must register and participate in an Internet training program. This is a first for a veterinary drug, says Bernadette Dunham, who heads the FDA’s Center for Veterinary ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497749 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:39:13 +0100 1497749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1229428&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F234534315%2F In 2003, an FDA veterinarian named Victoria Hampshire began examining a growing number of adverse reactions to ProHeart 6, a Wyeth med for treating hookworm in dogs. Little did she know that her curiosity and commitment to her work would lead her into a maelstrom that, ultimately, would generate a Congressional investigation and raise questions about industry influence over the agency; the FDA’s ability to properly investigate allegations against employees, and the agency’s own commitment to serving the public. After the med was removed from the market, you see, Wyeth launched its own secret investigation into Hampshire; raised conflict-of-interest charges against her at the FDA; and implicitly threatened agency officials that further action would be pursued if Hampshire was al... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1229428 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:44:12 +0100 1229428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1156042&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F217771307%2F Like their neighbors in New Hampshire, Vermont legislators want to restrict the practice in hopes of saving healthcare dollars. But mindful of a court challenge under way to New Hampshire’s law, Vermont’s attorney general has not only delayed implementation, but is drafting changes in hopes of thwarting the same critics, the Associated Press writes. The law was supposed to take effect on Jan. 1, but state attorney general Bill Sorrell decided in September to delay implementation by at least a year, to September 2008. Meanwhile, his office is now deleting a section requiring sales reps to disclose when a competitor might have a cheaper alternative to the medication they are peddling. “We think the proposals we’ve made are consistent with what the legislature was inte... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1156042 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:18:21 +0100 1156042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1137213&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F213460697%2F A hearing will be held tomorrow morning at a federal appeals court in Boston regarding a challenge to what pharma says is a First Amendment right to track prescription records. Last year, a federal court in New Hampshire struck down a first-in-the-nation law prohibiting prescription data identifying patients or prescribers from being accessed for marketing purposes. State officials argued the law protected doctor-patient relationships and the health and safety of patients, while also helping containing health care costs. For those who haven’t followed this, drugmakers want this data so they can learn which docs are high prescribers and figure out who to target for the hard sell. Two research firms, also known as data miners, IMS Health and Verispan, challenged the law and called it uncon... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1137213 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:14:47 +0100 1137213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1113493&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F204858859%2F A federal judge ruled a law that would make a doctor’s prescription-writing habits confidential actually violates the US Constitution. US District Judge John Woodcock concluded that the law, which was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, would prohibit “the transfer of truthful commercial information” and “violate the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment,” the Associated Press reports. The law had been challenged by three IMS Health, Wolters Kluwer Health and Verispan, which collect, analyze and sell prescription data to drugmakers, government agencies and researchers. The companies argued the law would prevent the health care community from monitoring the safety of new drugs. The bill’s supporters contend it is one of several new laws passed by Main... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1113493 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:40:48 +0100 1113493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1113427&cid=t_112595_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fpart-2-your-rx-buying-history-is-for.html I didn't expect to post anything before next week, but again, my scan of today's news made that impossible!Back in November, I posted a story about how patientprivacyrights.org started a new campaign to call attention to the fact that your prescription drug buying history -- including your name, address, date of birth and drug regimen is FOR SALE. Each day virtually all of the 51,000 pharmacies in the U.S. download, transmit and sell personally identifiable information for every drug they disburse. The primary recipients include companies such as IMS Health of Norwalk, Conn., Wolters Kluwer Health of Conshohocken, Pa., and Verispan of Yardley, Pa., all of whom collect, analyze and sell medical data to drug companies, government agencies and researchers, often at very high prices.Patientpri... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1113427 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:45:00 +0100 1113427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067843&cid=t_112595_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fyou-shouldnt-have-to-strap-bomb-to-your.html Leeland Eisenberg purportedly tried to get help before taking hostages in a dramatic scene on Friday at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in New Hampshire.Eisenberg was known for his erratic behavior and for drawing law enforcement’s attention, and yet when he was taking medication, he was a different person.Family members and friends said that Eisenberg could be a funny and sweet man when he took his medication."When he was on his medication he was always making me laugh. He spoiled me. It was perfect in my eyes," Lisa Eisenberg told "GMA." "Without the medication and with alcohol, he turned into a different person."The Eisenberg case is another in a long line of examples of why our country needs to recognize the importance of early and timely treatment for severe mental illnesses.The... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067843 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:19:00 +0100 1067843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040241&cid=t_112595_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F187999178%2F A busy day as we head toward the holiday break here in the US - Pfizer is the latest to cut jobs in Puerto Rico. Merck halts a trial over heart risks (of all things). New Hampshire, where people live free or die, will debate electronic prescription monitoring. And Bernie Poussot, who will soon become the new Wyeth ceo, will get a wee bit less than his predecessor, at least in salary. Just click on the links to read more. See you soon… Merck Halts Cancer Drug Trial On Heart Risk (Yahoo/Reuters) Wyeth’s Poussot Will Get $1.5M As CEO (Yahoo/AP) Pfizer To Cut 40 Jobs In Puerto Rico (Houston Chronicle/AP) New Hampshire To Debate Prescription Monitoring (The Union Leader) Kids’ Vaccine Market Set To Quadruple (DrugResearcher.com) Share / E-mail (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040241 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:33:53 +0100 1040241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=733832&cid=t_112595_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fsummer-holiday.html Well, everyone, I'm off on vacation (or on holiday as they call it on the other side of the pond) for the next week at my family's summer home on beautiful Lake Winnisquam in New Hampshire, so I won't be blogging and will have very limited access to e-mail (a dial-up connection which is painfully slow). I will, however, be disrupting the normally peaceful lake with some waterskiing and my personal watercraft (assuming the weather cooperates fully), not to mention enjoying fresh air that is not generally considered one of the benefits of living in New York City. I'm thrilled because there is even a Starbucks there now which wasn't there the last time I was up there, so I can get my morning caffeine fix ... just not until 11:00 AM when I actually get up! I will likely also take advantage of ... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=733832 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:00:00 +0100 733832