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 'healthcare industry'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2931088&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fproject-and-product-certification Last Friday night I testified to the President's Council on Science and Technology (PCAST). Many issues were discussed, but one of the most interesting was the idea of "project" verses "product" certification. Here's the significance. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2931088 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:53 +0100 2931088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2664079&cid=t_108361_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F1frH06-gajY%2F Image via Wikipedia Pharmacovigilance is an area where a lot of pharma companies are beginning to spend more money and attention and going forward, this will be an area of major emphasis both for the industry and regulatory bodies, especially given recent setbacks. That’s why the work being done at companies like ProSanos is critical. Prosonos’ SafetyWorks product is a web-based system that queries data sources like insurance claims and electronic health records. In addition the system also listens in on other data sources (unsure what these are). These systems, over time, will evolve to monitor CDC data sources, various adverse event reporting systems, both public and private, and additional resources. The challenge will be making sure that there is automation that alerts ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2664079 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:46:29 +0100 2664079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441866&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.crossoverhealth.com%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Ftranscript-to-transformation-twitterview-with-berci%2F Twitterview (twĭt’ər vyū) n. A twitterview is a combination of the terms Twitter and interview. The Twitter medium of 140 characters forces a concise style of interviewing and response. The public can join in on the conversation and become participants themselves by following along or tracking hashtags. On March 26, 2009 the leading health care bloggers (see list below) throughout the blogosphere participate din a Blog Rally to raise awareness for public participation in the Healthcare X PRIZE design. Bertlan Mesko, leading Medicine 2.0 Advocate and author of the popular Science Roll blog, also conducted a “Twitterview” in support of the effort. Berci: Can we start the twitterview now? I’d have 10 short questions, you may have 10 short answers. So everyone can ... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441866 Tue, 26 May 2009 21:52:34 +0100 2441866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240786&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=34621&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthcareGuy%2F%7E3%2FLoYGpik98o4%2F485 This article is the first in a series about the challenges of clinical interoperability in healthcare. The first thing we need to do is ask the question “What is clinical interoperability?” The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE defines the term interoperability as follows: The ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged. I like this definition because it is short and sweet, but to truly understand interoperability, we need to go a little further. The first thing we need to do is add that clinical interoperability is about exchanging a specific type of information.  It is about exchanging clinical information about a patient that allows our ‘partner’ to leverage what we alread... The Healthcare IT Guy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240786 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:55:37 +0100 2240786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1889171&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.crossoverhealth.com%2F2008%2F10%2F19%2Fgoing-digital-introducing-mitzi-reaugh-of-nbc-digital-health-network%2F Digital (dĭj‘ĭ-tl) adj. 1. Of or relating to a device that can read, write, or store information that is represented in numerical form. 2. Expressed in numerical form, especially for use by a computer. As part of my preparations for the upcoming Health 2.0 conference, I had the pleasure to interview my closing day panelist for “The Business Case for Health 2.0″ session. The intention of the session is to highlight how large health care organizations are identifying, evaluating, and implementing Health 2.0 technology, tools, and concepts in improving health care.  The panelist is diverse, and represents individuals from Pfizer, Safeway, Kaiser-Permanent, and NBC Digital Health. Each has a different focus, a different outlook, but they are all unanimous in stating that ... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1889171 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:35:42 +0100 1889171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1845270&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.crossoverhealth.com%2F2008%2F10%2F01%2Fcapitalism-in-health-care-do-you-still-believe%2F Capitalism (kăp’ĭ-tl-ĭz’əm) 1. An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership of the means of production. 2. Descriptive of a system that encourages private investment and business, compared to a government-controlled economy where investment money is obtained from private sources (shareholders). I, along with everyone else, has been walking around hollow-eyed given the speed of the recent financial meltdown. 100 year old firms disappearing in a weekend, markets roiling with every bit of news, experts clamoring about the greatest calamity ever in the recorded history of finance, and politicians actually working weekends to attempt to rescue the largest and most important financial system in the world. This is serious busine... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1845270 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:48:28 +0100 1845270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1265428&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcrossoverhealth.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F28%2Fscale-2008-opening-up-the-inevitable-conversation-within-health-care%2F Conversation (kŏn‘vər-sā’shən ) n. The spoken exchange of thoughts, opinions, and feelings; talk An informal discussion of a matter by representatives of governments, institutions, or organizations. Someone reminded me that I never posted my slides from the recent SCALE 6.x Conference held in Los Angeles on February 8, 2008. I had been invited to speak regarding my take on the broader view of how open source is impacting the health care industry. During last year’s keynote on the Health Track, I had introduced the concept of Health 2.0, and so this year I wanted to show how the principles of open source are truly having an impact within health care far beyond the technology itself. I borrowed heavily from a recent report from CED report entitled, “Openness W... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1265428 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:08:16 +0100 1265428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1159640&cid=t_108361_113_f&fid=36694&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcrossoverhealth.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F17%2Fovertreated-and-underinformed-why-data-must-drive-discovery%2F Overtreated (ō’vər trēt ĭd) n. The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something. Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy The substance or remedy so applied. Over the holidays, I was able to read a raft of some of the latest health care pundit books. Having just finished Dr. Groopman’s book, “How Doctors Think” (commentary forthcoming), I am halfway through Shannon Brownlee’s “Overtreated”. I just got though reading a brutal chapter entitled “The Desperate Cure”. Brownlee carefully recounts, in story like fashion, the incredible rise and fall Bone Marrow Transplantation therapy for breast cancer. Once hailed as the breast cancer “cure”, she revi... Crossover Healthcare blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1159640 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:06:59 +0100 1159640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982723&cid=t_108361_147_f&fid=35751&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffardj.prblogs.org%2F2007%2F10%2F26%2Fdrug-resistant-bacteria-now-people-are-paying-attention%2F   For years, advocacy groups, physicians, public health officials and others have been crying out about the overuse of antibiotics and the growing threat of drug resistant bacteria.  This month, their warnings are being heeded, but at great cost. Today we learned that a 12-year-old boy died earlier this month from a drug-resistant bacterial infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. In fact, drug-resistant bacteria has become a major problem in hospitals and nursing homes, where providers and patients exchange opportunistic bacteria.  In the past, I’ve been involved with public health campaigns designed to bring home the message that appropriate antibiotic use is a must.  This effort was a modest success.  The sliver lining to this tragedy is that people are mor... Envisioning 2.0 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982723 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:27:53 +0100 982723