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 'hospital boston'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190276&cid=t_404660_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fmhealth-enterprise-set-explode The rapid adoption of smartphones and now touch-screen tablets (e.g., iPad) by clinicians will trigger enormous growth in the use of mHealth Apps within healthcare enterprises, with the market for mHealth in the enterprise projected to reach $1.7B by end of year 2014. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190276 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:09:48 +0100 4190276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133710&cid=t_404660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Femapping-the-worlds-health%2F2010.11.04 We’ve written before about HealthMap, a project spearheaded by folks from Harvard, Children’s Hospital-Boston, and a few other institutions. At TEDMED 2010 we had a chance to interview John Brownstein, co-founder of the project, about what HealthMap is up to these days: Flashbacks: The Latest on HealthMap, an Online Disease-Mining System HEALTHmap Global Disease Tracker *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133710 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:00:56 +0100 4133710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3866941&cid=t_404660_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fmeasles-virus-discoverer-dr-thomas-peebles-dies-age-89%2F Dr. Thomas Peebles, who first identified the virus that causes measles, has died at the age of 89. The discovery, while he was a young researcher at Childrens Hospital in Boston, allowed for the development of a later vaccine that greatly reduced the incidence and complications of the disease. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3866941 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:58:01 +0100 3866941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816331&cid=t_404660_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Freport-shows-industrysponsored-medical-research-finds-surprise-positive-benefits%2F Dr. Kenneth Mandl and colleagues at Childrens Hospital in Boston have published a report in Annals of Internal Medicine showing that the overwhelming majority of industry-sponsored medical research finds results that would financially benefit the sponsoring industry. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816331 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:38:35 +0100 3816331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750060&cid=t_404660_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-problem-with-the-newly-launched-healthcaregov%2F2010.07.13 If a website touted misleading healthcare information, you’d hope the government would do something about it. But what do you do when the government is the one feeding the public bad information? Last week the Obama administration launched the new Healthcare.gov. It’s mostly an online insurance shopping website. It’s very much a federal government version of sites like eHealthInsurance.com or Massachsetts’ HealthConnector site, which have been around for years. So when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in announcing the new site, claims it gives consumers “unprecedented transparency” into the healthcare marketplace, you should wonder what she means. But that’s not the big problem with this site. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at See First B... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750060 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:00:33 +0100 3750060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254668&cid=t_404660_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fidentifying-overcoming-taxane-drug-resistance%2F Proteomics study reveals a protein that, when suppressed, makes cancers more susceptible to chemotherapy involving taxane drugs. Taxanes, a group of cancer drugs that includes paclitaxel (Taxol®) and docetaxel (Taxotere®), have become front-line therapy for a variety of metastatic cancers. But as with many chemotherapy agents, resistance can develop, a frequent problem in breast, ovarian, prostate [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254668 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:18:24 +0100 3254668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044849&cid=t_404660_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fevidence-hit In February 2009, President Obama and the Congress launched a vast, ambitious program to improve the health of Americans, and the performance of their health system, by building a nationwide, interoperable, private and secure, electronic health information system.  This vision – of health care empowered by a modern information system, serving each and every American according to their needs and preferences – reflects decades of study and thinking by health care experts, health professionals, and average citizens.  Typical of the consensus underlying the nation’s (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044849 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:16:09 +0100 3044849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348732&cid=t_404660_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Finsurance-and-health-it-companies-tolerate-hundreds-thousands-deaths-year-protect-their-antiqua About two weeks ago, e-patient Dave sent me a link to his blog post about his Google Health information sucked out of the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. It finally made the Boston Globe this morning. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348732 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:25:50 +0100 2348732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1727797&cid=t_404660_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F19%2Fpatty-franchi-flaherty-loses-battle-to-ovarian-cancer-but-deserves-a-long-standing-ovation%2F It is with deep regret that I must inform you that, Patty Franchi Flaherty, founder of the nonprofit organization Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer, peacefully succumbed to her nine-year battle with the disease on August 18, 2008, surrounded by friends and family. She was 53 years old. Patty was a legendary ovarian cancer [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1727797 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:34:58 +0100 1727797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=936754&cid=t_404660_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F10%2F9%2Fsorry-theres-no-room-at-the-inn-in-other-words-we-are-not-ta.html Margaret Cary, MD MBA MPHRecently a friend mentioned that her sister had just moved to Boston, was looking for a doctor and asked for a recommendation."Let me contact my friend. He is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and at MIT. I bet he will know the best doctors."Just like old times, right? When you need medical care, you ask a local doctor you trust.His answer? "Big problem.""There are no PCPs (primary care physicians) taking new patients at either MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) or BWH (Boston Women’s Hospital). It is virtually impossible for someone to choose his internist anymore. Everyone's practice is closed. You can go to a practice where a junior person will be building up a panel. Those practices are either institution based, e.g., Hea... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=936754 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:00:19 +0100 936754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=462978&cid=t_404660_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fexample-of-transparency-in-health-care.html Fard Johnmar and I today had a discussion about the post, Running a hospital: Do I get paid too much?, by Paul Levy, CEO at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston. Fard mentioned that this is a great example of transparency in health care (Note: Mr. Levy raises an interesting note in the comments -- I cited to the transparency summary to give readers unfamiliar with the concept some background. Here is another interesting read on transparency that I found when looking for a link to "transparency in health care.)I've not met Mr. Levy and only know him through his online blogging persona, but I'm impressed with his candid post and willingness to discuss the topic. If I was involved with the hiring of a CEO for one of my hospital clients I'd look for a person with Mr. Levy's communic... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=462978 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:48:00 +0100 462978