This is a selection of articles from the August 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Health Managers headlines.
Vaginal rejuvenation and revirginization
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 31, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Policy and politics Physicians Source Type: info
10 Years ago
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 31, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: News and Current Affairs (general) Source Type: info
Take the poll: What is the single biggest barrier to the growth of medical tourism?
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 31, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Medical travel/medical tourism Source Type: info
The world of the survey
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 31, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Statistics and surveys Blogging Source Type: info
Cavalcade of Risk submissions
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 31, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
Strange dream and a strange day
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 30, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Teenagers motherhood Work Source Type: info
Genomics in Hospitals
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Source: hospital impact - August 30, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Abusing the orphan drug law to rip off customers
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 30, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Pharma Policy and politics Economics Source Type: info
Woe is the P&C industry
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 30, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Property and Casualty Source Type: info
Data: Can You Dig It?
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Source: hospital impact - August 29, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Regulation of Follow-on Biologics: Still missing the point
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 29, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Pharma Policy and politics Source Type: info
How should a nurse address a doctor?
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 29, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Nursing Source Type: info
Cavalcade of Risk is up at The Health Affairs Blog
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 29, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
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Source: hospital impact - August 29, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Genomics in Hospitals
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Source: hospital impact - August 29, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Economy improves, uninsurance grows
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 29, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Care Issues Source Type: info
Credentialing Tips for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 29, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
This doesn’t sound terribly promising
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 28, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Policy and politics Source Type: info
The things people write about
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 28, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: News and Current Affairs (general) Blogging Source Type: info
Poetry from nurses and doctors -- Part I
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Source: Running a hospital - August 28, 2007 Source Type: info
Service Lines – When Your Organization Can’t Support the “Proper” Model
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Source: hospital impact - August 28, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Where’s defensive medicine when you need it?
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 27, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Patients Hospitals Source Type: info
Purple or Yellow?
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 27, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Holidays and fun Homelife Family Source Type: info
Observations from Iceland
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Source: Running a hospital - August 27, 2007 Source Type: info
The Shock Doc
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Source: Running a hospital - August 27, 2007 Source Type: info
Pharmacy benefit management in Workers Comp - Survey results
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 27, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Source Type: info
Another reason to say no to infant formula
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 26, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Research Source Type: info
Change of Shift is up at Nurse Ratched’s Place
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 26, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
Health Wonk Review is up at Medical Humanities Blog
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 26, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Blogs Announcements Source Type: info
You be the judge
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Source: hospital impact - August 26, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Andrew Szadolc - Physician, Recruiter, Pastor and... Race Car Driver?
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 26, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Court Orders CMS to Release Physician Claims Data
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 26, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Love Lingers
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 25, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Iceland scenes
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Source: Running a hospital - August 24, 2007 Source Type: info
Gone fishin’
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 24, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Announcements Source Type: info
My take on the education debate
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 24, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Teenagers Education Source Type: info
Outpatient clinic of innovation
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Source: Running a hospital - August 24, 2007 Source Type: info
HWR is up!
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 24, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Wonk Review Source Type: info
Off-label usage of Actiq
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 24, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Check Your Connections
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Source: hospital impact - August 23, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Well…..
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 23, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: memes Blogging Source Type: info
Nokia power
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Source: Running a hospital - August 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Change of Shift and other stuff
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 23, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Change of Shift Teenager Education Blogging Source Type: info
MedTripInfo poll on medical tourism
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 23, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Medical travel/medical tourism Source Type: info
Back and neck factoids
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 23, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Health Wonk Review, Grand Rounds, and Change of Shift
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 23, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Diet and fitness update
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 22, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Diet and fitness Source Type: info
Shrimp Cocktail
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Source: Running a hospital - August 22, 2007 Source Type: info
What if Wal-Mart decided to get into medical tourism?
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 22, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Medical travel/medical tourism Source Type: info
The Facebook / iPhone Generation and Healthcare
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Source: hospital impact - August 22, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Physician temper tantrums
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 22, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Manage Care - Group Health Source Type: info
There is no pain you are receding
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 21, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Pharma Culture Source Type: info
3 Hospital Impact bloggers quoted in Modern Healthcare cover story
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Source: hospital impact - August 21, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Roll-back of insurer rating systems?
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Source: Running a hospital - August 21, 2007 Source Type: info
What are the real savings in medical tourism?
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 21, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Economics Medical travel/medical tourism Source Type: info
Does a review necessarily mean a cut?
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 21, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: News and Current Affairs (general) NHS Source Type: info
Hospitals and Transparency
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Source: hospital impact - August 21, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Odd survey
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Source: Running a hospital - August 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Conservative dress sill the best choice
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 21, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Pain meds are driving drug costs
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 21, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Pharmacy, PBMs, and Pharma costs Source Type: info
Mike Leavitt joins the healthcare blogosphere?!
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Source: hospital impact - August 20, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Once a year treatment for osteoporosis
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 20, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Pharma Source Type: info
Struggling to keep up with Wal-Mart
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 20, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Pharma Economics Source Type: info
Way to go, Stacey
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Source: Running a hospital - August 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Ear plugs anyone?
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Source: Life in the NHS - August 20, 2007 Authors: Julie Tags: Teenager Teenagers Homelife Source Type: info
Diabetes Phone
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Source: hospital impact - August 20, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Pay for non-performance
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 20, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Health Policy Source Type: info
It's official: Infections are bad
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Source: Running a hospital - August 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Drive Calmly
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Source: Running a hospital - August 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Medicare No Longer Willing to Pay Hospitals for Preventable Medical Errors
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 19, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
Here come Google and Microsoft
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Source: hospital impact - August 18, 2007 Authors: hospitaltony Source Type: info
Now it's the ADL of New England board's turn
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Source: Running a hospital - August 18, 2007 Source Type: info
The Age of Speed by Vince Poscente
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Source: MSSPNexus Blog - August 18, 2007 Authors: Rita Schwab Source Type: info
In sickness and in health
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Source: Running a hospital - August 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Medical tourism to relieve the strain on health care reform?
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Source: Health Business Blog - August 17, 2007 Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Policy and politics Medical travel/medical tourism Source Type: info
Reality check
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Source: Managed Care Matters - August 17, 2007 Authors: jpaduda at healthstrategyassoc.com Tags: Workers Comp Source Type: info
Nuclear medicine?
