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Elderly Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms and Risk Factors 27 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for about 8.1 million physician visits each year. A condition commonly associated with women (one in fiv...
The New Scapegoat: Blame It On ObamaCare 27 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
How will the public know whether the ACA is working, if health care payers and providers are blaming ObamaCare for their own self-interested business practices? And, of course, the political rhetoric ...
Health Start-Ups! - Beddit Does It Right 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Beddit is a Finnish start-up that is developing a consumer version of their current professional sleep tracker device used by healthcare professionals for the past 20 months. View this exclusive inter...
Startup Founder Reacquires His Patient Portal Business 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
In 2010, entrepreneur Steve Malik achieved the pinnacle of entrepreneurial success when he sold his patient portal company, Medfusion, to Intuit Inc. for $91 million. Now, three years later, he’s buyi...
Preventable Readmissions and a Recent OIG Advisory Opinion 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Medicare's excess readmission penalty policy has resulted in some hospitals experiencing multimillion-dollar pay cuts. Over the next couple of years, the potential exposure will triple, upping the ant...
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Beddit Tells You How You Slept and How to Do It Better 26 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
Do you have trouble sleeping? Beddit will tell you why and give you information to improve your sleep and wellness. The Beddit Sleep Tracker is a new device that measures sleep patterns, keeps track o...
Healthcare Expenses in the US: These Hospital Bills on Reddit Say It All 26 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Yesterday some Twitter chatter (h/t @fredtrotter) brought to my attention that many a frustrated American has taken to Reddit to share his appalling medical bills in return for advice or empathy. In s...
What Pharma Can Learn From Lego 26 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Traditional medicines could be compared to the early LEGO toys – a limited range with more broad application. As the industry starts to move further into personalised medicine, an increasing range of ...
Top 10 Quotes From Rock Health's Innovation Summit 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
While I did not attend Rock Health's Innovation Summit, I did monitor the lively updates that attendees were submitting on Twitter (hashtag#hisum) with an eye toward anything that might rival Vinod’s ...
Don't Call Me a Health Care Provider: I'm a Doctor 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The new medical rhetoric is so sanitized, or should I say antiseptic, that it threatens to anesthetize the profession. Want proof? Look at how medical apparatchiks describe me. I’m no longer a doctor ...
