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Pharmaceutical Data-Mining, Health Care Privacy and "Free" Speech: Sorrell vs. IMS Health
Health: Today the US Supreme Court is due to hear arguments in Sorrell vs. IMS Health, a pharmaceutical data-mining case that has potentially far reaching im
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Who Can Fix Health Care? TEDx Talk @Dartmouth
Health: Who Can Fix Health Care? - That's the question posed by Dr. Al Mulley. director of the Center for Health Care Delivery Science at Dartmouth College.
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Modern Drug Marketing: An Unsustainable Model
Health: Cymbalta. Abilify. Lunesta, Chantix and that drug for "when the time might be right." As a consumer and especially as a psychologist, it unsettles me
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Sustainable Health IT: A Plan for Healthcare-Generated e-Waste?
Health: As American and world health care systems move towards increased reliance on health information technology, theres a corresponding need arising for r
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How Much Does Your Insurance Pay Your Doctor; Do You Care?
Health: There are a few cost comparisons we are familiar with when comparing health insurance options, while choosing an insurance option from your employers
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Leveraging EMR to Embed Comparative-Effectiveness Research into Clinical Practice
Health: A new approach to health care delivery may well provide a first taste of the value that can be realized when health IT is integrated into systems for
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Wisdom of the Crowd: What Health Reform Might Look Like If Voters Had Their Say
Health: As legislators torture health reform to a slow and painful death with ideological wrangling, a new survey just released by the Commonwealth Fund offe
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Do High Deductible Health Plans Reduce Cost?
Health: Health reform and health care redesign inevitably fixates on reducing costs. Yes, theres always the idea that we might improve quality and safety, bu
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Health Care Delivery Science: Management is Key to Affordable Quality
Health: One of the most exciting advancements in todays health industry is the growing field of health care delivery science. Granted, not everyone is aware
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Walmart's $4 Generic Drug Pricing: Rx for $6 Billion in Savings?
Health: Wal-Mart triggered an industry "race to the bottom" in terms of generic drug pricing when it introduced its program to charge $4 for a 30-day supply
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Pharma Cash Cows Out to Pasture
Health: This year, the patents of several popular drugs will end, allowing a cheaper, generic version to be available to the public. That is fantastic news f
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Drug Development Cost: Does the $1 Billion Pill Actually Cost $50 Million?
Health: While surveys find that the public generally holds pharmaceutical manufacturers in low esteem--trusting them about as much as the oil and tobacco ind
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Are Primary Care Docs Ignoring Treatment Guidelines?
Health: A small survey from Germany raises interesting questions about how well primary care physicians follow the latest practice guidelines. Pondering thos
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Use Mhealth and Personal Health Records to Reduce Adverse Drug Events, Harms, and Costs
Health: New research from Vancouver, published this month in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, underscores the complexities, costs and harms of managing pres
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H. 1 Cuts to Title X Would Increase Abortions, and Death from Cancer & HIV
Health: Among the funding placed on the chopping block by the House of Representatives' recent passing of the H. 1 bill is Title X, which funds Planned Paren
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New Premiums Reduce Participation in Children's Health Insurance Plan
Health: New premiums were blamed when families took more than 3000 children out of the Childrens Health Insurance program in Kentucky. The same occurred in A
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Regenerative Medicine Technique Speeds Healing of Burn Wounds
Health: A new medical technique can dramatically improve healing time for severe burn wounds. The device looks more like a gadget from Doctor Who than one f
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Could Social Media Advance Cancer Care?
Health: Even though there are some 8,000 clinical trials currently accepting cancer patients as participants, and three-quarters of cancer patients expect th
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HR. 1 Proposes to Eviscerate Community Health Centers
Health: This Wednesday or Thursday the House is scheduled to vote on HR. 1, a bill targeting numerous life-sustaining social programs funded by the Departmen
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Technology for Better Health Care
Health: At a time when health care is on everyones mind, there are companies that are centering their business model around the benefits of modern technology
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