http://technorati.com/tag/healthcare Posts tagged with "healthcare" on Technorati Thu, 15 May 2008 13:12:22 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/healthcare support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 healthcare http://takingnote.tcf.org/2008/05/pain-and-pallia.html http://takingnote.tcf.org/2008/05/pain-and-pallia.html Thu, 15 May 2008 13:06:58 -0700 “His heart filled virtually his whole chest,” recalls Dr. Diane Meier describing her very first patient, an 89-year-old suffering from end-stage congestive heart failure. It was the first day of Meier’s internship at a hospital in Portland Oregon, and after being assigned 23 patients, she was suddenly told that one of her patients, who had been in the Intensive Care Unit for months, was “coding.” She raced to the ICU where the resident told her to put in a “central line.” “I didn’t know how 2008-05-15 13:06:58 PDT http://technorati.com/search/takingnote.tcf.org/2008/05/pain-and-pallia.html 11 16 http://www.unitedhealthcares.net/health-and-fitness/weight-loss/save-cash-by-losing-weight-after-baby/ http://www.unitedhealthcares.net/health-and-fitness/weight-loss/save-cash-by-losing-weight-after-baby/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:52:47 -0700 Save Cash by Losing Weight After Baby What do pounds have to do with dollars? Find out three ways your waistline affects your wallet! Did you know that losing weight doesn’t just affect your waistline? It affects your bottom line! You will actually save cold hard cash by shedding your pregnancy pounds. How? Consider these three economic motivations for losing weight after baby: This is a preview of Save Cash by Losing Weight After Baby 2008-05-15 12:52:47 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.unitedhealthcares.net/health-and-fitness/weight-loss/save-cash-by-losing-weight-after-baby/ 0 0 United Health Cares http://continuumwellness.org/blog/?p=201 http://continuumwellness.org/blog/?p=201 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:50:23 -0700 May 02, 2008 – An international market research company, Global TGI, has found surprisingly large numbers of people throughout the world who “trust in homeopathy.” Trust in this system of natural medicine was found in 64% of people in India, 58% Brazil, 53% Chile, 49% Saudi Arabia, 49% United Arab Emirates, 40% France, 35% South Africa, 28% Russia, 27% Germany, 25% Argentina, 18% of America, and 15% Great Britain. Dana Ullman, MPH, America’s leading advocate for homeopathy (according to Time m 2008-05-15 12:50:23 PDT http://technorati.com/search/continuumwellness.org/blog/?p=201 11 21 Continuum Wellness News http://www.cg-ins.com/news/?p=1202 http://www.cg-ins.com/news/?p=1202 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:49:32 -0700 BY RIDGELY OCHS http://www.newsday.com Gov. David A. Paterson introduced a wide-ranging patient safety bill yesterday that would give the state more authority in health investigations and, for the first time, make public names of doctors under scrutiny. The bill follows the case of Dr. Harvey Finkelstein, a Long Island doctor whose poor infection control practices led to transmission of at least one case of hepatitis C. “Our analysis of the Finkelstein case was that the action didn’t go fas 2008-05-15 12:49:32 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.cg-ins.com/news/?p=1202 6 7 News: Medical Malpractice Insurance and Physician Practices http://bushwicksocialclub.com/editorial/stuff-ebp-white-people-like http://bushwicksocialclub.com/editorial/stuff-ebp-white-people-like Thu, 15 May 2008 12:38:08 -0700 So there’s these two hilarious blogs: Stuff White People Like And Stuff Educated Black People Like Here’s a quick rundown of a few selections from each just to give you an idea of “Stuff” from each blog: White People like Scarves Free Health Care Hating Corporations Mos Def Apple Products Breakfast Places Educated Black People like Moving To Atlanta Poetry Slams Passing the BAR Jazz First Fridays CNN Now, unto their own, they are rather light hearted and hilarious but paired togeth 2008-05-15 12:38:08 PDT http://technorati.com/search/bushwicksocialclub.com/editorial/stuff-ebp-white-people-like 3 5 http://immigration.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/15/lawmakers-demand-documents-about-detainees-health/ http://immigration.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/15/lawmakers-demand-documents-about-detainees-health/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:14:12 -0700 Two House members have asked the Department of Homeland Security to turn over extensive documentation about health care provided to immigrants in federal detention facilities after a Washington Post investigation found what they said were”disturbing revelations” about the way detainees have been treated. In a letter to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. John Conyers, and immigration subcommittee chair Rep. Zoe Lofgren, asked for the same documents the Post acq 2008-05-15 12:14:12 PDT http://technorati.com/search/immigration.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/15/lawmakers-demand-documents-about-detainees-health/ 19 55 Immigration Blog - OCRegister.com http://www.bodymegamall.com/2008/05/15/your-health-care-systemcritical-technology-sidetracked/ http://www.bodymegamall.com/2008/05/15/your-health-care-systemcritical-technology-sidetracked/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:07:15 -0700 Your Health Care SystemCritical Technology Sidetracked Filed under: health care — admin @ 1:07 pm If you were told that a highly advanced medical information system using the very latest in technology is currently available that would dramatically change your lifereducing both disease levels and cost of health care by over 40% what would you think? Your first thought would likely be one of extreme doubt. What possible underlying basis could such a system be based on? Furthermore, if su 2008-05-15 12:07:15 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.bodymegamall.com/2008/05/15/your-health-care-systemcritical-technology-sidetracked/ 19 22 BodyMegaMall - All about Health & Beauty http://unionmaine771news.blogspot.com/2008/05/phi-and-their-sobering-report-invisible.html http://unionmaine771news.blogspot.com/2008/05/phi-and-their-sobering-report-invisible.html Thu, 15 May 2008 12:01:15 -0700 Today, PHI held a press conference, getting the word out about Direct Care Workers and the status of health care coverage for these workers. This is part of National Women's Health Week. Ninety percent (90%) of the direct care workforce in this country is female. The reports reveals that: Direct Care Workers have the highest rates of workplace injuries and illnesses, making it the nation's most dangerous job; Almost thirty percent (30%) of direct care workers have no health insurance, twice th 2008-05-15 12:01:15 PDT http://technorati.com/search/unionmaine771news.blogspot.com/2008/05/phi-and-their-sobering-report-invisible.html 2 2 http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2008/05/15/increasing-sun-exposure-is-not-the-way-to-decrease-breast-cancer-risk-despite-new-data-warn-cancer-experts/ http://cancercare.blogsome.com/2008/05/15/increasing-sun-exposure-is-not-the-way-to-decrease-breast-cancer-risk-despite-new-data-warn-cancer-experts/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:49 -0700 A recent study evaluated the incidence of breast cancer in 107 countries. The authors found that higher levels of serum Vitamin D and living closer to the equator correlated with a lower incidence of breast cancer. “While ultraviolet B radiation from the sun is the primary source of vitamin D in our body, unprotected sun exposure is not a recommended way to reduce a person’s risk of developing breast cancer,” said David J. Leffell, M.D., Yale Cancer Center member and Professor and Section Chie 2008-05-15 12:00:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/cancercare.blogsome.com/2008/05/15/increasing-sun-exposure-is-not-the-way-to-decrease-breast-cancer-risk-despite-new-data-warn-cancer-experts/ 0 0 Cancer Care http://blog.thehill.com/2008/05/15/expand-mental-health-access-rep-grace-napolitano/ http://blog.thehill.com/2008/05/15/expand-mental-health-access-rep-grace-napolitano/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:58:14 -0700 Expand Mental Health Access (Rep. Grace Napolitano) May 15th, 2008 Mental illness is a problem that affects 57 million Americans, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, religion or class. Even though 1-in-5 people in this country suffer from mental illness, most do not receive any help – only one third of people who suffer from it receive treatment of any kind. One of the reasons that mental illness is so rarely treated is the stigma wrongly attached to mental health issues, against treatmen 2008-05-15 11:58:14 PDT http://technorati.com/search/blog.thehill.com/2008/05/15/expand-mental-health-access-rep-grace-napolitano/ 258 478 The Hill Blog http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/2008/05/costs-to-veterans-gaza-blackouts.html http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/2008/05/costs-to-veterans-gaza-blackouts.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:55:31 -0700 READ THE POEMS +/-(A Poetic Justice Photomontage) Cost of veterans' care set to soar The wounded moved along the gorge, Down the path where silent vultures Spanned their patient circles. Anxious to arrive, Their legs carried on until the sun doused its candle. Gaza blackouts as fuel runs low They call to each other across the gloom, The brave and long worn faces whose Hope is eaten away by the shadows. US flying cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny" The gods and their tempest-spilled calamity S 2008-05-15 11:55:31 PDT http://technorati.com/search/apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/2008/05/costs-to-veterans-gaza-blackouts.html 125 1002 http://loranlichty.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hes-running/ http://loranlichty.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hes-running/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:45:54 -0700 Be Change! Jason is running 100 miles in Sacramento, CA today to raise awareness & money for healthcare for kids in an inner city school.  Go here to get live updates. 2008-05-15 11:45:54 PDT http://technorati.com/search/loranlichty.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hes-running/ 4 9 http://politicsanew.com/2008/05/15/is-the-fda-putting-american-lives-at-risk-seems-so/ http://politicsanew.com/2008/05/15/is-the-fda-putting-american-lives-at-risk-seems-so/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:32:29 -0700 FDA Putting American Lives At Risk — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog) Maybe the FDA just needs more money? From Daily Kos… In the NYT this morning, there was a story about Food and Drug Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach writing a letter to Arlen Specter asking for an immediate appropriation of $275 Million to step up inspections of imported foods, drugs and medical devices. . . . Got that? The budget for the FDA, the agency that assures the safety of 2008-05-15 11:32:29 PDT http://technorati.com/search/politicsanew.com/2008/05/15/is-the-fda-putting-american-lives-at-risk-seems-so/ 185 810 The Political Voices of Women http://blogs.patientempowerment.net/?p=23 http://blogs.patientempowerment.net/?p=23 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:32:19 -0700 I was talking with a coworker today about patient empowerment. No, this isn’t unusual given we work for a company that’s providing PHRs and that patient empowerment is on my mind a lot these days as the author of this blog—and a frustrated health care consumer. But today during our discussion, I realized that I’ve been so focused on writing about PHRs and electronic health records that I’m missing a more well-rounded approach to patient empowerment—which includes all the things we can do, as he 2008-05-15 11:32:19 PDT http://technorati.com/search/blogs.patientempowerment.net/?p=23 5 5 Patient Empowerment http://healthcare.healthtipshelp.com/aetna-announces-appearance-at-2008-citi-investment-research-global-msn-moneycentral/ http://healthcare.healthtipshelp.com/aetna-announces-appearance-at-2008-citi-investment-research-global-msn-moneycentral/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:31:11 -0700 Aetna AET announced today that Joseph M. Zubretsky, executive vice president & CFO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the 2008 Citi Investment Research Global Healthcare Conference on May 21, 2008, in New York, NY. Aetna’s presentation is … Article Continued… 2008-05-15 11:31:11 PDT http://technorati.com/search/healthcare.healthtipshelp.com/aetna-announces-appearance-at-2008-citi-investment-research-global-msn-moneycentral/ 1 1 Health Insurance & Health Care | Health Care http://unionmaine771news.blogspot.com/2008/05/kvo-and-771-working-together-on-health.html http://unionmaine771news.blogspot.com/2008/05/kvo-and-771-working-together-on-health.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:04 -0700 I thought I'd post this again, where we're getting close to the end of health care story gathering and response has been very little. Do you worry that you won’t be able to get good health care when you or your family needs it? Are you concerned that one illness or health problem could send you into financial ruin? Believe me, you’re not alone. Our union has been involved in efforts to get better health care benefits for direct care workers such as ourselves. And we aren’t alone. MSEA-SEIU 1989 2008-05-15 11:28:04 PDT http://technorati.com/search/unionmaine771news.blogspot.com/2008/05/kvo-and-771-working-together-on-health.html 2 2 http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-us-new-cadre-of-josef-mengeles/ http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-us-new-cadre-of-josef-mengeles/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:21:41 -0700 The US’ New Cadre of Josef Mengeles Posted on May 15, 2008 by Annie I’m stewing over the posts by Valtin about the use of US psychologists as agents of torture. I’m heartsick and soul sick at the evidence that Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein produced in their Washington Post Careless Detainee series about the use of nurses and physicians as agents of abuse and torture. And just in case you don’t know who Josef Mengele was, here are a couple of links. The evidence appears to support the syste 2008-05-15 11:21:41 PDT http://technorati.com/search/revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-us-new-cadre-of-josef-mengeles/ 42 59 http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=978 http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=978 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:19:09 -0700 Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 11:19 am Categories: General, Medical Equipment, Hospital Equipment, Medical Office Equipment, Home Health Care Equipment, Gadgets, Finance, Drugs, Rehabilitation Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were Adv 2008-05-15 11:19:09 PDT http://technorati.com/search/healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=978 98 622 ZDNet Healthcare | ZDNet.com http://www.bryanshumaker.com/index.php/john-edwards-the-next-attorney-general/ http://www.bryanshumaker.com/index.php/john-edwards-the-next-attorney-general/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:09:15 -0700 Obama will be the next president. And unless he and John Edwards decide to make a joint ticket, I believe one of the first things Obama will do is appoint John Edwards to Attorney General. The attorney general can be replaced at any time (as long as the Senate confirms it) so I see this happening in the first couple months of Obama’s Presidency. John Edwards is a big fan of Robert Kennedy, so I decided to do a little research and the similarities between Obama & Edwards and JFK & RFK 2008-05-15 11:09:15 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.bryanshumaker.com/index.php/john-edwards-the-next-attorney-general/ 2 3 http://mchtulane.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/medical-chart-reviewer/ http://mchtulane.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/medical-chart-reviewer/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:02:14 -0700 Louisiana Public Health Institute is looking for students who would like to conduct medical chart reviews at local community clinics during the end of May and beginning of June.  The hourly is $15 and interested students would work in teams with me and other LPHI staff members.  The purpose of the exercise is to check that the data that each clinic submitted matches the information found in the patient medical record. For any who are interested, a position description is attached and I can be 2008-05-15 11:02:14 PDT http://technorati.com/search/mchtulane.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/medical-chart-reviewer/ 1 2