July 19th, 2010 by BobDoherty in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: ACP, American College Of Physicians, AmericanEHR Partners, Cientis Technologies, Dr. David Blumenthal, EHRs, Electronic Health Records, Family Medicine, Federal Government, Federal Register, General Medicine, Health Information Technology, Internal Medicine, Meaningful Use, medicaid, Medicare, NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, Primary Care, Wall Street Journal, WSJ
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One doesn’t usually look to the Federal Register to define meaning or purpose (philosophers, yes, but bureaucrats?), but the federal government has officially ruled on what constitutes “meaningful use” — for the purposes of distributing dollars to clinicians for electronic health records.
The Wall Street Journal’s health blog has an excellent synopsis of the rule and the reaction from different interest groups and experts, and the New England Journal of Medicine has a very clear explanation and summary of its key elements by David Blumenthal, M.D., F.A.C.P., the federal government’s coordinator of health information technology. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty*
July 18th, 2010 by Jon LaPook, M.D. in Better Health Network, News, True Stories, Video
Tags: A Moment To Forget, CBS Doc Dot Com, cbs evening news, CBSDOC.COM, Child Psychology, Disaster Relief, Documentaries, Dr. Jon LaPook, Earthquake Survivors, Family Medicine, FilmAid, General Medicine, Haiti, Hope For Children, Mental Health, Movies, Pediatrics, Public Service Announcements, Refugees
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FilmAid International provides the children of Haiti what many doctors can’t bring earthquake survivors — a moment to forget about the pain and suffering the last six months has brought. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
Click HERE to watch the CBS Evening News video.
July 18th, 2010 by David Kroll, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, Quackery Exposed, Research
Tags: Dangerous, Dermatology, Dr. Peter Lipson, General Medicine, Health Journalism, Huffington Post, HuffPo, Inaccurate Medical Information, Journalistic Ethics, Medical Ethics, Medical Misinformation, Medical Misunderstanding, Medical News, Medical Science, Medicine Story, Misleading Patients, Science Based Medicine, Skin Cancer Conspiracy, Sun Exposure
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Today I refer you to an excellent post by Peter A. Lipson, M.D., at the blog Science Based Medicine entitled “HuffPo blogger claims skin cancer is conspiracy.”
The post focuses on an article by someone who contends that the link between sunlight and skin cancer is a conspiracy by dermatologists and the cosmetic dermatology industry. Dr. Lipson’s highly insightful analysis about the “interview” process and how doctors must act these days on behalf of their patients concludes:
This article shows a misunderstanding of journalistic ethics, medical ethics, and medical science. It’s a disaster. And it’s no surprise that it’s in the Huffington Post.
While this is a medicine story, my question relates to why an organization with a lot of great front-page news so frequently posts medical articles that are wrong and, sometimes, downright dangerous.
Read the article first, then read Dr. Lipson’s analysis.
Disclosure: I am an occasional contributor to Science Based Medicine but, like all contributors there, receive no compensation.
*This blog post was originally published at Terra Sigillata*
July 18th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Bateria Clothing, Baterial Cellulose, BioCouture, Biology, Bioreactor, British Research Project, Gizmodo
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A British research project called BioCouture is working on clothing made out of bacterial cellulose that was grown in a hacked-together bioreactor.
As Gizmodo notes, it’s not clear what the point of the project is, seeing how we already grow cotton in a pretty efficient manner, but we kind of like the concept nevertheless. It’s sure to be a hit in biology labs everywhere.
See more pictures here: BioCouture…
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
July 17th, 2010 by GarySchwitzer in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Quackery Exposed, Research, True Stories
Tags: Cynthia Sass, Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, Gary Schwitzer, Health Claims, Health Scams, Health-Conscious Consumers, HealthNewsReview.org, Healthy Diet, Multigrain, Potato Chips, Pringles, Processed Foods, Procter & Gamble, Suzanne Schlosberg, The New York Times, Whole Grain, Whole Wheat
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Freelance journalist and author Suzanne Schlosberg wrote because she was so upset over a New York Times story, “The Chip That Stacks Adds a Multigrain Twist,” that she wanted us to review it. I thought anyone who feels so strongly about something should review it herself. So she did. Here is Suzanne’s guest post:
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I was flabbergasted when I read this New York Times piece on Procter & Gamble’s new entry into the potato-chip market: multigrain Pringles. The story accepts at face value P&G’s misleading marketing pitch — that “multigrain” is equivalent to “healthy.” When I sent a link to my nutritionist friend Cynthia Sass., M.S., R.D., she replied: “Did you notice it says ‘advertising’ in the top left corner? It must be a paid ad that resembles an article.”
Actually, it’s not. It’s a business story that ran in the “Media & Advertising” section. Though the story didn’t appear on the health pages, it should have made clear that “multigrain” simply means that more than one grain is included in the product — not that the product is necessarily nutritious. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog*
