November 12th, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: ACP Internist, American College Of Physicians, Archives of Internal Medicine, Buy Doctors Lunch, CME, Conflict of Interest, Continuing Medical Education, Doctors As Industry Marketing Agents, Drug Companies, Drug Rep Lunches, Drug Samples, General Medicine, Industry Perks and Gifts, Industry Relationship, Industry-Supported Medical Education, Medical Ethics, Medical Marketing, Medicare spending, Pharma-Paid Lunches, Pharmaceutical Industry, Physician Payment Sunshine Act, Primary Care Physicians, Ryan DuBosar, Ties To Industry
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Physicians and particularly primary care doctors are reporting fewer industry ties than five years ago, according to a survey.
While 94% of doctors reported some type of perk from a drug or device maker in 2004, 83.8% did in 2009, researchers reported in the Nov. 8 Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers surveyed a stratified random sample of 2,938 primary care physicians (internal medicine, family practice, and pediatrics) and specialists (cardiology, general surgery, psychiatry and anesthesiology) with a 64.4% response rate. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
November 12th, 2010 by GruntDoc in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Blood Donation, Cancer Treatment, Dermatology, Genetic Match, Genetics, GruntDoc, Hematology, Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Nature, Oncology, Stem Cell Research, The Australian, Turning Skin Into Blood
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From The Australian:
Stem cell researchers have found a way to turn a person’s skin into blood, a process that could be used to treat cancer and other ailments, according to a Canadian study published today.
The method uses cells from a patch of a person’s skin and transforms it into blood that is a genetic match, without using human embryonic stem cells, said the study in the journal Nature.
Wow. Very cool. I wonder if hopefully someday this could be a replacement for random blood donation?
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
November 11th, 2010 by Iltifat Husain, M.D. in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: British Government, Dr. Basil Donovan, Dr. Tariq Sadiq, Electronic Self-Testing Instruments, eSTI, Health Protection Agency, HIV/AIDS, HPA, Iltifat Husain, iMedicalApps, Medical Apps, Medical Data Protection, Medical Research Council, Medical Technology, Medicine and Smartphones, Nanotechnology, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Patient Confidentiality, Public Health, Rapid Home Tests, Self-Test Devices, Sexual Health, sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections, St. George's-University of London, STDs, STIs, Sydney Morning Herald, UK Clinical Research Collaboration, University of New South Wales
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A new £5.7 million project being led by St. George’s-University of London is developing self-test devices that can plug directly into mobile phones and computers, immediately identifying sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
The project is called eSTI — electronic self-testing instruments for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) — and is being led by Dr. Tariq Sadiq, senior lecturer and consultant physician in sexual health and HIV at St George’s-University of London. Most of the funding is coming from The Medical Research Council and the UK Clinical Research Collaboration.
The UK has seen a 36 percent rise in STIs from 2000 to 2009 — often blamed on the reluctance of the population to get diagnosed and the stigma of going to public health clinics — prompting the support of this project. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at iMedicalApps*
November 11th, 2010 by KevinMD in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News
Tags: American Medical News, Digital Innovation, Dr. Kevin Pho, EHR Vendors, EHRs, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Health System, Health IT, Health IT Staff, Healthcare Human Resources, Hospital IT Executives, Job Security, KevinMD, Meaningful Use Guidelines, Medical Technology, Qualified IT Professionals, Trained IT Professionals
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Hospitals nationwide are racing against the clock to ensure their health IT systems meet meaningful use guidelines. The incentive? Money, of course. Systems that meet certain criteria make doctors eligible for up to $44,000 in bonus money from the government.
As mentioned on this blog previously, implementing an electronic health system is difficult. The usability of the current generation of electronic health records (EHRs) is still relatively primitive, especially when compared to other industries, and the disruption in workflow is undeniable. Worse, there seems to be a lack of trained IT professionals to do the job.
In a recent piece from American Medical News:
60% of hospital IT executives believe tech staffing shortages, which some estimate to be a shortfall of 50,000 qualified IT professionals, will definitely or possibly affect their chances to achieve meaningful use.
It’s a problem. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
November 11th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Chile, Chilean Mine Rescue, Disaster Relief, Dr. Andres Llarena, Dr. J.D. Polk, Dr. Michael Duncan, Flight Surgeons, Global Rescue, Human Nutrition, International Medicine, International Space Station, Limited Food Stores, Medgadget, MedPage Today, NASA, Nutritional Issues, Refeeding Plan, Reintroducing Foods, Space Medicine, Starvation, Submersion Medicine
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The Chilean mine rescue was a great example of international cooperation and effort, much like the International Space Station. Another similarity between the two was some of the physicians involved.
Dr. J.D. Polk and other flight surgeons at NASA had, years ago, made a contingency plan for how to make the limited Space Station food stores last for months if there was a problem with re-supply. So when the Chilean government asked if NASA had any advice for how to care for the miners trapped in a similar resource-limited setting, Dr. Polk and a team went down to help, and MedPage Today wrote up a great summary of their efforts. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
Physicians and particularly primary care doctors are reporting fewer industry ties than five years ago, according to a survey.
