Back in December of last year and May of this year (http://bit.ly/QZbGAU) I wrote a couple of blog posts about the Sunshine Act compliance deadlines and extensions communicated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). If you’ve…
Back in December of last year and May of this year (http://bit.ly/QZbGAU) I wrote a couple of blog posts about the Sunshine Act compliance deadlines and extensions communicated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). If you’ve…
Texas doctors, through the Texas Medical Association, submitted comments to HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) recommending HHS scraps the implementation of ICD-10 completely. (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Edition). Original article: Healthcare business…
Back in December I wrote a blog post about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule change for reporting on the Physicians Payment Sunshine Act. Original post here: http://i3.infinityinfo.com/blogs/entry/sunshine-act-compliance-deadlines-extended The CMS had decided to extend the data collection…
In February this year we heard that Health and Human Services (HHS) was going to delay implementing ICD-10 diagnostic codes (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, or ICD-10). At that time HHS did not announce…
The 11th Annual iPharma Connect Conference was held last week in Philadelphia. This year’s theme was “Digital Innovation for Marketing Decision Makers in the Life Sciences Industry”. I will share some notes on the conference and key trends and ideas…
The FDA recently announced (some) updated social media guidelines for pharmaceutical and medical device firms. The actual title of these guidelines are “Guidance for Industry: Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices”. This is…
Some good news from HHS (Health and Human Services). Doctors, payers, and other providers are getting some breathing room on implementing ICD-10 diagnostic codes (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, or ICD-10) http://go.cms.gov/A21VAP The original…
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finally issued a proposed rule implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, a day before the Senate Special Committee on Aging was to hold a hearing about the effect of the…
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Using a smartphone, Zigbee radio http://bit.ly/uH3Ilu), long lasting battery and inexpensive electrodes researchers at EPFL’s Embedded Systems and Telecommunications Circuits Laboratories (http://actu.epfl.ch) have created a remote, real-time, heart monitor. The components are tiny, light and non-invasive and monitor users’ heart…
Interesting results from a study just posted on AMA. This is some food for thought if you or your organization has a focus on getting product samples into the hands of physicians. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/08/15/prbf0815.htm This also means your method of targeting…
The mobile trend continues in healthcare. A recent CIO Insight article shares results of physician study on how they prefer to get pharmaceutical information. http://bit.ly/p3vB0N Almost half of surveyed doctors prefer pharma info on tablets and smartphones; “45 percent of…
The switch to account management in pharma and life sciences is on! GSK recently announced they are fazing out the focus on call and prescription volume and switching to overall quality of the calls. It’s about time! This is a…
Great example of outside the box thinking for using business intelligence/analytics to improve healthcare. In this case, reducing readmissions. Why are readmissions a big deal you ask? MedPAC estimates that Medicare pays about $12 billion annually in costs related to…
Mobile device innovation keeps on truckin’. Just imagine how these innovations can help improve access to healthcare in places previously not possible. AliveCor, a small company that developed an iPhone 4 case with a built-in ECG, just unveiled a smaller…
An online survey in May of 3,800 physician members of the QuantiaMD online physician community finds their use of mobile devices rapidly growing, with a quarter of respondents being “Super Mobile” users who have a smart phone and tablet device.…
HP’s Mobile Health Monitoring Solution coupled with a new, always on, cloud based healthcare offering. Check this out, a wristwatch sized, 3G/GPRS wireless device that is worn by the patient and automatically uploads the results to a healthcare portal. Great…
Microsoft HealthVault has added mobile friendly capabilities. Yet another sign of the growing importance of mobile access. You can now easily access your account and details on your web enabled phone of choice. If you have not heard of…
Sam’s Club/Walmart and CVS joining consumer driven #healthcare trend. http://bit.ly/jSpse1 This is a great way to lower cost and improve access. Providing services in locations like these helps more people get lower cost access to screening and early detection of…
Not a very information article on exactly what they are using CRM for, however, it is an example of CRM being used in traditional healthcare environments. This is really what XRM is all about; using CRM in “non-traditional” areas. Resurrection…
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