Consumer dyslipidemia - Research the news about consumer dyslipidemia - from HighBeam Research. Family Medicine. Medical Information, Medical Research, Medical Dictionary, Medical News for Physicians. Lipids Online Slides: statins, extended-release niacin, ultrasound. IDMA - International Disease Management Alliance - DM Report ARchive. IDMA - International Disease Management Alliance - DM Report ARchive. Health/Fitness Archives. The Economist: Health Care & Information Technology Fascinating and timely article from the Economist on health care & IT The inability, and reluctance, of doctors and hospitals to use information technology more widely is killing thousands of people IT is strategic - when used wisely. THE NO-COMPUTER VIRUS Apr 28th 2005 The inability, and reluctance, of doctors and hospitals to use information technology more widely is killing thousands of people "WHETHER or not a treating doctor has Alex's full medical record available can literally mean life or death," says Cynthia Solomon of Sonoma, California.
To Ms Solomon the information problem with health care today is so glaring that she eventually took matters into her own hands, as best she could. This may be obvious, but today it is also a very distant goal. It shows. Many IT bosses find this baffling. This has perverse consequences. RICH PICKINGS Improving computer systems, of course, would not eliminate all medical errors. Blog » If Crack Dealers Took Lessons From Walgreens, They Really Would Be Rich. Several weeks ago, I was talking to a physician in Houston, the sort of older gentleman family doctor you don’t see much of anymore.
His name is Cyril Wolf. He’s originally from South Africa, but other than that, he struck me as the quintessential American general practitioner of decades past. I’d asked him a variety of questions — what’s changed in recent years in his practice, how managed care has affected him, etc. — when suddenly his eyes fired up, his jaw set tight, and his voice took on a tone of great exasperation. He began to describe a simple but huge problem in his practice: a lot of generic medications are still too expensive for his patients to afford. So Wolf began snooping around and found that two chains, Costco and Sam’s Club, sold generics at prices far, far below the other chains.
Walgreens: $117 Eckerd: $115 Sam’s Club: $15 Costco: $12 Those aren’t typos. I was skeptical at first. So that’s what they call it: “ongoing price analysis.” Annals Journal Club: A RADICAL Approach.