The Medical Quack
Blog URL http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/
Located Huntington Beach, California USA
Tags heatlhcare, healthcare IT, Tablet PCs, Medical Devices, Health Insurance, Medicare, Doctors, Physicians, PHR
The blog discusses the business of healthcare to include medical devices, new surgical procedures, Tablet PCs and other wireless devices used in healthcare and personal health records
Latest Blog Posts
- 10 More Patients at Los Angeles Hospital Get CT Radiation Overdose on Nov 25, 2009 in Technology Medically Related
This time it is not Cedars but a hospital in the Glendale, CA area and a lot less patients, but that doesn’t make a lot of difference if you are one of the patients affected. It looks like a similar software type of issue with reprogramming.&...
- Dodge Is Using Microsoft Tags To Give Away Prizes – Why Can’t the FDA Use the Same Technology for Medical Device Information And Save Lives? on Nov 25, 2009 in Technology Medically Related
If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I have suggested this before and even sent it off to the FDA without a response, well so much for those “contact us” pages I guess. It’s more important it seems to have a chance to win a p...
- Money Driven Medicine The Documentary – Streaming During the Month of November So You Can Watch for Free on Nov 25, 2009 in Insurance Medically Related
I should have been on to this sooner, but thank goodness for Twitter as I received a message about it today and say thanks for letting me know. There are a few days left in November so you can watch the 85 minute documentary. I have writt...
- Community Strains of MRSA on the rise in Hospitals With Outpatients – Study on Nov 24, 2009 in Medically Related
The community strain, picked up outside of hospitals according to the study is one more battle for hospitals to be aware of as the study found a 7 fold increase, so take the time and use those wipes at the grocery store to wipe your cart, wipe off th...
- Health IT Buzz – HHS Launches Healthcare Blog to Communicate with Dr. Blumenthal on Nov 24, 2009 in Technology Medically Related
David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health IT has created a blog now for comments and discussion and I marched over there yesterday to comment and it is open to anyone who wants to contribute to the conversation. Below is the opening...
- Depressed Woman Loses Health Benefits – Insurer Looked at Facebook on Nov 24, 2009 in Insurance Medically Related
I knew it wouldn’t be too long before we started seeing stories like this on the web. I have said this many, many times, what goes on the web, stays on the web, so think twice as one cache does it all. In this case in Canada they found...
- CSI Miami – David Caruso Tells Suspect Business Owner “Get a Better Health Insurance Plan For Your Employees” on Nov 24, 2009 in Insurance Medically Related
Healthcare reform is all over the place and even seen on television these days. When did you expect to hear David Caruso to talk about health plans on a show like CSI-Miami. You can watch a clip from the show below. Actually...
