Health Business Blog
Blog URL http://www.healthbusinessblog.com
Located Brookline, Massachusetts USA
Health care business and policy by David E. Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners, chairman of APS. Posting every business day since 2005.
Latest Blog Posts
- Why not lower the recommended mammogram age to 30? or 20? on Nov 20, 2009 in Patients Policy and politics
The controversy over the recent mammogram screening recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is quite interesting. The pieces of the recommendations that have generated the most controversy are as follows: The USP...
- A conversation with Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard on Nov 18, 2009 in Entrepreneurs e-health
In May I interviewed Ryan Howard, CEO of Practice Fusion, a free web-based electronic health record (EHR). A lot has happened in the EHR world since then so I thought I’d check back in. (This interview was conducted via email.) David Williams:...
- Pharmacogenomics: Podcast interview with Medco’s Felix Frueh (transcript) on Nov 17, 2009 in Pharma Physicians Podcast Research
This is the transcript of yesterday’s podcast interview with Medco’s Felix Frueh. David Williams: This is David Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog. I’m speaking today with Felix Frueh...
- Grand Rounds is up at Colorado Insurance Insider on Nov 17, 2009 in Announcements Blogs
Check out the latest edition of Grand Rounds at Colorado Health Insurance Insider. Share...
- Pharmacogenomics: Podcast interview with Medco’s Felix Frueh on Nov 16, 2009 in Pharma Physicians Podcast Research
Medco Health Solutions and the American Medical Association sponsored a survey of 10,000 physicians in the US regarding pharmacogenomics (PGx). Almost all physicians think genetics play an important role in how patients respond to a drug, yet only 13...
- Health care insurance reform on Nov 14, 2009 in Policy and politics
I was interested to see this quote in today’s Boston Globe: President Obama, who was traveling to Asia yesterday, said in a statement that the report “underscores what experts and business people have told us all along – comprehensive h...
- Routine HIV testing at the VA: Podcast interview with Dr. Henry Anaya (transcript) on Nov 13, 2009 in Podcast Policy and politics
This is the transcript of my podcast interview with Dr. Henry Anaya of the Veterans Health Administration. David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog. I’m speaking today...
