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Weekly health and health marketing news September 3rd, 2010
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
U.S. employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers A new survey shows an average worker with a family plan pays nearly $4,000 a year, up 14% from 2009. Meanwhile, the average employer contribution to a family plan hasn’t increased at all.
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About.com 2010 Health Study
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
About.com surveyed 1,321 consumers to get a better understanding of how people use the web to manage their health and what kind of information they are seeking. Here are some key findings from the study: Key Insights & Trends (2010 vs. 2009) We are seeing a significant rise in people using online to take charge of their health and better educate themselves about conditions and treatment options; allowing them to make informed decisions and have knowledgeable discussions with their doctors.
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JAMA Editor Catherine DeAngelis Is Leaving
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
After a decade of running one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals, Catherine DeAngelis is leaving her job as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association next year to join Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, where she will develop a Center for Professionalism in Medicine and the Related Professions, including nursing, public health, business and law.
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Until All of Us Have This "Blue Button," the Online Health Revolution Has Not Even Begun!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Today I will listen to the BlogTalkRadio show ” E-patients, Cyberchondriacs, and Why We Should Stop Calling Names ,” which promises to be an “open, honest and stimulating discussion” about the “potential implications of the use of the term e-Patient and why some argue that it should be reconsidered.” As background to that discussion, see this blog post by Susannah Fox ( @SusannahFox ) who leads the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s health research. Susannah will be a guest on the BlogTalkRadio show today and will be speaking at the e-Patient Connections 2010 conference next month in Philadelphia, PA.
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Should patients have more a choice when it comes to brands vs. generic drugs ?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
The Hatch-Waxman Act passed in 1984 to hasten the introduction of generic competition into the pharmaceutical market.
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Endo looks for more acquisitions
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Endo Pharmaceuticals’ CEO David Holveck, a Johnson & Johnson alum, is modeling his company after the Big Pharma.
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Mayo continues hunt for infected patients
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Mayo Clinic Florida said Monday afternoon it is working closely with the Florida Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine which patients should undergo follow-up testing after it discovered that a former employee exposed patients to hepatitis.
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Avastin For Metastatic Breast Cancer: The Whole Story
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Here’s an excellent roundup of the Avastin story, referenced in an earlier post here . I have to say, I’ve been disappointed in some of the commentary on this issue (which that article goes into as well). Too many people have jumped right to the conclusion that yep, here’s what the new health care plan is going to do to us, yank life-saving medicines out of our hands because they cost too much
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Hospitals foot portion of college tuition to draw lab techs
Monday, August 30th, 2010
A shortage of clinical laboratory technologists has prompted area hospitals to offer scholarships to attract students from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
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Financial pressures push UCH-Adventist Health merger
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Declining financial performance may be driving University Community Health in Tampa to complete its proposed merger with Winter Park-based Adventist Health System.
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