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America's Top 20 Hospitals: the 2009–10 Honor Roll (US New & World Report)

Colleagues,

As compiled each year by RTI International for the U.S. News and World Report, please see this year's top 20 ranked hospitals in the United States ... In this year's rankings a total of 4,861 hospitals were considered; hospitals were scored on reputation, death rate, patient safety, and care-related factors such as nursing and patient services; Johns Hopkins Hospital tops the list, as it has every year since 1991...

1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 19, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

West Coast “Venture” vs. East Coast “”Stimulation” … Time to Bridge the Gap?... Read on & Comment

Colleagues,

Is it time to think differently about the “Valley of Death” ? The gap in capital and talent that prevents so many companies from successfully translating their promising medical technology from research to mass market success?

I think so, and here is why

In the last month, we at MedTech-IQ have experienced a number of illuminating encounters. On the U.S. West Coast, we spoke to numerous venture capitalists, investors, corporate… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 18, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Medical Care Varies By Geographic Region

Recently Conrad Cyburn posted a note about the approach of Kaiser to keep costs down while quality high. They do a good job of avoiding the variations in care that exist across the country and which are part of thereason that caare is both expensive and not as good as it could or should be. There are wide variations in care expenditures from geographic region to region. One might assume that those regions with higher expenditures reap better health but that is simply not the case.… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on July 16, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

Potential Effects of Pending U.S. Biologics Legislation on the Patent Application Process ... by MedTech-IQ Member, Sandra Thompson, Phd

Colleagues,

Please see excellent article published in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News written by MedTech-IQ Member, Sandra P. Thompson, Ph.D.. Sandra is an expert in worldwide patent and trademark prosecution, transactional - chemistry and biotech-related businesses.

Her article gives us a preview of how two pieces of legislation currently… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 14, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Number of Physicians Using Smartphones More Than Doubled Over the Past Year.

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As reported in Health Leaders Media ... According to an April report by Manhattan Research, the number of physicians using smartphones more than doubled to 64% over the past year.

The results of the survey indicate that physicians ... are spending more time online using smartphones to access medical and pharmaceutical resources during the course of their busy day.

"It's rare for me to have an encounter—whether it's a phone visit, a virtual visit, or… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 13, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Use of Social Networking Tools Growing in Medical & Nursing Schools

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As reported in HealthCare IT News... Social networking tools are becoming more popular in medical and nursing school curricula, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association ... The study found that 53% of nursing schools and 45% of medical schools include Web 2.0 tools in their curricula. The survey also found that 58% of nursing schools plan to implement social networking tools in their curricula in the upcoming year, compared with… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 13, 2009 at 10:10pm — No Comments

More Chrome

Google has finally confirmed a 2010 release of its Chrome OS. Not simply a browser any longer, Chrome represents an open source Linux based architecture which scales upward from netbooks to desktops, and downwards to provide some overlap to its smartphone platform, Android. With Windows 7 gaining such good press, it can only be beneficial to… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on July 10, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The MedTech-IQ Spotlight ... Who are you? What do you do? We want to know! ... "Healthanywhere", by MedTech-IQ member Pramod Gaur

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to bring you the 3C's of "content, Community & Collaboration" we are initiating the MedTech-IQ Spotlight.

The first spotlight shines on MedTech-IQ member, Dr. Pramod Gaur, Phd., CEO, Healthanywhere. Dr Gaur was recently recognized for outstanding individual contribution to the advancement of the telemedicine industry at the annual American Telemedicine Association in Las Vegas. Healthanywhere provides solutions addressing the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 7, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Seattle Area Health Co-op Offers Model for U.S. Healthcare Overhaul

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As reported in the New York Times ... Dr. Harry J. Shriver III, chief of a clinic near Seattle run by Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound ... one of the country’s few surviving health insurance cooperatives, has recently embraced electronic medical records and a collaborative model of primary care, allowing him to practice proactive medicine for the first time in years.

On Capitol Hill, those innovations have made Group Health a prototype for a political… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 7, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments

Infectious Diseases In-Theater: Risks and Mitigation

The executive summary from this roundtable, held on June 5, is available on the Institute of Federal Health Care website: www.fedhealthinst.org

The roundtable produced a frank assessment of current and emerging threats and actions that might help deal with them.

Also on the IFHC website is a brief piece by Ellen Embrey, currently performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, on DoD's… Continue

Added by Nancy Tomich on July 1, 2009 at 2:12pm — No Comments

Complex, Chronic Illnesses That Last a Lifetime and Are Expensive to Treat

I appreciate the comments to my earlier post on the state of America's health care delivery system. We have incredible medical advances, of the type often referred to on MedTecIQ, but if they cannot be dellivered to the right people at the right time, then they are not being fully utilized to best advantage. One pressing need is to recognize the marked shift in disease prevalence from acute illness to chronic illnesses that has occured over the years; it is a real… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on June 29, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

"Cloud Computing" ... Fad or Biggest Revolution Since the Internet?

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Excellent overview and collection of linked articles from MIT Tech Review on "Cloud Computing", its implications and challenges ...

... A recent survey of corporate software buyers showed the use of public cloud computing increasing by more than 60 percent in the last quarter of 2008 over the previous two quarters, and International Data Corporation has predicted that business IT spending on cloud services will rise from $16 billion last year to $42 billion by… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 29, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

New Search Engines for Your Web Pleasure

Colleagues,

In an effort to enrich your Web discovery experience, MedTech-IQ has added two new search engines to our homepage. They are; 1) Microsoft's new Bing search/decision support system & 2) SearchMe, a new & exciting (for me, at least) way to see your search results on the web. Plug in your name, organization or topic of interest and see what comes up.

Give them a try, and let us know what you think. We want to know.

You can find the Bing and… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 28, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Manage Your Patent Resources Part 1: The Patent Prosecution Highway is Open

The Patent Prosecution Highway (“PPH”) is under development by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), along with several foreign patent offices, to combine resources and expedite allowance for willing and knowledgeable patent applicants. The PPH may be an ideal and cost-effective route to expedite allowance of qualifying applications, instead of utilizing the more-costly accelerated examination process.

The PPH is open between the US and Korea – traveling both ways… Continue

Added by Sandra Thompson, PhD on June 28, 2009 at 7:51pm — No Comments

New Member Update ... Who Are You? ... What Do You Do? ... Let Us Know! (June 2009)

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to accelerate our collective abilities to translate medical technology from laboratory to market, we are continuing to develop the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" for the "MedTech-IQ" community, which continues to grow steadily.

Please find below our new Members. As is our custom, we stratify them by their self identified choice of "Triple Helix" sector ... Academia, Industry or… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 28, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Final Dispatch from Silicon Valley ... Ed Penhoet, Founder, Chiron/Matthew Bishop, The Economist - Larta 15th Annual Life Science Forum

Colleagues,

The Larta Life Science Venture Forum ended with a spirited conversation and Q&A session between the attendees, Ed Penhoet and Matthew Bishop about trends in life science investing, the healthcare crisis, and the prospects and limits of "venture philanthropy".

Ed Penhoet is member of the board of trustees of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and was Foundation President from 2004 - 2007. Prior to the Foundation, Ed served as dean of the School of Public… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 26, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Dispatches from Silicon Valley ... "Novel Product Development Strategies" ... Panel Discussion: Larta 15th Annual Life Science Forum

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To control and de-risk high product development costs, companies across the life science sector are experimenting with new & novel approaches. Large life science companies are experimenting with "virtual" autonomous innovation units, and are banding together in "Triple Helix" (academic, industry, government) consortiums. Small companies are turning increasingly to virtual/lean models to speed product development, while improving the efficient use of limited capital by… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 26, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Dispatches from Silicon Valley ... "Stimulus" Panel Discussion: Larta 15th Annual Life Science Forum

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The Larta Life Science Venture Forum Town Hall on "Stimulus" spending was moderated by David Gollaher, President & CEO, California Healthcare Institute, and included panelists Danielle Peters, Fabiani & Company, Jeff Himawan, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, and yours truly, Conrad Clyburn "CC", Founding Partner, The Clymer… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 26, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Dispatches from Silicon Valley ... Opening Keynote: Larta 15th Annual Life Science Forum

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MedTech-IQ member Rohit Shukla's 15th Annual Life Science Forum opened at the scenic Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California with a standing room only keynote presentation by Richard N. Foster, Managing Partner, Millbrook Management Group LLC. Mr. Foster a former Director and Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, founded and lead… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 26, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Search engine rankings for Medicos

Image by Emily Barney via Flickr

Recently read the Latest edition of Journal of Health informatics in developing countries. Specifically, Search engines : a study of nine search engines in four categories…

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Added by Dr.Neelesh Bhandari on June 20, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments