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My hat is off to Dr. Mark Hoofnagle who wrote an excellent article/blog for scienceblogs.com a few weeks ago. Someone (one of my intrepid readers) sent me a link to…

It seems that most industries are rushing to jump aboard the Twitter bandwagon.
That’s true for most cases, with the pharmaceutical industry being the exception.
David Williams points out the lack of Twitter activity from the major pharmaceutical companies, where many of the Pharma-related keywords being owned by those not affiliated with the company.
Worse, when he looks [...]

By JOHN HALAMKA In my recent blog about the Red Flags rule, GreenLeaves commented that biometric checking would help reduce errors by establishing identity and uncovering fraud. Using biometrics to verify identity seems like a good idea, so I met…

This week’s Health Wonk Review, the roving digest of the best of health policy blogging, features new posts on health reform, including the public plan option, health care costs, health IT, and more. This week’s host is Tinker Ready of Boston Health News.
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It’s been nearly five years since Merck pulled Vioxx off the market, but it will be a while longer before the legal system is through with the case.
The Supreme Court said yesterday that it would hear Merck’s appeal in a lawsuit filed by shareholders who argue that the company misled them by downplaying data that [...]

You may have heard about mark to market accounting, also known as fair value accounting, but did you know that this accounting theory has contributed to the economic crisis and can lead to professional liability insurance losses? Unfortunately, this particular accounting technicality, FAS 157, may have contributed – some say caused – the credit crisis, [...]

Thank you all for your patience.
The migration took longer than expected, but now the blog is running on WordPress and the acclaimed Thesis theme.
Many thanks to Aaron Brazell, aka Technosailor, for doing the job and navigating the obstacles along the way.  I am aware that the “Previous entries” link on the bottom of the main [...]

There will be no posts over the next few days, as the blog will migrate to WordPress.
Furthermore, comments will be temporarily turned off to ensure all of them make the transfer.
With over 19,000+ posts, at least twice as many comments, and close to 500 MB of data, it’s a major undertaking.
When it re-emerges, expect an [...]

It’s not good enough simply to have a web presence.
Patients are searching for doctors, medical practices and hospitals via search engines, like Google, so whether or not you’re found on the first page can make a significant impact on the number of patients you see.
Furthermore, it’s in your best interest to have some control on [...]

The WHO’s Keiji Fukuda is talking with reporters about the latest on the flu outbreak. Here’s what he’s saying.
11:07 We continue to see an increase in cases being reported by countries. The most recent numbers: 1,490 laboratory-confirmed cases and 30 deaths. The deaths were primarily in Mexico, with one reported in the U.S. This is [...]