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Wenatchee, WA (PRWEB) November 14, 2007
eHealthinfoline.com has become an important source of health and medical information for consumers. While the primary focus of the website has been covering the most common medical conditions, such as heart disease and cancer, they have also focused their efforts on monitoring breaking news about new drugs. Recently, for example, the website reported on a popular fat removal drug treatment known as lipodissolve, which hasn’t been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Today eHealthInfoLine.com announces the launch of its Healthcare Education Campaign: How to be an Informed Consumer.
“Last month we launched our Consumer Health News Monitoring Program, a broadening strategy where we not only track scientific breakthroughs and new drug approvals, but lawsuits and medical warnings as well,” says Bill Francis, a senior editor for eHealthinfoline.com. “Now we want to go a step further by launching a new initiative aimed at educating consumers based on the findings of this monitoring program.”
The monitoring program has tracked cautions from leading medical organizations warning consumers against the use of lipodissolve, also known as phosphatidylcholine injections or injection lipolysis. “When a warning is issued about a new drug, eHealthinfoline.com feels it necessary to spread the news. Public awareness about the safety of new drugs is our main concern,” Francis says.
Lipodissolve is meant to remove small deposits of fat through a series of phosphatidylcholine-based (PC/DC) injections. eHealthinfoline.com has been keeping a close eye on the treatment ever since the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts endorsed a ban in September against physicians administering lipodissolve unless as a part of an FDA-approved clinical trial. The ban has since been temporarily enjoined based on an appeal by a lipodissolve business but remains under review.
Last month, the Physician’s Coalition for Injectable Safety issued a consumer warning about lipodissolve. The alert advises consumers that FDA-approval is critical for any pharmaceutical injected into the body. Dr. Julius Few of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, a member of the Coalition warns, “these should not be mistaken as an accepted medical or cosmetic treatment of localized fat reduction” and “are unproven medical treatments.” In addition, the safety of lipo-dissolve has been under scrutiny by other major medical societies, including the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Both discourage doctors from administering the injections because the drugs are not FDA-approved and long-term effects of the drugs have not been documented.
One lipo dissolve advertisement claims “lipodissolve is becoming popular with the elite and is an ideal treatment for celebrities and royalty,” so it’s no wonder that the treatment is growing in popularity. Staff at eHealthinfoline.com want to make sure that consumers know the details before choosing for or against any new drug, including lipodissolve. “The average person may not know the facts behind a drug or procedure and therefore are unable to make informed decisions or even ask the right questions,” says Francis. “We believe consumers base their decision on advertisements and patient testimonials, not scientific data. We want to prevent this from happening.”
A search on the eHealthinfoline.com website reveals that Dr. Roger Daily of The Physician’s Coalition for Injectable Safety warns consumers that “[lipodissolve] is not FDA approved nor has it been formally tested for predictable results or safety. That alone should steer customers away from the marketing hype.” To prevent consumers from being overwhelmed by what he calls “hype,” eHealthinfoline.com encourages patients to ask questions and do their homework when considering any medical procedure, including lipodissolve.
“Online research helps, but one must be wary of the source of the information,” warns Francis. “Look for balanced sources and weigh out the pros and cons of the medical procedure on your own.”
As a part of this Healthcare Education Campaign, eHealthinfoline.com has listed a set of questions outlining what a consumer should ask a physician before receiving any type of drug treatment (http://www.ehealthinfoline.com/healthcare-education.html). “Our company is devoted to informing the public by providing up-to-date information on medical conditions and new procedures and treatments,” says Francis. “We hope these questions will help consumers make the most informed decisions. After all, you only have one body, so be educated on what you’re doing to it.”
About eHealthInfoLine.com:
eHealthInfoLine.com is a free health care information directory and medical news watchdog. Ordinary people use EHealthInfoLine.com to research common health conditions and find answers to commonly asked medical questions. The company is based in Wenatchee, Washington.
Contact:
Linda Francis
Wenatchee, WA
Ph. (800) 731-5756
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Information Systems and Healthcare Enterprises
The healthcare industry in the United States consumes roughly 20% of the gross national product per year. This huge expenditure not only represents a large portion of the countrys collective interests, but also an enormous amount of medical information. Information intensive healthcare enterprises have unique issues related to the collection, disbursement, and integration of various data within the healthcare system. Information Systems and Healthcare Enterprises provides insight on the challenges arising from the adaptation of information systems to the healthcare industry, including development, design, usage, adoption, expansion, and compliance with industry regulations. Highlighting the role of healthcare information systems in fighting healthcare fraud and the role of information technology and vendors, this book will be a highly valued addition to academic, medical, and health science libraries.
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Question by sound_of_the_silenced3: How can education and healthcare be rights when they violate the right of property of someone else?
How can something be a right if the means to provide for it has to be taken by force from someone else?
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Answer by Nick
Like the police and the military you mean.
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In Our Right Mind: the Transforming Power of Women in Healthcare
Healthcare desperately needs what women have to offer: ways of working and leading that move both human effort and the human spirit forward in tough times. While almost 80% of healthcare workers are women, they occupy fewer than 10% of leadership positions. That needs to change, according to leadership coach Dr. Paula Butterfield. She challenges women to think beyond traditional top-down management and bring all of their strengths to bear in creating the conditions that allow people to thrive. Whether you’re in the executive suite, at the point of care, or managing in between, this book shows you how to nurture a culture of caring and courage that produces what every leader wants: stellar service for patients and one another, resilience and adaptability in the face of change, personal commitment and accountability at all levels of the organization. The author invites you into her world as a leadership coach. Using exercises, practices, client stories, and examples, she gets you thinking differently about what you do and why and how you do it. She pushes you to bring traditionally feminine strengths like empathy, the desire for meaningful work, and an emphasis on building networks and relationships to work on a big scale. How do we get inspired performance in a world that is changing so quickly we cannot predict what will happen next week, much less next year? How do we keep patients rather than policies and procedures at the center of attention? We nurture our natural capacity to thrive, a capacity that women have practiced for ages.
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Question by Stalin: How do you feel about the healthcare law that makes parents keep their children on their health insurance?
This law makes parents keep their children on their health care until they are 26 and in some states 31. I don’t agree with this. I agree with 23 at the most. If you are 26 and can not support yourself that is a shame. What do you think? Of course it is different if you are helping a child that was laid off from work. This law covers married children also.
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Answer by Flower
it is not mandatory. It is optional for parents to do this. Some insurance companies have started it already even though it does not really kick in until September. If you are employed with no group insurance or unemployed, instead of going to the ER and having the government pay, or getting on Medicaid and having the government pay all of your care, why not stick you in your parents insurance? As long as the adult child does not have an employee health plan you can do it. You do not have to be a student.
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Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 16, 2012
Aspen Advisors, a U.S.-based global healthcare consulting firm, announces a new book co-authored by principal Guy Scalzi and Dr. Roger Kropf, a Professor in the Health Policy and Management Program at New York Universitys Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. The book titled IT Governance in Hospitals and Health Systems, published by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), is the second book co-authored by these two healthcare IT leaders. It offers a practical how to guide to creating an information technology governance structure that ensures that IT projects supporting a hospitals or health systems strategy are completed on time and on budget.
In this book, Guy and Roger define and describe IT governance as it is currently practiced in leading healthcare organizations and provide step-by-step guidance so readers can replicate these best practices at their own hospital or health system, said Nancy Vitucci, Senior Manager of Publications at HIMSS.
With the number of competing initiatives on the priority lists of hospital executive teams such as Meaningful Use, ICD-10, and Accountable Care Organization structures and their IT implications, its essential that a strong governance model be deployed to prioritize initiatives, align projects and capital spend with key organizational priorities, establish the appropriate champions and sponsors to successfully drive the top priorities forward, and define ways to measure results, said Scalzi, book co-author and Principal at Aspen Advisors.
IT governance remains one of the biggest challenges in healthcare, said Daniel Herman, Managing Principal and Founder of Aspen Advisors. Organizations continue to battle with the dilemma of having much more demand for IS services than supply and budget to service. Requests for new projects often arrive with ineffective mechanisms to manage project prioritization, funding, and resources allocation. IS then gets put in the position where theyre overwhelmed, under-budgeted, and under-delivering.
Herman added, This book is very timely and one that healthcare leaders across the C-suite should read.
About Aspen Advisors:
Aspen Advisors is a professional services firm with a rich mix of respected industry veterans and rising stars who are united by a commitment to excellence and ongoing dedication to healthcare. We work with healthcare organizations to optimize the value of their information technology investments. Our experienced team is highly skilled in all aspects of healthcare technology. We understand the complexities of healthcare operational processes, the vendor landscape, the political realities, and the importance of projects that are executed successfully the first time. Every client is important to us, and every project is critical to our reputation. Established in 2006, the firm has grown significantly year-over-year and has earned accolades for our culture and growth. We were named an Up and Comer by Healthcare Informatics in 2010 and one of Modern Healthcares Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2011. Our hallmarks are top quality service and satisfied clients; were proud of our KLAS rankings and that each past and current client is 100% referenceable. Learn more at http://www.aspenadvisors.net.
About HIMSS
HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 51 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents more than 44,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 570 corporate members and more than 170 not-for-profit organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and media vehicles designed to promote information and management systems contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. To learn more about HIMSS and to find out how to join us and our members in advancing our cause, please visit our website at http://www.himss.org.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Piramal Healthcare has agreed to buy a U.S.-based healthcare data provider for $ 635 million to boost research and development, the company said on Wednesday, a month after it acquired the new molecules division of Germany’s Bayer’s.