Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Dr. Zachariah obsessed day-trader

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9/8/2010 © Broward Bulldog Fort Lauderdale cardiologist Zachariah P. Zachariah, a former chair of the Board of Medicine, testified that he did not engage in insider-trading. He described himself as a "gambler," buying and selling online between patients.

In the hospital but off the books

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By Susan Jaffe 9/7/2010 © Kaiser Health News  A pilot auditing project on unnecessary Medicare hospitalizations in six states -- including Florida -- has led hospitals to bring patients in but keep them officially on "observation." That has led some to suffer serious financial hits.

Bad nursing homes live on and on

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9/6/2010 © Florida Times-Union, Tampa Tribune The Agency for Health Care Administration filed petitions to revoke the licenses of 22 of the state's nursing homes in the past 10 years, but the action never happened in 20 of those. It's also quite difficult to shut down pill-mill doctors, as a recent Tampa case illustrates.

Health execs offer 'solutions'

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By Nancy McVicar 8/4/2010 © Health News Florida A state senator's "Health Care Solutions Tour" kicked off in Miami today with a slide show that hit the major Republican talking points, including warnings about the cost of "Obamacare" and growth in Medicaid. Public officials and health-industry executives spoke, but no patients or advocates were there.
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