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“Economic Issues in U.S. Healthcare” Breaking News August 11, 2010

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:29:10 +0000

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Current News “Top Picks” by MIB Editors…

Employers health group CEO: we need to focus on “real reform”
MedCity News, 2010-08-11
“Long before healthcare reform, medical home, and quality metrics became today’s buzz…”

Oregon Embarks on Public Health Plan Option
The Lund Report, 2010-08-11
“Those who fought so hard for a publicly-owned health insurance option during much of…”

Biotech M&A frenzy shows no sign of slowing
FierrceBiotech, 2010-08-11

“With Genzyme in the news, we’ve all been hearing plenty about the wave of M&A deals…”

Why the FTC Is About to Lose Its Fight Over Sleep Disorder Pills
BNET, 2010-08-11

“It’s hard to see the FTC winning the gossipy sideshow that is its attempt to force…”

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Most Read News from Last Week…
Life Sciences Investing Rebounds in Q2 2010, Rising 52% from the Prior Quarter
PR Newswire, 2010-08-04
Pharma cuts 2,023 jobs in July
FiercePharma, 2010-08-04
A.M. Vitals: Pharma Companies Tapping Early-Stage Biotech Products
The Wall Street Journal, 2010-08-04
Feds Offer $51 Million for Health Insurance Exchanges
Inc.com, 2010-07-27

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We Take Bigger “Bytes” by the Year

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:14:33 +0000

“By 2020, globally we will be well over 25 zeta-bytes of data world wide“…

We are now way beyond terabytes (TB) and petabytes (PB), well into zeta-bytes (or “zettabytes”; ZB) of data. But what does this new frontier mean to all of us?

A zeta-byte is hard to envision but if a petabyte (also hard to envision) is the equivalent of “20 million 4-door filing cabinets full of text” then a zeta-byte is 20 TRILLION of these 4 -door filing cabinets! (there’s an “exabyte level” in there somewhere.)

A source that can describe this in technical as well as comparative terms can be found at WhatsAByte.com. Just click in the filing cabinet below to learn more:

4-Drawer Filing Cabinet

We get and manage your gigabytes of CI for easy access online!

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Managing Data Storage Infrastructure in 2020

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:29:58 +0000

This afternoon CDW and Ziff Enterprize teamed-up in a webinar to discuss the direction that data storage IT infrastructure is heading.

Chuck Brinkley IBM Storage Specialist at CDW shared his insights about the drivers of storage systems purchases. Trends statistics were at times predictable but most often surprising. Share this at your next wine and cheese social:

By 2020 globally we will be well over 25 zeta-bytes of data world wide – Wow!

So what does a zeta-byte look like? (comparison chart to be published next week.)

For business, Brinkley goes on to say that when it comes to the need for storage capacity the main drivers vary by size of company out of 11 possible drivers:

Large companies (>1,000 employees) the drivers are:

“Need for new capacity”

“Better virtualization capabilities”

Tied – “Better backup/recovery” and “Greater scalability”

Medium-sized companies (100 -999 employees) drivers include:

“Need for new capacity”

“Better backup/recovery”

“Better virtualization capabilities”

Small companies (<100 employees) drivers include:

“Need for new capacity”

“Better performance / reliability”

“Better backup/recovery”

Virtualization or online storage “cloud computing” comes into play as companies grow beyond 100 employees – A critical consideration as you grow your business.

Virtualization is now one of the top 2 to 3 drivers for larger corporations when making content management decisions – essentially non-existent five years ago.

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Unbridled Data…Our Undoing?

“Economic Issues in U.S. Healthcare” Breaking News July 14, 2010

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:39:51 +0000

Current News “Top Picks” by MIB Editors…

Fear surrounds deal between nonprofit hospital, for-profit company
FierceHealthcare, 2010-07-14
“As nonprofit hospitals become increasingly attractive to for-profit companies looking to capture…”

Business versus Obama
MarketWatch, 2010-07-14
“When in doubt, whine about the government. That seems to be the latest corporate strategy…”

U.S. Advisers Say Keep Glaxo’s Avandia on Market
Reuters via BNET, 2010-07-14
“U.S. health advisers said GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s (GSK) diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to…”

RXi Pharmaceuticals receives SBIR grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Trading Markets, 2010-07-14
“RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a RNAi-based therapeutic discovery and development company…”

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Most Read News from Last Week…

Obama bypasses Senate for new Medicare chief
The Associated Press via The Seattle Times, 2010-07-07
Drug Prices in the US: Not So High After All?
Corante, 2010-07-07
Domestic medical travel could ratchet up pressure on local providers
FierceHealthcare, 2010-07-07
Generex Biotechnology Participates in Gateway to China Business Round Table Conference
Market Watch, 2010-07-07

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Personal Medicine in the Clouds?

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:53:13 +0000

No man is an island. Neither is his medical record file.

To practice intelligent medicine and advance medical technology discovery and development, the power of consolidated medical data needs to be harnessed.

Clinical trials are not the only source of scientific discovery. Retrospective analysis of site-specific procedural and product use and consumption metrics reveal essential medical professional decision and use insights without violating the individual’s personal medical records, satisfying HIPPA and other regulations. And the later source of data can do so in a much more cost effective manner using current bar coding technologies and data entry, securely and selectively accessing remote hospital databanks. Since medical records for patient cohorts would be pulled as consolidated groups, no one person’s medical records would be inappropriately revealed.

But all has to operate in a virtual space to be fully accessible and must be fully compatible to be most effective. And what better way than through cloud computing where content management meets essential applications?

Ask yourself, “In this extremely tough economy, how will my company cost effectively manage its own content-rich databases of retrospective data to improve our decision-making capabilities?”

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And what better way than through cloud computing?

WeirdMedical Sounds-off on Personal Medicine Intelligence

WeirdMedical Sounds-off on Personal Medicine Intelligence

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:07:44 +0000

If anyone has had a physician hand personal diagnostic films over for safe keeping it may stir thought about the future of medical data storage.

The increasingly urgent need to manage the growing number of petabytes of diagnostic data is driving development of a new breed of personalized medicine.

Consider for example the recent WeirdMedical post from June 4 ["Weird New Advances in Ancient Device Material"]. The article gives you a glimpse into the future of how medical practitioners and industry may be able to gather and report on personal medical intelligence about a patient. According to Technology Review’s “10 Emerging Technologies 2010” or “TR10″ published by MIT in the article “Implantable Electronics,”

“Tufts University biomedical engineer Fiorenzo Omenetto is using silk as the basis for implantable optical and electronic devices that will act like a combination vital-sign monitor, blood test, imaging center, and pharmacy–and will safely break down when no longer needed.”

Further consider, this additional diagnostic data needs to be managed. We need to ask who will keep up with capturing and storing additional streams of data from this and other new sources in addition to those from current sources. We can barely manage now. As updated patient progress reports are produced, patient records transcribers, data entry techs, auto bar code readers, etc., will not be able to keep up. Data flow will be too rapid and voluminous.

We need intelligent capturing, recording and storing solutions for accurate retrieval To be discussed next posting…is “intelligent cloud computing” the solution?

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“Economic Issues in U.S. Healthcare” Breaking News June 9, 2010

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:35:11 +0000

Intelligence on our life sciences industry is widely scattered and tough to track. Keep up to date with “Economic Issues in U.S. Healthcare” Breaking News on MedIntelliBlog. You can access and/or subscribe to the 25-story feed by visiting:

Current News “Top Picks” by MIB Editors…

Some health insurance rates are skyrocketing
The Morning Call, 2010-06-09
“Gov. Ed Rendell has ordered the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to investigate “truly…”

Regeneron’s $2 Billion Research Push Mimics Genentech (Update3)
Bloomberg Businessweek, 010-06-09
“Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported a successful study result in its new drug for treating…”

New Health Affairs Issue: Implementing Health Reform
Health Affairs Blog, 2010-06-08
“State and federal officials, insurers, and health care providers face thousands of important…”

Can The NIH Really Monitor Conflicts Of Interest?
Pharmalot, 2010-06-07
“For the past two years, the National Institutes of Health has been pressured by Congress to do…”

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Most Read News from Last Week…

Healthcare and the Supply Chain: Why Values Must Precede Strategy
Spend Matters, 2010-06-02
France joins European price-cutting drive
FiercePharma, 2010-06-02
NASDAQ Continues Expansion Within Healthcare Technology Sector With Addition of…
MarketWatch, 2010-06-02
Is A Double Whammy Ahead for Hospitals and Healthcare Reform?
HealthLeaders Media, 2010-06-01

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Unbridled Data…Our Undoing?

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:35:25 +0000

The recent article in The Economist published February 27, cited previously in this blog on March 10, examines how “The data deluge*,” information overload, however you refer to it, will lead to our demise.

One critical issue is available storage and reliable access. According to the publication and IDC, information created now exceeds available storage by 50%. However, in a mere 1 1/2 years from now information created estimated at 1,750 exabytes will exceed storage by over 100%! Where will that leave us in 2012? 2015? 2020?

For your company, can you honestly answer that you, your CIO and IT team will be ready to manage this exponential growth in volume projected by 2011? Best to establish a plan for a scalable content management structure now.

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* To read more about this subject visit The Economist editorial page, “The data deluge,” and associated feature article. “Data, data everywhere,” in the February 27, 2010 issue at the The Economist online.

Dawn of the ePatient…Refreshing Intel

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:23:26 +0000

Let’s applaud Gienna Shaw at HealthLeaders Media for insight into a new intelligence that presently dismissive patient care maps miss.

Gienna’s article, “Ready or Not, Tech-Savvy e-Patients are Coming,” shares a glimpse of how simple doctor-patient communications can be. It’s observations are simple – doctors can use “e-information exchange” via emails and patient-centric educational websites with databases storing critically key articles to patient education…amazing simple yet profoundly incomprehensible in today’s paper-intensive healthcare system. And it’s exactly like we use in our daily business and personal lives? Yes, exactly.

There’s a critical message here – intelligent patient care is most cost-effective when it is direct and easy to use.

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“Economic Issues in U.S. Healthcare” Breaking News May 12, 2010

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:57:57 +0000

Intelligence on economic issues critical to our life sciences industry is widely scattered and tough to track. Keep up to date with “Economic Issues in U.S. Healthcare” Breaking News on MedIntelliBlog. You can access and/or subscribe to the 25-story feed by visiting:

Current News “Top Picks” by MIB Editors…

AstraZeneca Case Rewards Repeat Whistleblowers With $45 Million
Bloomberg Businessweek, 2010-05-12
“Blowing the whistle on drugmakers is becoming a habit for a salesman and a psychiatrist…”

Biotech venture capitalist takes networking to the highest level
The Post-Bulletin, 2010-05-10
“For venture capitalist G. Steven Burrill, nearly every day is choreographed, pre-scheduled by…”

Healthcare is a headache for GOP candidates in California
Los Angeles Times, 2010-05-10
“Republican candidates across the nation are confident that opposition to President Obama’s…”

Repeal health care reform? 41 states think so
Huffington Post, 2010-05-10
“With the news that 41 states are trying to repeal part or all of the recent health reform law…”

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Most Read News from Last Week…

Gov. Doyle: At BIO 2010, Governor Doyle announces Wisconsin to host national conference
Wisconsin Business Council, 2010-05-04

$1 billion in cash grants available soon for emerging growth life sciences companies
Association of Corporate Counsel, 2010-05-03

National Cancer Institute Awards $1 Million in SBIR Funding to BioMarker Strategies
BusinessWire via EarthTimes, 2010-05-03

Health costs keep rising as reform misses mark
The Rocky Mountain Collegian, 2010-05-03

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