Credit:Healthreformwatch.comMonday, January 04, 2010
CMS and HHS Release New Proposed Rules Governing Health IT
By Jordan Cohen, Health Reform Watch
Issues surrounding the implementation of health information technology (HIT) have not garnered anywhere near the amount of attention as issues such as the public plan, the intersection of abortion and health insurance, pre-existing condition provisions, etc. There are a variety of reasons for this.
Read more at Health Reform Watch…
Filed under: Digital records, Health Reform, Weekly Round Up
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Credit: GettyMonday, January 04, 2010
Program for Children Has Uncertain Future
By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times
As Democratic Congressional leaders work to merge the House and Senate versions of major health care legislation, a big question is what they will do about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which now provides coverage to more than nine million children and pregnant women and is expected to cover 
Filed under: Congress, Health Reform, Pediatrics, Proposed Legislation, Weekly Round Up, Women's health
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Credit:FDASM.comFriday, November 13, 2009
FDASM: Google’s Pitch to FDA for Online Drug Ads
By Jacob Goldstein, WSJ Health Blog
Sure, dozens of groups are speaking at this week’s FDA meeting on online advertising for drugs and medical devices.
But we’re particularly interested in what Google had to say, given the company’s 800-pound-gorilla status in online advertising — as well as the flurry of FDA warning letters earlier this year
Filed under: Drugs, FDA, Weekly Round Up
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Credit:FDASM.comFriday, November 13, 2009
FDASM: Day One in DC: Industry bends FDA’s ear on social media
By Matthew Arnold, Medical Marketing & Media
The FDA’s hearings on promotion of regulated products online and using social media—the “Super Bowl of Part 15 Hearings,” as Porter Novelli’s Peter Pitts dubbed them—got under way yesterday in a near-capacity federal conference hall. More than 800 people had tried to register, said DDMAC director Thomas Abrams, and
Filed under: Drugs, FDA, Weekly Round Up
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Credit:FDASM.comFriday, November 13, 2009
FDASM: Drug ads get FDA scrutiny
By Kim Hart, The Hill
When patients are diagnosed with an illness or prescribed a new medication, the Web is fast becoming the first place they look for information, support groups and treatment options.
Drug companies want to be part of that conversation. But they are wary of advertising online because of the Food and Drug Adminstration’s
Filed under: Drugs, FDA, Weekly Round Up
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