Q-jumpers-The Health Myth Busters

Everyone stands in line or que for the government services that they have paid for through their taxes. As paid customers they should be treated with effeciency, respect, and courtesy. Most often they are not. They face smug indifference, arrogance, unnecessary delays, by the so called " public civil servants" . Q-jumpers is a blog to get services through any other means , offer competitive alternatives and make government services more accountable and customer user friendly.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Most Important Health Care Story You've Never Heard - Forbes.com

The Most Important Health Care Story You've Never Heard - Forbes.com

Interesting insights into the barrier to health innovations and other lifesaving devices.
Greed seems to rule over patient needs - worth a read

Saturday, July 17, 2010

This is a worthwhile insight -be careful -do not become addicted

Meet your new drug dealer

Forget coke, crack and smack -- because legal meds are giving street drugs a run for the money.

We've become a nation of dopers, and you don't need a shady dealer on a street corner to get high anymore.

Your doctor will do just fine.

The latest numbers reveal a sad and shocking milestone: Legal meds like painkillers and sedatives now send as many Americans to emergency rooms each year as hardcore street drugs: 1 million people.

Move over, Mary Jane!

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ER trips due to the "nonmedical" use of painkillers alone shot up 111 percent over five years, to 305,885 in 2008 from 144,644 in 2004.

Oxycodone led the way with 105,214 ER visits, while hydrocodone accounted for 89,051 and methadone claimed 63,629, according to the numbers in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In case you're wondering, the numbers are up across the board. Men? Up! Women? Up! Under 21? Up! Older than 21? Up, up -- and away!

There's just one area that's not up -- street drugs. But that shouldn't be a big surprise -- who needs street drugs anymore when a completely legal high is just a copay away?

The CDC says it's concerned by the increase -- which would almost be funny if so many lives weren't at stake. The feds also claim that urgent action is needed, but don't hold your breath waiting for that.

You and I both know that the last thing the Pharma-funded U.S. government will ever do is take "urgent" action against the drug companies to save your puny little life.

Save yourself instead -- treat all drugs like the dangerous meds they are... and never, ever take them unless you really, truly need them.

Keeping off the streets,

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

England tries to improve their Health system

British healthcare system reorganizes
LONDON (UPI) -- British doctors will be solely responsible for front-line patient care under a new-look plan for Britain's national healthcare system, health officials said.

Health officials said the plan, outlined in a white paper that will be published next week, is designed to shift key decisions about patients' care to the doctors who know them, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Under the plans, doctors would receive government funds to pay hospitals directly instead of the money being given to a system of primary care trusts that pay for hospital treatment for patients from their areas.

The change means strategic health authorities and primary care trusts under the National Health Service will be scrapped and tens of thousands of administrative jobs will be lost, officials said.

Officials said they hope the new, mandatory system will reduce red tape and give doctors and patients more control over treatment strategies.

The decision represents a victory for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, who has the backing of Prime Minister David Cameron about his decision to turn over taxpayer money to doctors.

Nigel Edwards, acting NHS Confederation chief executive officer, warned the changes would be difficult to implement, the publication said.

"In transition to this new system there are some quite significant risks," Edward said. "Obviously it is going to take time to implement this and the (primary care trusts) at the moment are the people who keep the lid on the performance and financial management of the system."

Copyright 2010 by United Press International

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Friday, July 02, 2010

WiFi Use Grows Strongly in Health Care Industry: Report - Health Care IT from eWeek

Lets use technology to reduce care costs and improve both productivity and client service - S.Holle

WiFi Use Grows Strongly in Health Care Industry: Report - Health Care IT from eWeek

According to the research firm, health care users are usually the first adopters of new WiFi technology, and the recession of 2009-2010 didn't halt the growth of wireless activity. In addition to the home, patients in hospitals can now use WiFi to keep in touch with family and friends while recovering.

"The health care industry has come to rely on WiFi because it's versatile, proven technology that meets health care's unique needs — data-intensive work in highly mobile environments," Kelly Davis-Felner, marketing director for the Wi-Fi Alliance, told eWEEK. "It has advanced security mechanisms, high-performance technology, a robust certification ecosystem and an enormous range of certified devices."
ABI's Wireless Health Care Research Service tracks other wireless technology in the health care industry such as Bluetooth, Low-Energy Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.4 and proprietary low power RF offerings to see how it's used in areas such as WLAN, personal monitoring, disease management, assisted living and telepresence.

"Wi-Fi can certainly support this kind of application, but there are some lower-power technologies that it will have to compete with such as Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee and proprietary offerings," Collins told eWEEK. "Any offering in this market will have to be extremely simple to install, and operate and existing Wi-Fi connections can’t be relied upon to always be present.

With doctors now able to monitor patients' vital data from afar using wireless technology such as WiFi, ABI reported in July 2009 that remote patient monitoring is poised for major growth. At the time, the firm expected WiFi-enabled health care products worldwide (with the exception of WiFi-equipped medical equipment) to total $4.9 billion in 2014.

Scientists identify 'memory' molecule - a break threw

Scientists identify 'memory' molecule
LEICESTER, England (UPI) -- Researchers in Britain say they've discovered a molecular key to how the human brain learns, and how it records and saves memories.

Scientists at the University of Leicester have identified the chemical mechanism by which memories are formed, a university release said Monday.

A key protein is involved in the brain's process of creating and retaining memories, Andrew Tobin, a professor of cell biology, said.

"This protein is present in the part of the brain in which memories are stored," Tobin said. "We have found that in order for any memory to be laid down this protein, called the M3-muscarinic receptor, has to be activated."

The finding could have important implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Tobin said.

Since one of the major symptoms of Alzheimer's is memory loss, he said, drugs designed to target the protein identified in the study could lead to treatment options for the disease.

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