Passing along this little nugget in case you want to nominate anyone:
Ashoka’s Changemakers is collaborating with the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch a global search for “nudges” – innovative little pushes – that help people make better decisions regarding their own health and the health of others.
The massive stimulus bill, complete with health care IT provisions, is quickly working its way through Congress. Originally there was a provision to require that health IT spending be directed only to US-made products. Thank goodness that provision was stripped from the final version.
From the Wall Street Journal: (FDA Warns on Dietary Product )
Health Business Blog welcomes you to Cavalcade of Risk #70!
Pharmaceutical companies sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians in order to boost the use of their own products. Pharma CME staff used to report to the marketing function within pharma companies. They justified their budgets by demonstrating a return on investment –which ultimately translated into the number of incremental prescriptions written. In recent years, most companies have shifted CME out of marketing in order to mollify regulators, but the intent to earn a return is still present.