http://histalk2.com Healthcare IT News and Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Sam Shem: “Re: mammograms. An independent body, after review and analysis of eight clinical trials, comes out with EVIDENCE that mammogram screening in under-40-year-olds has little or no value. What happens? The radiologists are up in arms and the Obama administration, in the person of DHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, ... http://histalk2.com/2009/11/19/news-112009/ A San Francisco jury has found former McKesson chairman Charles McCall guilty of five of six counts of securities fraud. He was acquitted on a single charge of falsifying records.Federal prosecutors said the former chairman, president, and CEO of HBO & Company covered up that company's fraudulent activities, allowing it ... http://histalk2.com/2009/11/19/jury-finds-former-mckesson-chair-charles-mccall-guilty/ Submit your article of up to 500 words in length, subject to editing for clarity and brevity (please note: I run only original articles that have not appeared on any Web site or in any publication and I can’t use anything that looks like a commercial pitch). I’ll use a ... http://histalk2.com/2009/11/18/readers-write-111909/ From Xper: “Re: Cedars Sinai. The ED is live, including the docs -- yes, CPOE at Cedars! -- seems like anything really is possible. Nurses are live on the system now and so is registration and billing. They appear to have ... http://histalk2.com/2009/11/17/news-111809/ Update – The IPO Market Return Or in the words of Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." As I write this post, the IPO market continues to rock and roll. As some confidence returns, investors look for new places to put money, ... http://histalk2.com/2009/11/16/healthcare-it-from-the-investors-chair-111709/