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Headlines for Feb 5-16
- Posted February 15th 2009
- by Janice
IMS reports 3% growth in rev in constant currency for 2008. See press release for more details & links to full financials.
U. Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health published study that offers conservative view of the short-term benefits of genetic screening tests.
HealthGrades introduces Five-Star Doctors, rated on a mix of objective criteria (affiliated with hospitals with 5-star rating in specialty; board certified; and free from malpractice judgements & sanctions).
Thank you to David Rothman for writing the post that I started to write a couple of days ago to point out some Web 2.0 tools being used by HHS/CDC, including widgets to help spread info on the peanut recall. CDC even has a Twitter feed for health professionals.
Research from Change Sciences Group shows that individuals have greater trust in sharing info with their health insurer than with banks, gov’t agencies, or Google or MSFT. Other results indicate that existing health portals aren’t effective, but that insurers are in the best position to provide info that will be used.
Not health related, but a topic I monitor: business models for online news. I’m afraid NY Times is taking the wrong approach again. The archive is so suitable for monetizing by contextual advertising: a broad collection of content with a broad audience. But, API access should incur a fee or rev share.
Google & IBM announce a partnership to facilitate transfering data from mobile monitoring devices to Google Health record. Article includes some estimates of how many users have created records on GHealth or Microsoft’s HealthVault–one est. is “a few hundred thousand”.
Article tosses around the possibility that DTC ads will be prohibited by Obama admin. More likely scenario is that there will be restrictions and that more info will need to be made available along with ads.
Story about betting pools at offices to encourage weight loss, along with some websites that facilitate the process. Points to success of cash rewards for weight loss and importance of peer pressure/cooperation–especially among men.
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, which focuses on the discovery & development of antibiotics for antibiotic-resistant infections, receives $25M in additional funding after strong phase 2 results.
P&G has retained Goldman Sachs to look for buyers of its >$2b pharmaceutical businesses.
Presentations, transcripts and podcast of recent ARHQ webinar on evaluating Clinical Decision Support methods.
David Rothman points to Behind the Medical Headlines, a site produced by Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh & Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons in Glasgow. Site provides pointers to help readers discern the validity or trustworthiness of health-related articles in the press.
PharmaNet, a large provider of outsourced drug development services, is acquired by JLL Partners for $250M.
Montreal-based IT company, CGI Group Inc., receives a contract worth up to $24M to conitnue to develop computerized system for Medicare appeals.
A patient education program developed at BU Medical Center in Boston called RED (for Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge Program) uses specially trained nurses to educate patients about post-hospital care plans. RED led to 30% fewer readmissions and subsequent emergency visits.
FT interviews Peter Rigby, CEO Informa, with focus on debt and need to divest some assets. Informa has divisions in financial & commercial publishing, as well as academic & scientific, which includes substantial pharma business intelligence databases, publications and events.
More info on ENURGI acquisition by Univita. Techcrunch provides concise descriptions of Univita and ENURGI (a service that helps patients and their advocates find caregivers). Also reports that Univita is backed by Genstar Capital, a SF-based PE company.
ENURGI, which presented at Health Content08’s Innovators Showcase, has been acquired by Univita. Matt Holt provides more details in this post.
Research firm, User Centric, posts results of recent study of consumers’ ease of use and utility of GoogleHealth and Microsoft’s HealthVault personal health records platforms.
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