Category Archives: biotechnology

Technology is Catching Up to the Dream

Posted on November 13, 2018 by admin

By Peggy Salvatore, MBA About 8 years ago, I started Health System Ed as an educational portal about the value of health information technology. It started with a blog called “Imagine” that described the dream of having all relevant patient … Continue reading →

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The Waning Days of Summer Health Wonk Review

Posted on August 24, 2018 by admin

Over at Health Wonk Review, the hits keep coming. This month, Julie Ferguson posts her compilation of health wonkery at her home blog turf Worker’s Comp Insider. Click to go there for the fun or check it out right here. … Continue reading →

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Falsification of Data: Truth or Consequences

Posted on March 21, 2018 by admin

by Peggy Salvatore and Terry McGinn This article is cross-posted at www.workingwithsmes.com   Sometimes expert knowledge isn’t really knowledge at all. In fact, if your data sounds too good to be true, it just might be.  Sadly, for reasons of … Continue reading →

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Health Wonk Review: Ideas of March Edition

Posted on March 15, 2018 by admin

Direct from David E. Williams’ Health Business Blog, the Ideas of March. Enjoy the wonkery, and check out the video podcast CareTalk interview below with David and CareCentrix CEO John Driscoll.  “Beware the Ides of March” –Soothsayer to Julius Caesar “Fear not … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk BioPharma Training: 3 Tips for Creating Transparent SOPs

Posted on February 27, 2018 by admin

By Peggy Salvatore and Terry McGinn Each company in a regulated industry is required to follow written procedures.  The written procedure describes how steps or tasks are to be followed to achieve the desired outcome or result.  Having these steps … Continue reading →

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Standard Operating Procedures and Accountability: Perfect Together

Posted on February 20, 2018 by admin

  By Terry McGinn and Peggy Salvatore We’ve been getting quite a bit of interest and feedback regarding our series on standard operating procedures, so we’ll continue writing about this topic this week. After all, inherent in the word “expert” … Continue reading →

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Health Wonk Review: Going for the Gold Edition

Posted on February 17, 2018 by admin

  Note to readers: This week’s Health Wonk Review is re-posted in full here. No need to click the link to visit Steve Anderson’s healthinsurance.org website. But if you’d like to comment on his site, click here to get there.  … Continue reading →

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Fresh Health Wonk Review for a Fresh New Year

Posted on January 18, 2018 by admin

Joe Paduda gets the year started with his  fresh edition of Health Wonk Review: Ring in the New year with the latest and greatest…  posted at Managed Care Matters. Here’s Joe: “Blog posts! Health Wonk Review returns to the inter-webs … Continue reading →

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CMS Meaningful Use Payments to Providers: Incentives or Sophie’s Choice?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by admin

Sophie’s Choice: You have to choose when there are no good options. Sophie’s Choice was an award-winning 1983 movie based on the William Styron novel about a Nazi concentration camp survivor who was forced to choose which of her two children to send … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Visionaries Lead the Way

Posted on May 31, 2017 by admin

Technology is moving much faster than the snail’s pace of government and regulation. It is an exciting time to be – not just in healthcare – but to be alive. I’ve been hanging around the virtual water cooler in healthcare … Continue reading →

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