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		<title>How Can Technology Improve Healthcare?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mitchell Gavillion, guest blogger Healthcare providers in the U.S. are looking for ways to wring value out of every dollar spent, and technology factors prominently into their working strategy. Currently, consumers and insurance providers spend about $1.7 trillion annually in the U.S. on healthcare, and it&#8217;s cost is only expected to rise. One particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can pharma really afford to &#8220;be more human&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent hullabaloo with some pharma companies pulling out of Facebook got me thinking about whether it is even probable for pharma companies to come across as &#8220;more human&#8221; and therefore viewed as willing to connect with consumers/patients beyond the PR and marketing scripts. For example, can pharma companies &#8212; whether on Twitter or Facebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs? Please &#8212; Disrupt Healthcare!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was inspired to write this post to answer a question on Quora: &#8220;Can a consumer internet entrepreneur cross over into the healthcare space with limited domain expertise?&#8221; Absolutely. But you will need &#8211; A compelling motive. I know of a CEO who was trained as a lawyer. Her child had a rare disease and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>74% of Medical Students Believe Pharma Sponsored Grand Rounds are Biased</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLoS medicine did an analysis of medical students&#8217; attitudes toward pharma marketing to them, and not surprisingly, they&#8217;re skeptical and confused. I say not surprising because that attitude translates to how physicians feel about pharma, except they are more indignant: &#8220;What, Me, corruptible?! How dare you! Sir, I am a PROFESSIONAL!&#8221; I&#8217;ll let Robert Cialdini, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Resources Management Roles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear NakedMedicine readers: we have a special guest author writing about HR management in healthcare. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Brandon Clark! Human Resources Management Roles Brandon Clark February 21, 2011 Human Resources Management Roles &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Human resources departments play a vital role in the health care industry, by understanding the delivery of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Cancel a Surgery if Your Surgeon is Getting a Kick-Back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 21:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The specific question is about getting kickbacks as a surgeon using a medical device, and was originally asked on Quora. The explanation to the question (posted by the asker) said, &#8220;The department of justice has investigated conflicts of interest, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has published on the topic. To quote from the gazette: Payments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is taurine in Red Bull harmful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 17:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question on Quora asks about taurine: &#8220;It&#8217;s the ingredient in Red Bull. I&#8217;m aware that each Red Bull contains the amount of caffeine a cup of coffee would have but what about the taurine ingredient?&#8221; According to a pubmed citation &#8211; this one specifically examines the effects of energy drinks containing Taurine and other additives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicines and Drugs &#8211; Do Doctors and Scientists Know What They&#8217;re Talking About?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 17:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Chin, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great question from Quora: &#8220;Do doctors and/or scientists really understand why or how drugs work or do they only understand that they (begin emphasis) do (end emphasis) work?&#8221; I think an accurate description would be, &#8220;doctors and scientists mostly understand one or few aspects of how the active compound of a drug could/should [...]]]></description>
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