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Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Ann Arbor, Michigan
Blog: http://labsoftnews.typepad.com
I am a semi-retired pathologist who was a faculty member at the University of Michigan Medical School for 33 years. I have also run a yearly conference about the clinical lab industry and laboratory information systems for 27 years. My blog, Lab Soft News, has been in existence for more than three... Full Bio
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Is Google a Publisher or a Search Engine? Can Google Have It Both Ways? by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The question of whether Google is a publisher of content or "merely" a search engine to point to content has arisen in Lab Soft News previously (see: Google as ... Read on »
Last Chance for Free Admission to the API Strategic Summit by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As mentioned in a previous note (see: Attend the Strategic Summit: Help Decide the Future of the LIS and Pathology Informatics ), the  Association of Pathology ... Read on »
Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Teams and Integrated Diagnostic Centers by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The notion of integrated diagnostics focuses on the practicality and feasibility of closer collaboration, or even merger, of pathology, clinical lab medicine, a ... Read on »
Consumption of Soda Begins to Decline but What Beverages Are Being Substituted? by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have discussed the high consumption of sugary sodas in previous notes and the role that these beverages play in our obesity epidemic (see:  Federal Tax on Sod ... Read on »
Two Drivers for Medical Tourism: Public-Private Partnerships and Medical Insurance Participation by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have had a long interest in medical tourism , partly because I think that the U.S. health system would benefit from the foreign competition and also because, ... Read on »
Hospital at Full Census; Surgery Patients Discharged Too Early? by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We need beds. Discharge every patient you can. Most hospital-based physician will be familiar with this refrain. The problem is that it can lead to premature di ... Read on »
The Emerging Role of ACOs; How to Define and Reduce Unnecessary Services by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The need to develop an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is one of the leading priorities of most hospital executives but there continues to be ambiguity abou ... Read on »
Revlimid Raises Secondary Cancer Risk for Second Primary Malignancies by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new subdiscipline within oncology is getting increased attention -- survivorship (see: Cancer Survivorship, an Emerging Subdiscipline in Oncology ; Cancer Sur ... Read on »
Practice Fusion Announces Laboratory API; the "Democratization" of Test Results by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The business model for Practice Fusion, a web-based physician office EMR that can be obtained free, has been a continuing source of interest for me (see: Practi ... Read on »
The Cost of Deploying an Epic EMR and the "Oreo Cookie" Analogy by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Mr. HIStalk recently dropped this little tidbit on us: The bond rating agency of Dartmouth-Hitchcock (NH), noting the health system’s weak operating performan ... Read on »
Webinar Series Focusing on Digital Pathology Starts Tomorrow by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Digital Pathology Association (DPA) in partnership with the Association of Pathology Informatics (API) and CAP Today will host a series of four, one-hour we ... Read on »
Attend the Strategic Summit: Help Decide the Future of the LIS and Pathology Informatics by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Association of Pathology Informatics (API) is sponsoring an invitation-only, free Strategic Summit to be held on June 7-8, 2012, in Pittsburgh. The goal of ... Read on »
Point-of-Care Genomic Testing; Best Offered in a Lab-Managed Setting by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The menu of point-of-care testing is now beginning to include DNA analysis according to a recent report (see: Bedside Genetic Test to Predict Complications in C ... Read on »
A Solution to the PCP Shortage: Nurse Practitioners by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For me, the solution for our primary care provider (PCP) shortage is relatively simple. Utilize more nurse practitioners (NPs) to manage relatively simple probl ... Read on »
Forbes Provides Some New Details about the Kaiser/Epic Deal by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I think that the contract that Kaiser originally signed with Epic will go down in history as one of the greatest gambles ever made by a health system. Understan ... Read on »
Physician Liaisons: Former Pharma "Detailers" Now Marketing Physician/Hospital Services by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I believe that large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer started to decline when they turned primarily into marketing organizations rather then scientific ones ... Read on »
Computer Age Generational Divide; Different Risk-Taking Behavior? by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have blogged previously about the idea that surfing the web and using search engines can affect one's patience for reading physical books as opposed to e-book ... Read on »
Biomarkers for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I tend to think of "exotic" biomarkers as relevant mainly for the screening and diagnosis of malignant neoplasms. However, a recent note in Dr. Mark Pool's Dail ... Read on »
Our Two Economies; Lack of Competition in Healthcare as a Barrier to Innovation by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine David Brooks, a columnist for the New York Times, recently discussed our two interrelated economies and the lack of real competition in one major sector -- heal ... Read on »
Brain Plaque Diagnostic Imaging Procedure Approved by FDA by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine One of the major diagnostic and therapeutic disease goals for the healthcare industry is Alzheimer's disease (see:  Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Muta ... Read on »
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