Every week, MedCity News highlights the best of its MedCitizens: syndication partners and MedCity News readers who discuss life science current events on MedCityNews.com.
Now here’s the best of what YOU had to say:
Docs should embrace tablets, but let’s leave Angry Birds out of it. “Only through the use of advanced intrusion detection/prevention, restrictive firewalls, web content filtering, web application firewalls, and security education can we keep mobile devices safe enough for use with clinical applications.”
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Nurse’s union takes to Occupy Chicago for propaganda — er, ‘first aid.’ “Well, no donuts, but there sure was plenty of splashy red nurses union propaganda available for sympathetic protestors to consume as “first aid.”
Venture capital’s boom-and-bust cycles. “Venture capitalists are prone to boom-and-bust markets, too. That’s a good lesson for healthcare entrepreneurs, who may well wonder why they have such a tough time pegging the sentiment — emotional and logical — of funding groups. Such business owners need to anticipate when the interest of professional investors wanes, and figure out what keys, clues and code words venture professionals tend to display just before the circus leaves town.”
Eli Lilly Xigris decision is fresh salt in the old conflict of interest wound. “It’s up to the medical profession to scrutinize industry claims and issue independent guidelines and quality standards. Sometimes these claims hold up and deserve to be propagated. Sometimes they don’t. If the docs and journals don’t do their jobs they deserve to lose credibility.”
Message to medical device companies: Let patients HELP! “Most people would agree the US healthcare system is broken. But what are the solutions? Fix CMS? Overhaul the FDA approval process? The list goes on and on. But what about patients? Equipped, engaged, empowered, and enabled patients. Could these e-patients be the most under utilized asset in today’s healthcare environment?”
