Happy 4th of July!

Hope everyone is enjoying a fine Fourth of July holiday! We are keeping our fingers crossed for decent weather.

Murder or metabolism? When Google holds the key

Following the incriminating Google search in the Entwistle case, a much less certain case seems to have been nailed down by a Google search.  A man was convicted of killing his wife using ethylene...

Wanted: Rejuvenating bath

I quite enjoyed the summer action movie, Wanted, even though it was fairly ridiculous and my wife told me it was the worst film I’d dragged her to in years. Amid all the shootings, knifings,...

Cavalcade of Risk is up at Colorado Health Insurance Insider

Check out the latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk, hosted at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.

Death wish, aka medical helicopters

In Medical Helicopter Crashes Stir Concern the New York Times raises doubts about the safety of air ambulances, and suggests that for-profit companies, especially publicly traded ones, may be a key...

Grand Rounds is up at Dr. Rich

Dr. Rich hosts this week’s Grand Rounds. When you’re done reading that I highly recommend picking up a copy of his book, Fixing American Healthcare.

Peter Piper (Jaffray) picks a previously predicted point

From the New York Times (Google Tries Tighter Aim for Web Ads) Google, with its deep reservoir of data about online behavior gathered by tracking hundreds of millions of computers, is for the first...

It may soon be feast and famine for hospitals

If you’ve ever spent time re-engineering an old-line factory, you know the impact of rework. When a factory is managed poorly, products fail inspection the first time and need to be re-run....

Change of Shift is up at 20 Out Of 10

Change of Shift, the nursing blog carnival, is up at 20 out of 10.

Health Wonk Review is up at Disease Management Care Blog

The latest version of the Health Wonk Review is up at Disease Management Care Blog.