tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post176596888010794151..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Snake oil, still availablePaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-36918056644021239442011-02-27T09:20:19.297-05:002011-02-27T09:20:19.297-05:00From Facebook:
Pat: It's treacherous, just tr...From Facebook:<br /><br />Pat: It's treacherous, just treacherous.<br /><br />Alex: Ugh. Have you read Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science? Great quick read about both the (seemingly endless) snakeoil/quackery side, as well as claims overreach by some pharmaceutical co's..<br /><br />Scot: Incredible.<br /><br />Carl Sagan warned of people's gullibility in scientific areas in his book "The Demon Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark."<br /><br />It's unfortunate books like that are not widespread.Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-48365774667864395572011-02-25T15:17:05.993-05:002011-02-25T15:17:05.993-05:00It wrong to play with something so serious like ca...It wrong to play with something so serious like cancer....this type of stuff can make someone from really bad cancer think there is still a shot ... even when they have tried it all.... i don't like this.... thanks for the info!Dianahttp://www.sacrededenblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-46973058555003353872011-02-25T06:22:51.070-05:002011-02-25T06:22:51.070-05:00Right. Someone forget to tell the ad agency.Right. Someone forget to tell the ad agency.Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-29552931596037311972011-02-25T05:15:40.049-05:002011-02-25T05:15:40.049-05:00How about the fact that CyberKnife is not surgery ...How about the fact that CyberKnife is not surgery -- AT ALL -- but an advanced form of radiation!?! See this phrase: "the World’s Most Advanced Robotic Radio Surgery, The CyberKnife™"2manytrips2CKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-24110390148821417382011-02-24T18:29:38.774-05:002011-02-24T18:29:38.774-05:00This seems especially ludicrous when one cancer ex...This seems especially ludicrous when one cancer expert told me recently that as many as 80% of all cancers can be treated in a community, as opposed to a major cancer center, setting and achieve competitive outcomes. That said, if one wants to waste their own money responding to nutty advertising, it’s their prerogative. When it comes to taxpayer or insurer dollars, however, that’s a different matter.Barry Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-27517242229912341802011-02-24T17:11:00.193-05:002011-02-24T17:11:00.193-05:00Hey, who needs Pathology; all you need is a smartp...Hey, who needs Pathology; all you need is a smartphone:<br /><br />http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/02/24/device_linked_to_smartphone_helps_diagnose_cancer/<br /><br />nonlocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-14084141202494096602011-02-24T16:49:59.953-05:002011-02-24T16:49:59.953-05:00I agree with marketing over done and here's on...I agree with marketing over done and here's one of your favorites. I stumbled upon a hospital in Orange county CA doing a road show for the daVinci, caught me by surprise and just saw the packing up of the unit, but I had to look twice to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing:)<br /><br />http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2011/02/davinci-surgical-robot-does-roadshow-at.html<br /><br />A while back I wrote about Marketing in healthcare and excuse the title but there was note other words that could make the point:) It does make one wonder whether some of the money spend is in fact educational or is it marketing and where does the line maybe get drawn? <br /><br />http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-is-almost-everyone-in-healthcare.htmlMedical Quackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443589277651479846noreply@blogger.com