tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post110331379804521945..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Another Cox-2 Takes a FallRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1103399946429030222004-12-18T14:59:00.000-05:002004-12-18T14:59:00.000-05:00LOVELY JUXTAPOSITION
Well, the quasi-inevitable C...LOVELY JUXTAPOSITION<br /><br />Well, the quasi-inevitable Celebrex news takes top honors today both here and at MedRant.<br /><br />Funny: on my tabletop today I espy two interesting publications, carelessly placed on atop the other.<br /><br />One is the above-the-fold in today's Philly _Inquirer_ (http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/10444692.htm).<br /><br />The other is a CD that fell out of Cetonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338429179241447924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1103321405763541722004-12-17T17:10:00.000-05:002004-12-17T17:10:00.000-05:00You raise some good points.
I would raise another...You raise some good points.<br /><br />I would raise another related point: data ownership. HMOs and pharma have been keepers of their "own" data for much longer than physicians/healthcare institutions. As an informatics person this lack of owning my own data is what drove me to medical informatics in the first place. We physicians are the last to the data table, if you will. And we are paying Egan Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685558981398723827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1103319759259504282004-12-17T16:42:00.000-05:002004-12-17T16:42:00.000-05:00>If nothing else, maybe this will alert the public...>If nothing else, maybe this will alert the public to be <br />> skeptical of all those expensive "direct to consumer" <br />> advertisements now epidemic on US television. Such <br />> skepticism would make it easier for physicians to <br />> persuade their patients that they don't necessarily <br />> need the newest, and most heavily promoted drug for <br />> every ailment.<br /><br />I agree. Egan Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685558981398723827noreply@blogger.com