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Recent Blog Entries

Electronic Health Records: Linking the Care and Cure Communities
8/8/08

"When you go visit your doctor, only three people know what happens during that visit: you, your doctor, and your insurance agent. None of these people are responsible for finding a cure for your disease…and none of them are necessarily connected to the people working to find a cure for your disease… How do we integrate the care community with the cure community?" -- Greg Simon, FasterCures President, in remarks to the American Health Information Community, 7/29/2008

Greg joined an expert panel of medical research leaders and advocates recently to call on the American Health Information Community (AHIC) to ensure that the nationwide health information system being built can improve patient care and enable medical research...read more

The AD Challenge: Hitting the Right Mark
7/16/08
Last week, I attended "Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: A Virtual Town Hall*,"organized by the Alzheimer Research Forum and the Alzheimer's Study Group, sponsored by the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer's Initiative. Moderated by Dr. Harold Varmus, the meeting featured presentations from seven eminent Alzheimer's researchers, highlighting the importance of an antecedent biomarker and providing an update of ongoing efforts, using media such as imaging, blood, or cerebrospinal fluid.While the importance of biomarkers is well known, the importance of reliable and low-cost antecedent biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is paramount and should be appreciated in the context of the disease...read more

When It Comes to Nonprofits, Does Location Really Matter?
7/2/08
Recently, Charity Navigator published its sixth annual Metro Market Study. The study ranks 30 different metropolitan areas based on the financial performance of nonprofit organizations in each area. Based on the aggregate performance of nonprofits for each metropolitan area, the areas are ranked according to CEO compensation, level of financial reserves, volume of funds raised, and other Charity Navigator financial metrics. Some nonprofit experts and concerned individuals have highlighted, in various venues, the limitations of Charity Navigator's focus on financial performance in evaluating nonprofit organizations. Financial metrics based on data from tax forms have the advantage of being available for most organizations, but they provide limited insight into an organization's actual impact or potential...read more