Healthcare Mash-up Of Articles

Since I’m so far behind, I’m going to share a bunch of things here I think are interesting…

• Prescription Solutions study of compliance within RA…implications for community pharmacy or just a reinforcement of the need for adherence programs?
• Article on predicting persuasion induced behavior change
• Empathy in virtual agents – a change in human interaction
• What do we really know about VBID? – has this died out?
• 5 common diabetes myths – how do we educate people better?
• Gluten: The Whole Story – celiac disease and intolerance to gluten…more people affected than you think
• SwissDent – a toothpaste that uses nanotechnology to oxidize color pigments in teeth (not available in the US)
• Intuitive Eating – eat when hungry
• Technology implications to pharma R&D – EHR data for drug development
• MTM ROI showing 4.73:1 per DBN article (10/8/10)
• 1 in 5 Rxs filled electronically in early 2010
• Working more and not exercising increases a man’s change of heart disease by 50%