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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented

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In a long-awaited decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled that companies may not patent naturally occurring segments of human DNA.

However, patents are allowed if a company cre…ates synthetic composite DNA, also known as cDNA, handing a legal victory to the Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics, which was sued by the Association for Molecular Pathology and other groups.

The second ruling is no favor to women who are genetically susceptible to breast and ovarian cancers. Myriad Genetics has developed an expensive test to isolate the BRCA1 and BRCA2 DNA strands.

Read the full article in ModernHealthcare.com

Locum Tenes: to be or not to be

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To Locums or Not?
 
As with all career choices, there are benefits and downsides to being a locums tenens physician or nurse.
 
Read this thoughtful, well-written article by Dr. John Bethell of Wavelength International on the economics of the traveling medical professional:
 

A Great New FREE App for iPad Users Who Read Physicians Practice

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This is from the Physicians Practice website:

Physicians Practice, your favorite practice management resource, is now available for iPad!
For nearly 25 years, medical practices across the United States have turned to Physicians Practice for practical, proven solutions to the “real-world” concerns their businesses face. Now, we’ve put the answers to your most challenging practice management questions at your fingertips with our new iPad app.
The Physicians Practice app for iPad will deliver quarterly issues, combining our most popular topics with exclusive, multi-media features including:
•High resolution images and diagrams
•Podcasts and videos from leading practice management experts
•Interactive graphics that provide greater insight to our exclusive survey data
•Personalized tools and calculators

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/physicians-practice/id620607114?mt=8

Passing of Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH

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One of the most influential women physicians in the area of community and preventative medicine, has passed away.

Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, 55, was a professor at the UCLA Field School of Public Health. According to her obituary in UCLA Newsroom, her many, many accomplishments include the following (quoted from the obituary):

– She was one of a handful of national thought leaders asked to serve on the board of directors of the Partnership for a Healthier America, the nonprofit that guided first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign

– Her 2010 book, “Instant Recess: Building a Fit Nation 10 Minutes at a Time,” zeroed in on the state of American fitness and health — persistently sedentary, plagued by obesity — and issued a call to action that reached across economic, racial and educational lines.

– Dr. Yancey co-founded the Fielding School’s UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, through which she championed the cause of social justice.

Yancey’s commitment to working in the community garnered her numerous awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition; a Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award from The California Wellness Foundation; a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Black Women Physicians; an Award for Excellence from the American Public Health Association; the California State Assembly 47th District’s Woman of the Year honor; a Health Education Achievement and Leadership Award from the Henry Ford Health System; a WNBA Los Angeles Sparks Lisa Leslie Inspiring Women Award; a Joint Health Promotion Award from the California Public Health Association; and a Women Who Dared Award from the California Black Women’s Health Project, among others. In 2000, she was honored as one of the top 50 scholarship recipients in the 50-year history of the National Medical Fellowships.

TEDMED Day 2

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TEDMED Day 2: using data collections, both large and small, to improve patient diagnosis and treatments.

Feds Reward Doctor-Owned Hospitals, them Punish Them

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Physician-owned hospitals perform better, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. For the superior quality of care they provide their patients, they are rewarded under federal law. But the other hand of the feds, bowing to pressure by competitors on Congress, has resulted in a federal law to halt construction or expansion of these hospitals.

Read the article Doctor-Owned Hospitals Prosper under Healthcare Law in the Washington Post.

 

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