Posts from — September 2006

Seth Goldin: The end of the job interview. Interesting approach - may not always be practical but may well bring better results from those canned interviews that both the interviewer and interviewed hate. This one you either have it or not. Rehearsals don’t help!

From outside and far away the German homecare market seems to be very attractive. Biggest country in EU, strong economic basis and a long time established and accepted social system. As a result of this view nearly all producers of homecare products are trying to in the one way or the other to get a part of the cake.

But the results are quite sobering for the most of the companies including those who are German. So what could be the reasons for this disappointment?

At first, Germany is not one market. It consists in some respect of 16-30 markets. You say that platitude is true for every market? Yes, but here are the facts:

180 public health insurances using 4 different ways of buying and if they use the same way the use different prices, equipment or added services. Where in the world a wheelchair can be bought, leased, or only paid for use by the public health insurance? Where in the world would you find that there are > 25 contractual prices for one incontinence products by public health insurances? And where would you find >15 contractually defined standards for the equipment of one type of wheelchair?
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ESC Event News - Do drug eluting stents increase deaths? This study from the World Congress Of Cardiology says that first generation DES do.

Update - Boston Scientific confirms increased risk of blood clots.

Experts Spot New Form of Sleep Apnea

(HealthDay News) — Mayo Clinic researchers say they’ve identified a new type of sleep apnea called “complex sleep apnea” that may be resistant to standard treatment such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).