Telemedicine Is Vital to Reforming Health Care DeliveryBy Joseph C. Kvedar, MDOctober 7, 2015Harvard Business Review  Telemedicine Is Vital to Reforming Health Care DeliveryBy Joseph C. Kvedar,…

A couple of years ago, my clinical practice (Dermatology Associates at Massachusetts General Hospital) began sending patients a bill when they did not show up for an…

Criteria for Stage 3 of meaningful use of EHRs were released recently and there is lots of controversy, as would have been predicted. One set of recommendations…

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My dad was a wonderful guy who could fill the room with his personality. He grew up during the Great Depression and was a World War II…

Have you ever thought about how we evolved and the implications for health care? For millennia, we sought the help of a physician when we sensed something…

I saw another exciting news story on a mobile health intervention the other day.  I honestly don’t remember the company or product, but what stuck with me…