Do’s and Dont’s for Effective “Lightening” Demos of Your Health IT Product
I’ll be moderating the the first of 3 “Innovator’s Challenge” sessions at the Partners2012 Connected Health Symposium & Expo. It’s not easy for a company to be selected for a…
Protecting Seniors During Flu Season
Older adults over the age of 65 are considered at “high-risk” and more vulnerable to the influenza virus. As we age, the immune system weakens, making a seemingly ”routine” case of…
New Tool Searches Nursing Home Deficiencies
A consumer-targeted Internet tool allows users to search the federal nursing home inspection reports and deficiencies by keyword, city and facility name. The Nursing Home Inspect database covers nearly 118,000 deficiencies…
Online Meningitis Content Raises Concerns About Overall Prescription Drug Safety
Since the beginning of October, the medical world has been rocked by revelations that pain injections developed by the New England Compounding Center were tainted with fungal meningitis. Public health…
EMRs and EHRs: What’s the Difference?
There’s plenty of information about how electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) are changing healthcare. But just what do these acronyms mean? Here’s a breakdown of the…
Readmissions and Consumer Engagement
The term “consumer engagement” is bandied about a lot these days. Often the term doesn’t mean all that much –just a consumer logging onto a wellness website or reading a…
Doctor and Patient Communications
This is a great video conversation about doctor and patient communications between Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Patient Experience Officer (a physician) and ePatient Dave. While the role of technology and social…
First Treatments Completed for Parkinson’s Disease Study Sponsored by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (October 23, 2012) – The Focused Ultrasound Foundation today announced a new clinical trial investigating the use of focused ultrasound technology in treating patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease.…
[Infographic and Comments] Telehealth Benefits, Delivery and Outcomes
Today’s article comments on an excerpt from a well-designed telehealth infographic created by Excalibur Healthcare, a company focused on telehealth solutions and diagnostic teleradiology. It illustrates the key challenges driving…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: David Wong and SnapHealth
Last week we spoke with Neel Shah, Founder and CEO of CostsOfCare in Boston. This week, we speak to another doctor - an Emergency Department Physician in Houston Texas.David…
