Much Worse than Rationing: Overtreatment
“Rationing” is a handy label for opponents of government involvement in health care to throw around. It connotes hardship during wartime and not being able to use water during a…
Employers Opt for Medical Tourism
In Priceless, I hazarded a guess that employers could cut the cost of hospital care in half by engaging in medical tourism. It’s a variation on what is sometimes called…
Digital Health Activities of Online Moms
digihealth pulse features data from the Digital Health Consumer Tracking Study. digihealth pulse features data from the Digital Health Consumer Tracking Study. This is the world's first research initiative providing…
Meningitis: What You Need to Know about the Latest Outbreak
Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.You may have heard about the recent meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroid injections for back and…
Improving Care Coordination for Aging New Yorkers
Morningside House pioneering the use of comprehensive in-home health data and online care management tools in New York Morningside House pioneering the use of comprehensive in-home health data and online…
Don’t Let Lance Armstrong’s Crash Dampen Your Cancer Hope
For years cancer survivors rode along with Lance Armstrong, the phenomenal cyclist. Many of us wore the yellow bracelets of the LIVESTRONG cancer charity. I went through several until the…
A Baby Has Special Health Care Needs
Why Are A Baby's Health Care Needs Different Than Ours? A baby has special health care needs that are different than adults or even older children. They have not been…
How Physicians Can Adapt to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
There's been a lot of speculation about what will happen to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)--commonly referred to as a Obamacare--if Mitt Romney is elected in November. Although Mr. Romney…
Texas Health Plan May Strand Thousands of Women
Texas our Texas (Photo credit: jmtimages)The state of Texas is famous for many things – from the Alamo to oil. However, being “women’s health friendly” certainly isn’t on the list.…
Health Workers Mobility Around the World
In some Gulf states, more than 50% of health workers are migrants. 75% of Mozambican doctors and 56,000 indians physicians work abroad. In some Gulf states, more than 50% of…
