HealthCamp Boston 2012: Recap
HealthCamp Boston 2012 took place on Friday September 14. We had an energized group of over 130 campers in attendance. The invitation to the unconference, highlighting issues we thought would…
Square Peg in a Round Hole: Data Privacy and Security Laws and Standards Meet Medicine 2.0
This presentation addresses in brief questions about the US health care data privacy security and data breach notification regulatory scheme known as HIPAA, its application to the Medicine 2.0 environment,…
America Has A Health Care Paradox
We have a real paradox in American healthcare. On the one hand we have exceptionally well educated and well trained providers who are committed to our care. We are…
The Traditional Patient “Sick Role” Is A Major Barrier To High Quality Health Care
Each of us wears many different “hats” throughout the course of the day. We are an employee, a wife, a father, a club member, a consumer and so on. It…
National Adult Day Services Week (September 18-24)
At work, you try to concentrate, but there’s only thing on your mind: Is my elderly mother safe by herself at home? Or maybe you need to run errands, but…
ACOG’s Dysmenorrhea FAQs: Evidence of Propaganda?
I have been looking up information on endometriosis for a friend of mine, and came upon this from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: I have been looking up information…
There’s More to Twitter and Telehealth Than You Think
Does Twitter have a role in telehealth? Yes! First, you have to start with the numbers. There are over 517 million Twitter accounts (actual number of users is less but…
Why Aren’t Health Care Prices Ever on The Table?
Journalist-turned investment banker-turned auto bailout czar Steven Rattner provocatively calls for “not quite” death panels in an op-ed in today’s New York Times. Noting a quarter of all Medicare spending…
Poor Senior Oral Health: Why It Happens
Advancements in dental techniques have improved the oral health of patients in recent years. However, aging can make oral hygiene more difficult. About 25 percent of adults over the age…
Gazing into the Future for Social Media in Health Care
Written by a prominent social media expert and marketing guru, Brian Solis, the image portrays the folly of denial and remaining static.Social Media is a difficult market to explain…
