Hurricane Preparedness Tips for Older Adults & Caretakers
When a natural disaster strikes, smart preparation can make the difference between safety and crisis. September is National Preparedness Month, a time when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within…
A 30,000 foot View of Digital Healthcare, With Both Feet Planted on the Ground
The flight had leveled out when the cabin announcement called for a doctor. A passenger was in distress, feeling chest pains. Cardiologist Eric Topol, author of the Creative Destruction of Medicine, answered.…
Does Acupuncture work?
I once madethe mistake of expressing doubts about acupuncture to a friend who was a “true believer”. Like all true believers, there was an almost religious fervor in his…
Grief and Loss in Medicine: The Role of Physicians in Helping Families Find Closure
This week I blogged about screening tests for potentially life threatening ovarian and prostate cancers. As I thought about the impact of screening for disease, I reflected on the potential…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: C8 MediSensors in Spain
Mid August I was asked to meet up with Paul Connolly (VP Sales & Marketing) from C8 MediSensors together with the Ideagoras team and 2 fellow “e-Patients” in Madrid to look…
Medical Complications and Medical Negligence: What’s the Difference?
The day before this writing, a patient who was minutes away from his colonoscopy, asked me how many colonoscopies I had performed. The day before this writing, a patient who…
To Test or Not to Test: The Value of Screening Tests for Prostate and Ovarian Cancer in the US Today
Recently several commonly used diagnostic tests intended to screen for and detect early cancers have been called into question. Several articles in both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have examined this…
Physician Burnout: The Four Horsemen of the Burnout Apocalypse
Physician Burnout is a constant, prevalent, looming threat over doctors everywhere. Over the last 20 years surveys have shown an average of 1 in 3 doctors suffering from physician…
Deploying Health IT and Patient-Centered Process Improvement for Innovation
Many have gathered in Washington, DC this week to celebrate National Health IT week. With the goal of raising awareness regarding healthcare information technology, numerous organizations are highlighting the increasingly…
Envisioning Medical Technology and the Future of Healthcare
In reviewing the interesting graphic from Envisioning Technology, I find this overview of technology interesting for its attempt to capture a wide range of technologies and represent them visually, grouping…
