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…
Minnesota Announces New Strategies Dealing with Opioid Abuse
Minnesota has been a pioneer of sorts in the manner in which it approaches policies of addressing prescription opioid abuse. Minnesota has been a pioneer of sorts in the manner…
Using Smartphones to Check for Skin Cancer
A lot of mobile apps are just for fun, but some categories are really useful. The Atlantic has an impressive review of dermatology apps, and I encourage you to read it.…
High Doses Vitamin D May Prevent Fractures
Daily high dose vitamin D supplementation is effective in preventing fractures in the elderly according to researchers at Tufts University. They studied data from 11 randomized trials — comprising more than…
What Makes a Leader?
We can never talk enough about the concept of leadership, and I know that many of those bloggers who contribute to Healthworks Collective, and many of our readers, are already…
Person-Centered HealthCare: How to Become an ePatient
Last week, Joe Kvedar talked about the Quantified Self movement and the importance of self motivation to keep healthy. This week, I wanted to explore the ePatient movement and how…
