6 Reasons You’re in Pain at Work
The modern office setting has evolved over the decades. We’ve seen everything from enclosed offices for everyone to the open office designs of the 1950s to today’s cubicle farms. Along…
How to Take a Medical History: A D-Day Approach
One of the joys of being a physician is learning the patients' histories. A joy, you say? Isn't taking the history simply part of the doctoring routine? You've all been…
Stem Cell Trial to Begin in 12 Months For New Process to Reduce or End Wrinkles
We all know about collagen and how it goes away as we age and thus we get wrinkles, that lovely part of aging that nobody looks forward to. Clinical trials…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: 10 Best Tools to Boost mHealth Initiatives in Africa: Part II
As promised, here are the rest of the best! If you haven't read part I, please do!You are strongly invited to give your opinion or add other tools that are…
First Wave of MU Stage 2 (2014 Edition) Draft Test Procedures Released
If you’re in charge of getting your software ready for MU Stage 2, please be sure to keep a regular eye on the 2014 Edition Draft Test Procedures page on…
Medical Informatics 2.0
Informatics 2.0 is the title of an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). Subtitled, “implications of social media, mobile health, and patient-reported outcomes for healthcare and…
Healthcare Innovation: Moving from Stewardship to Leadership
With the close of the subdued Democratic National Convention this week, there was noticeably scant mention of healthcare reform. In light of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in favor of…
Western Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine in India
There is a lot of controversy today about the use of alternative medicine , or AYUSH. Western medicine practitioners ( MBBSs and MDs) are very unhappy about the fact that…
A Clearer Way to Think about Medicare Vouchers
The idea of vouchers has long appealed to conservatives who want to preserve government funding for a popular program while increasing individual autonomy. The best example is school vouchers. Rather…
Suicide in the Elderly: A Story in Statistics (in time for World Suicide Prevention Day)
In time for World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, 2012, let’s do some myth-busting.Although they don’t seem like likely candidates, and although the myth persists that suicide is most…
