If You Blinked, You Could Have Missed Mobile’s Move From Healthcare Niche Feature To Platform Cornerstone
The convergence of information technology and the life sciences, coupled with ubiquitous connectivity, is revolutionizing the way healthcare is accessed and delivered. The convergence of information technology and the life…
Just One NAFTA Country Lacks Universal Health Care
The US is perhaps the only rich country without universal health insurance coverage, and that will still be true even if the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented. What’s interesting is that…
Handwashing and Social Media
Here is a nice video of hospital employees having a little fun with education and setting a culture that values handwashing and other infection control measures to keep patients safe.…
Debate Over Doctor Shortages
In my lifetime I’ve been right about some things and wrong about others. But here is one thing I feel certain about: the absolutely worst thing we can do in…
Medtronic’s Doctor Centered Approach Helps Patients, Too
As I described on Tuesday, orthopedic device makers are putting more control in the hands of patients to make adjustments that used to be handled by physicians. It’s more convenient…
Health Savings Through Technology Deployment
A new study published in Health Affairs last week predicted that nearly one billion dollars in cost savings over the next 25 years if the ‘artificial pancreas’ was used in…
Solutions for the Top 5 Security Vulnerabilities
A recent article from HealthCareITNews.com details the top five security vulnerabilities that “could mean trouble” – that is, result in a data breach. While these risks are entirely valid, the…
FDA Approves Ingestible Monitors For Patients
Again, one of the new evolving technologies is the use of digestible sensors that can report medication adherence and vital signs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently…
No Hospital Left Behind !
Is health care going to follow along the failed path of Education in the United States? Is health care going to follow along the failed path of Education in the…
Dangerous 18 Hours Shifts in Nursing Homes
A nurse friend of my husband's was recently let go from a Kentucky nursing home for medication mistakes made while working two back-to-back, weekend, eighteen-hour shifts. I didn't believe that…
