What’s the Matter with Mobile Health Apps Today?
“I don’t see why anybody wants ‘em!. . ./They are just impossible to control!/What’s the matter with. . . .mobile health apps??. . . today?”When it isn’t Dick Van Dyke…
89 New ACOs in the MSSP – iHT2 Special Report
By: Jessica Green By: Jessica GreenAs part of The Affordable Care Act, Congress outlined a new healthcare system, Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). An ACO is a group of healthcare providers…
Passage to China: My View of an Evolving Healthcare System
After attending the 2012 AusMedTech (Australia Medical Technology) national conference in Sydney, I decided to visit China to observe for myself how healthcare is practiced—and changing—in that country. After attending…
Surviving a Summer Sun and Bug Uprising
Summer is here. Though cold and flu viruses have mainly subsided, the hot weather ushers in new health challenges. Here are a few things you need to know to survive.…
Physician Leadership, Patient Flow and the BID Team Huddle
How often do you find yourself putting out fires and running late in your office day? If it is more than just an occasional inconvenience … you need this…
Why Do Guys Sweat So Much?
Go to any gym and you are bound to see guys running on the treadmill and sweating profusely from every pore in their body. And the women? Compared to men, they hardly…
Southern US Starts to Shun Smoking
If you ever feel like being pessimistic about public health, at least consider the case of cigarette smoking. As a kid growing up in the 1970s I hated the smell…
FDA Gives Approval to SoloHealth–Interactive Screening Kiosks for Retail Pharmacies
In 2011 SoloHealth Wellness received funding and now the product is ready to go with FDA approval. The company previously had an eyesight kiosk and all of those will be…
Needed: A Market for Blood
The status quo: The status quo:The American Red Cross is easily the largest player in the sector — it controls 44 percent of the nation’s blood supply — and its…
