Issue Brief Finds Twelve States Have Obesity Rate Above Thirty Percent
A new issue brief released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) found that 12 states currently have an obesity rate above 30 percent. A…
Telemedicine in North Carolina
I have been very impressed with the work the Center for Telehealth & e-Health Law (CTeL) has been doing to educate people about telemedicine. I have been very impressed with…
Ready for a Substantive Debate on Medicare?
I’d like to think that the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential candidate could lead to a substantive, adult debate on Medicare for the general election. I’m…
Physician Ratings: One Orthopedic Doctor’s Experience
At our recent medical marketing seminar for orthopedic doctors in New York we created a bit of a controversy. While we always recommend our clients embrace patient reviews as a…
What Does a Good Death Mean to You and Your Family? Have You Had the Conversation?
When my father was healthy, he used to jokingly say that he would throw himself off the Golden Gate Bridge when he got old and too sick to care for…
Telehealth Treatment, Not Telemedicine
I’ve been down this road before so I’m very familiar with the problems reporters face when writing articles about telemedicine. In this case, I wish it was just a problem with a headline…
Assessing Depression via App, Part II
Although I appreciate all efforts on behalf of mental illness, including those by app developers, I think some readers sensed a degree of cynicism behind my first post on assessing…
Community Management that Works – Featured on SlideShare
Last week SlideShare featured the workshop presentation about building a successful online community for patients and caregivers that I gave with Nancy Korstanje and Heather Sinardo at the Canadian Association of…
What’s the Big Deal About “Big Data”?
In IT speak, “big data” is a term used to describe large and complex data sets that are challenging to work with using the database management tools that are largely…
Fast Facts About Bones and Stretching
The best offense against muscle pain is a good defense. Dr. The best offense against muscle pain is a good defense. Dr. Edward Soriano, D.O., Department of Physical Medicine and…
