Is There Latent Patient Power in Europe?
I have been living in Barcelona for just over two weeks. Each time I go out my door I can literally run into hundreds or even thousands of tourists from…
Telehealth Means Better Care for Patients and a New Business Opportunity for Care Delivery Organizations
The fiscal challenges confronting the healthcare industry around the world requires shifting the delivery of care from expensive centralized settings to lower cost settings while seeking to improve quality and…
LANDMARK STUDY: Variation in Physician Networks Across the US
About 4 years ago I started to ask questions about the ways that social networks and social learning might be used to understand and support healthcare quality. The reality is…
Fending off Forgetting: Pillboxie
Managing medications is a difficult endeavor.I’ve come up with this brilliant little solution: When I wake up and take my morning meds, I then throw them, so I’ll know I’ve taken them.…
Online Reputation Management for Physicians: Putting Your Best Cyber-Foot Forward
Traditionally, a physician’s reputation was best established and passed along by word of mouth. Discussions among friends or at church, sporting events or civic groups often provided the information…
House appropriations bill to terminate AHRQ and prohibit funding patient-centered research
Yes, folks, you read that right: The House of Representatives has drafted an appropriations bill that will dissolve the AHRQ and prohibit any funding for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR). The…
Hey Friend, Can I Interest You in a Lung Transplant?
It’s no surprise to me that hospitals are starting to advertise high profit services on Google and Facebook. According to a Kaiser Health News piece, University of Pennsylvania Health System…
Your Healthcare GPS: How Much of “Know Thyself” is Too Much?
The advent of devices that track personal health and wellness has spawned a movement called the “Quantified Self,” which explores the extent to which self-tracking can lead to self-improvement. There…
Live From AACC: The American Assoc of Clinical Chemistry Meeting Kicks Off
The American Association for Clinical Chemistry kicked off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Clinical chemistry seems to mean precisely that this year. Manufacturers once focused on beefing up…
Guiding Principles for Connected Health Design
Connected health has enormous capacity as a tool to promote behavior change (in my opinion better than any other toolset we have). However when poorly implemented, it fails like any…
