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…
Telemedicine: ‘Global Game Changer’
If a blog post is any indication, lawakers at both the federal and state level are beginning to understand the importance of telemedicine and how it can reform healthcare. If a blog…
Patient-Centered Communications – Does “Lack of Time” Justify Physician Reluctance To Adopt It?
I talk with lot of physicians about the need to improve the quality of communications between physicians and patients. Regular followers of my work will know that I am an…
Streptococcal Sepsis: Rare But Dangerous
The tragic story of Rory Staunton received national attention, as well as scrutiny on physician-only discussion boards. To recap, this otherwise healthy 12 yr-old suffered a seemingly innocent arm scrape…
Spare Parts
When I was a young teen I went with my little sister Esther to get my ears pierced at Claire’s Boutique in the local Mall. If you are not familiar…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Johns Hopkins Med Students Develop Symcat App for Self-Diagnosis
Have you ever felt poorly, given in to the temptation to research your symptoms online, and pulled up a list of absolutely terrifying possible diagnoses? Many of us do it…
