Unknown Canadian Patients Grab Top Prize Against Web Giants
In a competition loaded with Hollywood celebrities, heavyweights like the Clintons, web giants Google+, Facebook and others, an unknown Canadian health charity emerged victorious in the annual Webby Awards competition.The…
Proposal to Restrict Online Prescribing Would Hinder Telemedicine
A bill picking up steam in Congress may adversely affect the use of telemedicine to prescribe prescription medications to patients.The original language was in the proposed Online Pharmacy Safety Act,…
The Future of Healthcare: Part II, The Waiting Room of Tomorrow
In Part II of our expert series on the future of healthcare and The Patient, OneMedPlace sits down with Dr. Cynthia Haines to discuss the digitization of the waiting room.…
AED Policy Needs CPR
Amid all of the buzz around Mother’s Day this past weekend, little attention was given to a study that could potentially save thousands of lives. Researchers from the University of…
Pharma: Funding R&D: High Prices, Overuse A Failed Strategy
Much has been written about the travails of the pharmaceutical industry. Generic competition is reducing profitability as leading blockbuster drugs like Pfizer’s Lipitor lose patent protection. Biotech generic competition is…
My Experience Working at a Cancer Clinic
As a fairly social 23 year old, I am constantly meeting new people and engaging in the routine small talk that characterizes such encounters. “What are you going to order?…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Zao mHealth Device Field-Tested in India and Nepal
EXCLUSIVE POST - The Zao (in Greek, Zao means "life") is an all-in-one biomedical device which can be used for mHealth in disaster relief, wireless communication a EXCLUSIVE POST -…
Shyness By Any Other Name
It has been a long time since I visited our friend, the Neuroskeptic, a blogging neuroscientist from across the pond…enjoy…Patby NeuroskepticNeuroskeptic, The United Kingdom It has been a long time…
The HealthCare Problem: Why Can’t We Find a Solution?
EXCLUSIVE POST - Once again, like every four years, as we move closer to yet another Presidential contest, healthcare policy will be the source of more than one vivid debate.…
