Providing Patients with Access to their Personal Medical Records On-The-Go
These are the slides from my talk on "Providing Patients with Access to their Personal Medical Records On-The-Go" at the 2nd Annual Wireless Healthcare Asia Summit 2012 in Singapore. Instead…
Rising Healthcare Cuts Raises the Debate for Private Care in the U.K.
With the recent news of Scotland’s £226 million health cuts that are planned for next year, along with the cuts that have already hit the NHS throughout England and…
Fostering Innovation in Academic Medicine
A conversation with Chris Coburn, Executive Director for Innovation, Cleveland Clinic Your job title is Executive Director for Innovation. Are you the first to hold that title, and what message does…
Marketing 101 Revived: A New Healthcare Consumer Report
In my previous post, I discussed the need for healthcare companies to take a more market-focused approach to the healthcare consumer, including a more concentrated effort to segment the market…
Meaningful Use Guide for Radiology
This document has been prepared by Merge Healthcare Incorporated and Center for Diagnostic Imaging for their customers. ©Copyright 2011 Merge Healthcare Incorporated and Center for Diagnostic Imaging. This document has…
Do You Really Understand What it Means to be Uninsured in America?
The Kaiser Family Fund (KFF) has developed a quiz that helps you understand the uninsured and the consequences of not having coverage. It is worth taking the quiz because you may…
iMedicine: The Influence of Social Media on Medicine
iMedicine: The Influence of Social Media on Medicine was the topic of the day-long 27th Annual Physician Student Awareness Day (SPAD) held on April 24, 2012 on the campus of…
Two-Factor Authentication to Meet HIPAA and PCI Compliance
What is Two-Factor Authentication?The simplest example may be the use of an ATM/debit card – this combines two factors; one is something you own (the card) and the other is…
How Doctors and Patients Do Harm!?
Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, has a new book, “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.” He’s the…
Chocolate: it does a body good
Now this is my kind of study. Now this is my kind of study.Dark chocolate may lower your risk of heart disease by lowering levels of blood glucose and bad…
