The Ethics of Waste Avoidance
And the majority of waste is not fraud and abuse, but our current system of procedural reimbursement, redundant, unnecessary testing, and unproven treatments.When I was a medical student, intern and…
NIST Recommendations for Security in the Outsourced Cloud
NIST (The National Institute of Standards and Technology) provides a number of recommendations addressing security and privacy issues with outsourcing cloud hosting services in its Guidelines on Security and Privacy…
Infographic:Mobile Technology in Healthcare
The following infographic from healthcare solutions firm Healthx highlights the change that smartphones and tablets have had on the health industry. Results show that there will be 44 million m-health app…
More on Big Data in HealthCare
fig.1A data visualization created by IBM shows that big data such as Wikipedia edits by bot Pearle are more meaningful when enhanced with colors and position. fig.1A data visualization created…
Hypocrisy Is Handsome
The State of North Carolina is getting ready to vote next week on, among other things, Amendment One, which would amend the state constitution to make anything other than heterosexual…
Monetization or Medicine? Tracking Organ Donor Status on Facebook
Facebook has announced a new box you can check off on your profile: org Facebook has announced a new box you can check off on your profile: organ donor. (It's…
The DNA Doctor Consultation Of the Future
Is this the way of future consults? DNA information is certainly helpful but this video explores both sides of the issue and the decision-making process that may come up in…
Medical Social Media Factoids….Breaking News
Is Facebook Poised to Revolutionize Health Care? Is Facebook Poised to Revolutionize Health Care?Zuckerberg will appear on Good Morning America, and later on Tuesday, Sandberg will appear on World News…
HealthWorks Collective is One Year Old Today!
That's right! One Year Old and growing really fast. Thank you every one of you out there! Following are the contributors who have been with us since we launched on…
Emmy-Winning Daytime Series, THE DOCTORS, To Reveal Results of a New Surgical Procedure for Parkinson’s Disease.
Each year, approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, while an estimated seven to 10 million people worldwide are living with the degenerative disorder. Each year, approximately 60,000 Americans…
