Children’s Mental Health Week (May 1-7)
The National Alliance on Mental Illness claims that “four million children and adolescents in this country suffer from a serious mental disorder that causes significant functional impairments at home, at…
55% of Providers Planning to Buy Business Intelligence Tools Over 3 Years
According to a the recent KLAS report released this week, over half of healthcare providers are looking to purchase business intelligence tools over the net years signaling a tidal wave…
Wireless Big Data in the Cloud
I was chatting with a friend the other day about how to get people’s attention in this information-overload age, and we decided that the use of buzz words was a…
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…
