Press Coverage of Health Data: Just Like Pharma’s DTC?
I am warning you now: This is going to be a rant.Yesterday's Wall Street Journal had a front page story on observational data, and how researchers are growing more concerned…
Big Data: What It Means for Science, Healthcare and Social Media
It is just what it sounds like – an immense amount of data. From social networks to genomics to medical records, big data is everywhere and rapidly growing. Technology must…
The Developing World Uses Social Media to Promote Safe Sex
by Christopher Purdy, Executive Vice President While a surprisingly rekindled debate over contraception and women’s rights in the USA finds us facing questions we thought had been well put to bed twenty-five…
15 iPhone Apps Redefining College Drinking
by Staff Writers at Best Colleges OnlineFirst posted on Best Colleges Online on 5/1/2012 by Staff Writers at Best Colleges OnlineFirst posted on Best Colleges Online on 5/1/2012When someone figures…
Major Medicare Fraud Bust Just the Latest Lesson in Problematic Healthcare Spending
Medicare (and Medicaid) fraud seems to be not only occurring with ubiquity, but also appears as a persistent scourge on government spending. It is also the elephant in the room in…
FDA Has a Good Idea; Doctors Object
The idea: In a move that could help the government trim its burgeoning health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used…
Five Reasons Why Medical Imaging is Ready for the Cloud
Written by Chris Gough, Healthcare Solutions Architect at Intel Corporation. Written by Chris Gough, Healthcare Solutions Architect at Intel Corporation.Healthcare enterprise organizations have been exercising caution with cloud adoption due to the…
Healthcare Reform, Digital X-Ray and Continuing Education Opinion from Chile
Boris Alvarez, project consultant, Medical Technology School, Universidad San Sebastián Boris Alvarez, project consultant, Medical Technology School, Universidad San SebastiánEditor’s Note: Boris Alvarez, project consultant for Medical Technology School, Universidad San…
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…
