Melinda Gates Talks Birth Control and Contraception
This is a great video and yes it is directed toward education and choices outside the US, it somehow is pretty timely with our own folks in Congres This is…
Does Moore’s Law Make Better Health Care Inevitable?
EXCLUSIVE POST - Yesterday’s jammed-packed day at TEDMED has been outstandingly summarized and diarized by Patricia Salber. The recurring thread that I noted throughout a fruitful day of talks was…
TedMed 2012, Day 2
There was so much going on today, I am only going to be able to scratch the surface. Whew!So, we started the day with Frances Collins, Director of the National…
3 Ways that Crowdfunding Can Benefit the Healthcare Market
In 1997, American fans of the British rock group Marillon rallied together to raise money for the band to tour the United States. Without any involvement from Marillon, fans were…
Patient Responsibility – What to do if they Won’t Take Any?
Patient Responsibility out the window in the age of “PRDS”Patient responsibility is something we often took for granted as medical students. We naively believe we are a trusted medical…
PTSD Special Report: Part I, How to Curb a Potential Epidemic
In response to a recent press release from TONIX Pharmaceuticals, a leading company in the exploration of alternative PTSD treatment, we are issuing a 2-part special report looking at recent…
What Food Stamps Can Teach Us about Health Care
There are about 50 million people on Medicaid in the United States and the biggest problem they have, by far, is finding a doctor who will see them. Yet this…
Does the Supreme Court Understand Health Reform?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a lengthy, complex law, which is hardly surprising given the size and scope of the health care economy it addresses. Unfortunately that also…
TEDMED Day #1, Light on Medicine, High on Inspiration
EXCLUSIVE POST - I’m attending TEDMED this week at the Kennedy Center in Washington as the guest of our sponsor, Siemens, and it is my first. These posts aren’t intended…
Digging Deeper to Answer Healthcare’s Great Challenges
About two months ago, I traveled to Las Vegas for the largest meeting in the health IT industry called the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference. I…
