Encounter With an ‘Unexeptional’ Healthcare System
On April 3 ‘Travelling student’ posted a delightful article on her “Experience with Slovenian Socialized Madicine”. It brought back memorries of my own experience with healthcare outside the U.S. So here…
Technology, Healthcare and the Frankenstein Syndrome
Technology in life takes holdDoes Moore's Law apply to advances in the biological sciences? Will advances like artificial hips, cardiac pacemakers and spinal stimulators for pain be only the beginning of…
Interview/Podcast: Tim Fowler Discusses Bluetooth®-Low-Energy Enabled iPhone M-Health App Pt.1
During this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm demonstrated their new Bluetooth low energy (BLE) Blood Pressure Profile iPhone app. Cambridge Consultants…
Stage 2 Implications on HIPAA Hosting
Initially I had some difficulty pinning down the exact objectives and implications Stage 2 would have on health IT for healthcare organizations that deal with electronic protected health information (ePHI).…
What Causes Inflammation? A Comprehensive Look At The Causes and Effects Of Inflammation (part 3)
Written By Brian Rigby, Edited By Jackie Wicks , PEERtrainer Founder, Reviewed by Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D Written By Brian Rigby, Edited By Jackie Wicks , PEERtrainer Founder, Reviewed by…
Got Cipro? If You Exercise, Be Careful!
A couple of weeks ago I got sick and self-medicated myself for two days with a course of ciprofloxacin (or Cipro), until I got a chance to talk to my primary physician.…
Part Time Doctor – Physician Schedule Flexibility and the “New Normal”
Part Time Doctor beats Full Time BurnoutOne of the most common stressors of docs in our so-called health care “system” is the sheer toxicity of full time hours. While…
Mobile Devices Distracting in the Examination Room
Everyone loves to have the latest technology – it’s fun to play with iPhones and iPads and explore all they can do. Of course, this technology can be distracting in…
Breaking News: HHS Proposes 1 Year Delay to ICD-10
After patiently waiting, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a proposed rule that would delay ICD-10 from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014, the compliance date for…
Top 10 iPhone Apps that Doctors and Medical Students Can Rely On
How many times have you needed to make an important calculation or reference some material, but you were away from your office and computer.How about when you want to show…
