America’s Health Care Diagnosis [Infographic]
With the introduction of Obamacare, many Americans are trying to decide where they stand. This new infographic takes a look at some of the details surrounding the controversial change in…
ACA Individual Mandate Provision: Day 2 of Deliberations
Going into the second day of oral arguments before the Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the reform law, a new round of polling suggests that antipathy toward that buzzphrase…
What I Learned at the HIMSS Conference About Developments in Health IT for the Rest of 2012
Like many of you, I made the annual pilgrimage to the HIMSS Conference last month but I didn’t write much publicly about it (I mostly wrote private analyst reports for…
Excerpts from Monday’s Supreme Court Arguments
Arguments were presented about whether legal challenges to President Barack Obama's health care law are premature under the Anti-Injunction Act, which bars lawsuits against a tax until after the…
Antibiotics for a Virus? How to Just Say No
Studies, medical societies and position papers are unanimous in their condemnation of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for an uncomplicated URI … but not a single voice tells us HOW to…
Surgery Trumps Intensive Medical Therapy for Obese Diabetics
Two back to back articles in the March 26, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine show bariatric surgery to be more effective than intensive medical therapy when…
This Week in Washington
The Beltway is abuzz this week -- and not just due to the cherry blossoms. For starters, last Friday marked the 2nd anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the…
Handicapping the SCOTUS ACA Decision, Part II
The arguments as to whether further arguments on the consitutionality of the ACA are needed just wrapped. More of a formality on the establishment of a lack of coverage tax…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Dr Alexander Borve and iDoc24: Sweden
Alexander Börve is an orthopaedic surgeon, (spine surgeon) in training at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden and an entrepreneur. He was born in Norway and has lived…
Use It or Lose It: The Price of Inactivity
Do you need a good incentive to exercise? Check out this set of pictures. They may well surprise you. Do you need a good incentive to exercise? Check out this…
