Is it True What They Say About Fructose?
Is it the fructose, or is it the sugar? Is it the fructose, or is it the sugar? High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been…
Curious About Boomers – Here is an Interesting Infographic
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Employers Get Tough
The Georgetown authors cite one wellness program that wields a stick. It suggests employers raise deductibles from, say, $500 to $2,500. Workers can then “earn credits” worth $500 each to…
Match Day Looms, Can Primary Care Once Again Show Gains?
Posted in CMSDiversionsKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The Law Posted in CMSDiversionsKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The LawMatch Day 2012 is practically upon us. Me? I’m about 18 years removed, but the…
3 Benefits of Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Focus, Economics and Patient Satisfaction
Historically, surgical procedures were performed within the four walls of a hospital. However, the past decade has seen a dramatic rise in surgery volume being performed in an outpatient setting—largely…
Institute of Medicine and Avon Foundation for Women Issue Challenge for Apps to Prevent Domestic Violence
Teams will use their knowledge and skills to develop easy-to-use mobile- or Web-based applications that can help prevent physical assaults, verbal abuse, and other acts of domestic violence,…
The Curious Case of Testosterone
Have you noticed all of those commercials on television and radio for testosterone? It seems as if in the past year alone, those types of commercials have sprung up…
The Doctor will SKYPE You Now
Telemedicine, video technology and the need for speed collided in my brain today when I was researching a local Urgent Care Startup and found their SKYPE visit page. As…
Terminologies Profiling IT Usage Within Healthcare
Health TelematicsHealth Telematics is a composite term for health-related activities, services and systems, carried out over a distance by means of information and communications technologies, for the purposes of global…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Barcelona – Mobile World Capital
As John Sharp stated in one of his previous posts, “How Europe is Growing Health Apps” (http://healthworkscollective.com/node/28707), there are a number of individuals, institutions, companies and conferences in Europe innovating…
