The Rise of the Healthcare App Industry
The advent of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and mobile/portable device use in the healthcare industry (currently coined as ‘mHealth’) is said to increase productivity, streamline processes including medical information…
Health Insurance For Same Sex Couples
As gay marriage moves along a bumpy path toward broader acceptance and legalization, the impact is being felt in the world of health care and health insurance. Some companies, including…
Intellect Neurosciences Files New Patent Applications for Immunotherapy Methods in Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Over the next 40 years, caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s will cost American society $20 trillion –including $15 trillion to Medicare and Medicaid. Over the next 40 years, caring for…
Can Anyone Explain This?
At issue is how to treat about 500,000 Americans who each year develop “stable angina, ” which is chest pain that occurs in predictable fashion and is caused by blockages…
Video:Is Technology Changing the Doctor-Patient Relationship?
With preventable medical conditions such as obesity continuing to grow so does the need for patient involved healthcare. The doctor-patient relationship is critically important to bridging the gap…
Research Paying Off for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
It’s often said that most men will die with prostate cancer rather than from it. Autopsies of older men show it’s there even though it never created a problem. But…
Improving Quality of Life for People with Chronic Diseases
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) last week issued a report, Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action, on the growing impact of chronic diseases in the…
Techniques for Matching Patient Record Data Across Disparate EHRs and Other Systems
Some of the most frequent questions I receive these days surround data interoperability and integrating multiple health IT systems. One of the biggest problems in connectivity is matching patient…
HIMSS12 Trends: Q&A with Intel’s Chief Architect of Healthcare
Kristina Kermanshahche, Chief Architect of Healthcare, Intel Corporation Kristina Kermanshahche, Chief Architect of Healthcare, Intel Corporation With HIMSS12 quickly approaching, we sat down with Kristina Kermanshahche, Chief Architect of Healthcare,…
The Flu Vaccine: Pros and Cons
Every fall we are inundated by advertisements for the flu vaccine. It’s available for around $15 at pharmacies, clinics, doctor’s offices and schools. There are a lot of questions concerning…
