Brain Strengthening iPhone Games for Techie Grandmas and Grandpas
Just because you're a senior doesn't mean that you aren't hip—you have a shiny iPhone, you know what's "in." But while it's great that your sense of style as remained…
Why a Banker is Good for the Global Fund
For a long time, the Global Fund focused on disbursing money, and disbursing as quickly as possible. The philosophy was something like: move the money and the recipient knows what…
State of Virginia Attaches Amendment to Bill Requiring Women to Have an Ultrasound Before an Abortion That Requires Men to Have A Rectal Exam Before Obtaining A Prescription For Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Here we are back to the old “default” topic of the digital illiterates, abortions and this is pretty funny as it mocks the ridiculousness of a bill requiring an ultrasound. …
How Your Genes Will Drive Personalized Medicine
This month I was honored to be the master of ceremonies at the Personalized Medicine World Conference in Silicon Valley, California. for the second time. About 850 scientists, venture capitalists…
FDA Fired Device Whistleblowers
The Food and Drug Administration fired six device division reviewers after they complained to Congressional staffers that the agency was approving unsafe or inadequate medical devices. The charge? Leaking confidential…
Drug Marketing and Data Mining: Free Speech or Free Ride?
Drug reps come to our office fairly regularly, but not as often as they used to. Some of them look like regular folks, but many still look a lot like…
EMR Designers: Borrow From the Titans of Technology
St Steve Jobs was referenced several times during the recent State of the Union address. Healthcare was conspicuously absent from the speech, for a variety of reasons. What might Steve…
Why Patients Need to Become Experts !
I saw a very interesting patient today. She’d been referred to me by a gynecological oncologist who had made a diagnosis of early endometrial adenocarcinoma and had sent her to…
Nurse Fired for Educating Patient on Hospice Care
This is a post from the Nerdy Nurse and really you must read the entire article and see what has happened here. When you read through here and see the…
What Can Google + Hangouts Offer in HealthCare ?
Anyone who has been observing social media can see that Social Media adoption in Medicine will make electronic medical record adoption seem turtle slow, , and SM has not required…
