Tactical Mobile Device Security Measures to Meet HIPAA Compliance
Mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous in the healthcare industry – from quickly filing e-prescriptions to collecting and sending patient health information (PHI) directly to an EHR/EMR (electronic health or medical…
Gaming for Better Health
Parts 1 through 4 of the series “How is Gaming Changing the Landscape in Health Care,” clearly defined the importance of gaming in the health care arena. Games for Health…
More On Wellness Programs To Improve Health and Reduce Costs
Since about 60% of the insured population has their insurance from their employer, there is a super opportunity for a win-win – to improve the employee’s (and spouse’s) health while…
Have Robotic Clinical Guidelines Claimed Another Victim?
The Daily Mail reports that Mercedes Curnow, a 23-year-old Englishwoman, has died of cervical cancer. Since 2003, the National Health Service has denied routine Pap tests to women under 25.…
Meet the Tweeting Dutch Doctors Who Consult With Patients Via Twitter
Drs Bart Brandenburg and Erik Jansen have made prime-time TV News in the Netherlands with their Twitter Patient Consultations. They will be demonstrating this new approach at the Doctors 2.0…
Doctor/Patient Email: Are We Really Still Having This Debate?
The Wall Street Journal devotes its Journal Report section today to pro/con debates on six health care issues. Five are reasonable and either timely or timeless: Should everyone be required…
Social Media Networking: Twitter Chat with Sharecare’s Sleep Experts
Join me @BarbaraFicarra and @SharecareNow sleep experts for a spirited conversation about sleep problems and solutions on 1/24/12 from 12 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST for a twitter…
What do Patients Really Want? Part II
Today I’m following up to my last post, exploring the question of how and where the consumer perspective fits in the development of connected health. Recently, I read with great…
How Doctors Are Trapped, Part II
Of all the people in the health care system, none is more central than the physician. Fundamental reform that lowers costs, raises quality and improves access to care is almost…
How Doctors Are Trapped, Part II
Of all the people in the health care system, none is more central than the physician. Fundamental reform that lowers costs, raises quality and improves access to care is almost…
