Social Media in HealthCare
It seems no matter where you look on the internet the buzz this year has been about social media. Health care is no exception and there are many beating…
State Health & Wealth Benefits Administration: Simple Coordination…Millions in Savings
As government’s role in the provisioning of health care and welfare benefits continues to increase, the number of participants in state administered benefit programs and the burden of supporting those…
Connectivity In Medical Devices Provides Critical Information in Real Time
The internet has ushered in what might be a new era in Medical Devices as they begin to provide connectivity and communications to the health system to monitor the patient…
Hospitals with the Poorest Patients Have the Highest Readmission Rates
The analysis showed that 11.7 percent of the Most Poor Patients hospitals were ranked by Medicare as having worse readmission rates than the national average. Only 4.3 percent of the…
Thermalin Diabetes Follows the “Coulter Process” And Addresses Significant Needs in the Insulin Market
According to Rick Berenson, CEO of Thermalin Diabetes, insulin is a $14B per year market worldwide, yet there are shortcomings of the drug.
Aaron Carroll Endorses Concierge Medicine – Sort Of.
Moreover, I’ve been thinking about my parents. They live thousands of miles away, and I can’t do for them what I could do if they lived close by. But since…
New Pure Hydrocodone Pain Killer Drug Being Developed
This is kind of scary as to where we are going with pain killers. One good thing though is that there are many new devices on the market coming out…
Repairing Heart Valves Without Open Surgery – A Significant Advance
Continuing last week’s discussion of new devices for treating heart diseases, a major innovation are the recent reports of success in replacing or repairing diseased or damaged aortic or mitral…
Healthcare Cloud Definitions Should Be Based on NIST’s Definitions
As most of my regular readers know, I work as a technology strategy advisor for several different government agencies; in that role I get to spend quality time with…
Ryan-Wyden Reflective of Western Approach to Medicine
By now, it's old news that Republican Congressman Paul Ryan has worked with Democratic Senator Ron Wyden to draft a bipartisan plan to "fix" the Medicare program. What is being…
