Company Sues Former Employee Over Twitter Account
Here is a new example of where having a comprehensive social media policy will come in handy for minimizing risks and associated legal costs. It involves an employee who left…
Cool Infographic: Obesity Around The World: New Year’s Resolution, Anyone?
It’s not that surprising hearing about obesity everywhere. As a matter of fact, 65% of world’s population live in countries where they are more likely to die from obesity than…
Can Spiral CT Scans Detect Curable Lung Cancer? But Wait, There’s More!
A hundred bucks doesn’t buy much these days. A crisp Ben Franklin can be exchanged for A hundred bucks doesn’t buy much these days. A crisp Ben Franklin can be…
Smart Vending Machines Use Facial Recognition
This is an interesting machine and watch the video here. This is just the start of things to come with facial recognition and how long before vending machines tell if
Study Predicts Growing Use Of Social Media In Healthcare
Facebook study reveals deeper penetration of social media into healthcare than most would have predicted. Patients seem more willing to adopt social media platforms that healthcare professionals. It seems…
Musings on 2012 Health IT
IDC Health Insights is an advisory services and market research firm that closely follows the payer, provider and life science segments of the healthcare industry, with special emphasis on developing…
3 Key Takeaways from 2011 mHealth Summit
The following is a guest post written by Charles Huang discussing his 3 key takeaways from attending this year’s mHealth Summit that was held in Washingon D.C. earlier this…
Over $5 Billion in Medical Technology Financing in 2011
Financings in medical technology reached $451 million in December, bringing the total financings in medtech to over $5.2 billion for 2011. This is more than a 42% increase over the…
Nursing Pays
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts that the registered nurse (RN) will be the fastest growing profession between 2008 and 2018. And the profession is financially rewarding. The…
The ACO: Prescription, Cure or Disease?- Infographic
2011 has been a busy year for ACOs dominating the industry with the announcements of the ACO final rule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, NCQA Accountable Care Organization Accrediation program, and…
