Consumers Putting Off Medical Care & Risking Health
Consumer Reports National Research Center suggests that despite people saying the recession is over, consumers are acting as if it is not. And in the worst possible way - playing…
The End Of Healthcare As We Know It
The 800 pound gorilla has now decided they will dominate primary care. The 800 pound gorilla has now decided they will dominate primary care. Walmart says they are going to…
Growth and Uptake of Ablation Technologies in Clinical Practice
Technologies for the therapeutic ablation of tissues are diverse — from ultrasound to electrical, light to radiation — but their common function is to cause the controlled destruction of tissue,…
The Rise of Google + and Hangout in Healthcare.
Imagine this if you will (and this is not imaginary). I am sitting at home quite comfortably on a Google + hangout and suddenly a window appears from a Live…
Social Media and Healthcare: Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing
Learn more about Social Media and Healthcare: Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing.In many of my previous posts regarding the relative value propositions of establishing a deep digital presence or entering onto…
Medical Device Connectivity (interview with President of Capsule)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Stuart Long, president of North America for Capsule. This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Stuart Long,…
GlySure Develops a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
GlySure Limited is a privately held company that has developed The GlySure System, a continuous intravascular glucose monitoring system to meet the worldwide demand for implementation of Tight Glycemic GlySure…
Wash Your Hands? The Video is Watching
Those L.E.D. displays are very demanding — health care workers must clean their hands within 10 seconds of entering and exiting a patient’s room, or it doesn’t count. Three years…
Changing Fortunes in the Obesity Treatment Industry
With Qnexa, Contrave and Lorcaserin each recently rejuvenated after previous FDA's near-death sentences, the market outlook for obesity drugs is now being viewed almost as optimistically as it was in…
Japan (Of All Places) Has a Fat Tax
This is by way of Robin Hanson, who provides further commentary: The law mandates that local governments and employers add a waist measurement test to the annual mandatory check up…
