Yoga Improves Balance and Reduces Falls
Regular yoga classes helped older male veterans who have had a stroke cope with their increased risk of suffering from a painful or deadly fall, according to a study by…
Diabetes 11.11.11 Collage
A quick note to show off the collage from the fantastic Project #Diabetes 11.11.11 that took place last Friday. Thanks go to everyone that supported the project, by liking on…
My Big Blue Test
Yesterday I did my Big Blue Test! Do The Big Blue Test: each test = a life-saving donation. 14-20 min of exercise lowers your blood sugar, gets life-saving supplies to…
Maps 2.0: Interacting With Our Health Care World
Maps do more than characterize our physical world, they also help us visualize information contained within it. Thematic mapping has been applied to many types of information, including health data. …
Building Community and Social Networking: Interview with Quinte Pediatrics
This year Ashley Weinhandl, Marketing Coordinator with the Ontario Hospital Association invited me to co-host a presentation on social media at HealthAchieve. This year Ashley Weinhandl, Marketing Coordinator with the…
Social Media and Electronic Health Records: Slideshare
This Thursday I presented at the Senior Workers of the Twin Cities annual conference on this topic. It was helpful to discuss the value and trends in EHRs, PHRs, Social…
In the Firing of Joe Paterno or in Medical Malpractice – Hindsite is 20/20
As a gastroenterologist, I know a few things about scoping. As a gastroenterologist, I know a few things about scoping. Indeed, every working today I am tunneling through either end…
Flying “Eye” DC-10 Hospitals Give the Gift of Sight
This is very cool and operates world wide and yes they do a lot of work right here in the US. The goodwill tour in Los Angeles was kicked off…
Join Me for My EHR Usability Webinar on November 30 at 1:00p
I met researchers from Macadamian, a global UI design and innovation studio that has been doing some great work in the health IT usability space, at the recent EHR Usability…
Congress and Their Staff Can Do all the HealthCare Inside Trading They Want
First of all, hats off to 60 Minutes for their coverage on this issue, which I wrote up back in June of this year. Why should lawmakers be immune to…
