WHO and NCD: Another Unfunded Mandate?
The main outcome of the high-level meeting on NCD is homework for the WHO. WHO is assigned to lead the global response to NCD, develop a monitoring and evaluation framework,…
Social Media Research Involving Dementia Revving Up (in Norway)
Sign of the times: social media’s use in increasing interaction among patients with dementia. A researcher, part of a team, is busy at work on a web-based app based upon Facebook…
Upcoming Cloud Computing and Disaster Recovery Events
Disaster recovery and backup are critical for businesses in the event of a disaster – risking data loss can severely impact your bottom line in addition to the survival of…
Using IT to Facilitate Information Therapy
The end customer in the business of Medicine needs information. Everyday technology adds new ways in which we store and share this information for many to use, reuse, improve…
Pharma and the Empowered, Educated Patient
Jeanne Barnett argues that pharma needs a ‘chronic care university’ to create compliance, build knowledge, and reduce costs In a recent article, I put forth a patient manifesto: Make the…
What You Need to Know About This Year’s AdvaMed Conference
An Interview with AdvaMed Conference Producer Ray Briscuso
Designer Therapy Cures Cancer. Can We Afford It?
A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ludwig, then…
How to Measure the ROI of Healthcare Technology – Video
Measuring ROI can be broken down into soft costs -- such as patient satisfaction and provider stress -- and hard costs -- those that can be calculated to show a…
Telehealth Tapping into Social Influence
In a recent Harvard Business Review Blog, David Armano writes about the six pillars of influence that leads to measurably favorable outcomes. To achieve measurably better health, the pillars…
Health Provisions in Obama’s Deficit Plan Good for Campaigning
There’s a lot to like in the health care provisions of the Obama administration deficit reduction plan, which reduces Medicare and Medicaid costs by $320 billion over the next decade…
