Oracle Clouds and Oracle Social Network
This is really worth watching if you have a chance and whether you know it or not if you are on the web, you are somewhere along the line using…
Steve Jobs’ Legacy to HealthCare
Steve Job’s life and death have had a deep impact here on earth. His accomplishments rival those of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Richard B. Mellon, Rockefeller, Harvey Firestone,…
Straight Talk About Medical Malpractice Reform
I smiled when I read that some physicians were taking the case for medical malpractice reform to the congressional super committee that is charged with cutting the federal deficit. It’s…
A Night in the ER
This is the county’s safety net hospital, the place where the ill come for medicine, the wounded come for help, and the dying come for miracles. As many as 550…
Spine Surgery Demand Up as Prices Decline
Demand for solutions to chronic back pain is on the rise. The number of people with chronic back pain is increasing, regardless of the economic challenges of healthcare. Consequently, the…
Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen
Transgender sex changes proposed for New York Medicaid. Transgender sex changes proposed for New York Medicaid. Kinsley: Christie is too fat to be president. Megan McArdle, Jonathan Chait and Ezra…
Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2012
Cleveland Clinic Top 10 for 2012 Cleveland Clinic Top 10 for 2012 1. Catheter-Based Renal Denervation to Control Resistant Hypertension: When blood pressure is elevated-140/90 mm Hg or higher-a person…
New Health IT Events Calendar
We recently debuted our Health IT Event Calendar. This event calendar offers viewers a lot of functionality including scheduling events in an iCalendar, sharing options (Twitter, FB, LinkedIn, etc.), conference and event…
Rite Aid Takes on Telemedicine-Online Medicine’s Big Day
There’s a definite romance developing between pharmacy outlets and medical organizations when it comes to consumer-driven opportunities in health care delivery. We’ve continued to watch Medco’s foray into genetic testing,…
Rural Healthcare: Increasing Access to Physicians and Technology
In August, the Obama Administration announced a new jobs initiative for rural America that includes investments focused on increasing access to capital, job training and health care services. In August,…
