Telehealth, the Nucleus of Patient Care
The energy flowing last month through Tampa’s mega convention center at the 2011 American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference was electrifying. Surrounded by brilliant telemedicine experts all competing to showcase their…
Medical Center Offers Telehealth Monitoring in ICU
The patient has a choice to be monitored by either a remote doctor while in intensive care or to choose doctors and nurses on premise. In this example below, the…
Driving Demand for Vaccinations
By Amanda Glassman -This blog was co-authored with Orin Levine, Executive Director, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and it will be cross-posted on his…
Global Size and Growth of Spine Surgery Market Segments
The worldwide market for technologies and products in spine surgery is over $12 billion annually. The market is diverse in its technologies and its geographic distribution. It remains staunchly one…
iPhone To Detect Cataract
The product is being created for the “developing” world which means we will have it here as sometimes in the US we are getting close to using such technologies. This…
Health Care Reform and Other Health Care Innovations – Regina Herzlinger Speaks From Harvard
I spoke with Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger this week about health reform – the good, the bad and the ugly – touching on ACOs and demonstration projects under…
Google’s Blind Date with Consumer Health
Even great athletes – like Rafael Nadal at this year’s Wimbledon Championships – suffer setbacks and losses at times. Even great athletes – like Rafael Nadal at this year’s Wimbledon Championships – suffer setbacks…
Physical and Emotional Health of Older Married Couples Tied Cloesly Together
A study of older married couples in the American Psychological Association’s journal Health Psychology, finds strong associations between their physical and emotional health. A study of older married couples in…
Screening and Prevention: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
In the last month, the Obama administration announced programs to reduce racial disparities and increase prevention in health care. Neither program was funded with actual money, so they are about…
Health Care Buzz Today
Quit Smoking Drug Linked to Cardiovascular Risk. Users of the smoking-cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) who had no previous cardiac history had a small but statistically significant increase in the risk…
