Imagine: EMRs Without Big Brother
I now have more health information on my wrist than my doctor had about me 10 years ago … The watch records my daily runs, including distance and pace, along…
Preventing Childhood Obesity
The Institute of Medicine last week issued a report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, focusing on preventing obesity among children under age 5. The fact that we need…
Long Waits Cost Canadians Millions
More than 825,000 Canadians were waiting for some type of treatment after seeing a specialist in 2010. Once seen by a specialist, the average wait until they were treated was…
New Technologies at Medtech Startups, June 2011
Below is a list of the technologies under development at newly identified medtech startups that have been added to the Medtech Startups Database. Below is a list of the…
Five Reasons Why Google Health Failed
In a culmination of a yearlong rumor mill, Google finally came clean in its announcement late last week that it would discontinue its personal health record (PHR) program, Google Health.…
Life Expectancy Inequality
This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: This is from a Bloomberg column by Peter Orszag: Among 50-year-old men, for example, those in the highest education group are…
Health Care Buzz Today
Social Media Shows Promise for Clinical Trials. Social media can be used to increase enrollment and reduce clinical trial delays, according to a new survey by Blue Chip Patient Recruitment.…
Why Not Let the Dead Pay for Medicare?
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones has a novel (if not original) idea. Why not let the dead pay for Medicare? Everyone knows Medicare will go bankrupt in the coming years.…
Using Stem Cells to Treat Chronic Lower Back Pain
Just from the title of this one I would think this trial could possibly fill up pretty quickly. I just about can’t think of anyone who would want to pass…
Great Moments in the History of Patient Power
If there was a moment when the modern-day relationship between physicians and patients changed forever, it was when Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock, author and pediatrician, rose to address the closing…
