Quality and Cost Savings Through Consumer Engagement
Some of the things consumers are expected to do in the name of health care quality and cost strike me as a stretch. Telling their doctors to wash hands and…
Budget Office Releases New Projection on Effect of Repeal of Reform Law
What does the Congressional Budget Office think that repeal of the ACA would do to the current fed budget? According to the CBO, projecting to 2021, the deficit would increase…
Super-Chickens in Fight Against Avian Flu
In 2003 and 2004, bird flu outbreaks devastated the economies of several Southeast Asian countries. More than 140 million birds either succumbed to the virus or were culled by humans…
Aetna Members In Texas and Florida Now Have Access Through TeleDoc for Non Emergency Consultations
Co-pays and deductibles apply according to the press release. Allergies, stuffy noses and sinus problems are listed as examples on where the TeleDoc service could fill in if the primary…
Emerging Diabetes Treatment Options
Research in the diabetes field has taken two main directions: improving current therapies, and exploring radical new approaches. Improvements in current therapy include making glucose monitoring and insulin delivery less…
Screening for Alzheimer’s Disease: Some Progress
In developed nations, human life expectancy has increased steadily for over a century. One of the few negative consequences of this trend has been a marked increase in the prevalence…
HealthEdge COO Desrochers on ICD-10 (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with HealthEdge COO Ray Desrochers. David Williams: This is David E. Williams, co-founder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health…
Microsoft and Sony Collaborate To Announce A Portable Remote HD IP Camera To Be Used For Patient/Physician Consultations
This is quite an interesting device here with the MD2GO from Sony and Microsoft collaborated with some software features to make it a bit more interesting it seems, but has…
Wi-Fi Alliance® and Continua® Health Alliance Collaborate on Personal Connected Health
Continua is the wireless alliance of both software and hardware in healthcare, in other words they create and collaborate on standards for medical devices so we all have the same…
Obesity Counseling: Is Race a Factor?
Most people know that the US is struggling to contain a surging epidemic of obesity, and that the problem is most acute among African-Americans. Whereas about 27% of all adult…
