Schmoozing for Cancer, Part II
Some words from the past centuries Eastern European Jewish dialect, Yiddish, have crept into our vocabulary. As I wrote about last year, my favorite is “schmooze,” defined as: “to…
Apple Watch: Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Watch this! Watch this!Looking for something useful to do with your Apple Watch? Dexcom, the maker of a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for diabetics, suggests you use the watch to…
Patient Care: Better Support Is Better Treatment
Have you watched the movie Patch Adams? Patch did a study where he found out that aside from laughter (happiness), a better support system is essential for patient development.For most…
Telemedicine Requires Optimism and Patience: Dispatches from American Telemedicine 2015
The 21st annual American Telemedicine Conference wrapped up last week in Los Angeles. The 21st annual American Telemedicine Conference wrapped up last week in Los Angeles. While there were amazing…
Mobile Health and Data Safety: Convenience vs. Privacy
Technology may be revolutionizing the healthcare industry but while mobile health applications and cloud-based management are convenient, many think they may be compromising the privacy of healthcare data. The debate,…
The Healthcare Omnichannel Challenge
While e-commerce and online banking have given their respective industries a significant omnichannel boost, healthcare, especially on the provider side, has a steep hill to climb in order to deliver…
Irony and the Church of Big Data
Big Data in medicine is a faith-based initiative. True believers know, deep in their hearts, that the Church of Big Data will solve all miseries that beset American health care.…
Democracy Comes to Healthcare
We’ve just had a General Election in the UK, leading to some people being happy about the outcome and some to be less happy. In case you’ve missed all the…
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BioPharma Beat: mHealth Apps – to Regulate or Not to Regulate
As healthcare apps for mobile devices continue to proliferate, soon to be in the thousands, there is a lingering question as to whether or not they will be regulated, by…
Pay Me or Charge Me: How Best to Engage Me
A couple of years ago, my clinical practice (Dermatology Associates at Massachusetts General Hospital) began sending patients a bill when they did not show up for an appointment. Dentists do…
