The Supreme Court and the Subsidy in the Bathwater
"Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater": this saying actually originates–at least anecdotally–from the process of families sharing a single bathtub full of water. Starting with the head of…
Rare Disease: Where Precision Medicine Was Born
As the mother of a child with a rare disorder, I’ve watched with interest and admiration as this community has broken one barrier after another—innovating, advocating, collaborating, fundraising, organizing—all with…
More Pharmaceutical Industry Consolidation: Thinning Out the Middle
So far this year there has been a lot in the news about M&A activity within the pharmaceutical industry, and lately the coverage seems to be about what's happening with…
Google’s Knowledge Graph: Four Things You Need to Know
The Internet has become healthcare’s front door. And your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and medical content had better be first class because Google is shuffling the results deck. The Internet…
The GOP Strategy for Increasing Purchasing Power: Subsidies in Reverse
In this section of the GOP’s ACA replacement proposal, they state that they “would provide a targeted tax credit to certain individuals that could solely be used for the purpose…
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Embrace Telehealth
Thomas Jefferson was an innovative guy, so I guess it should come as no surprise that his namesake university in Philadelphia is embracing telehealth in a big way. Thomas Jefferson…
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BioPharma Beat: The Uberization of Healthcare – A Silly Extrapolation
New start-ups focusing on digital health are being born daily. I regularly attend demo days organized by accelerators, which are quasi vocational schools for start-ups where they get education, mentorship,…
Digital Marketing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them in Healthcare
Any hospital marketing professional will tell you digital advertising can make or break a campaign. The bad news is there are hundreds of ways to waste time and money trying…
5 Questions with Michael James McCoy
On January 21, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced that Michael James McCoy, MD, would be the department’s Chief Health Information Officer, a newly created position. According…
Is Social Media Worth the Risk for Pharma?
It’s a question that comes up all the time in my discussions with senior industry executives – is social media actually worth the risk for a sector as heavily regulated…
