Make Your Hospital’s Digital Experience Mom-Friendly
When it comes to running the household, it's often mom who calls the shots. This is especially true for important healthcare decisions, like selecting the right health insurance, picking a…
Collaborative Innovation: A Decade in Perspective
At the Healthcare Roundtable last month, I had the pleasure of speaking about work that I facilitated at a West-coast community hospital. The need for the work arose from the…
Telemedicine Market Shows Strong Growth Due to Healthcare Changes
One of the biggest growth areas in healthcare right now is telemedicine. The numbers are impressive. One of the biggest growth areas in healthcare right now is telemedicine. The numbers…
Medicaid for All?
“As More Join Medicaid, Health Systems Feel Strain.” That’s the striking and counterintuitive headline on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. The Affordable Care Act is injecting billions upon…
Health Startups: Rockies Venture Club Nurtures Denver’s Ecosystem
Summary: There’s an active health startup ecosystem in the Denver area, where investors are looking at transparency issues, self-tracking devices like the Fitbit, and other ways to build on the…
What Healthcare Can Learn from the G20 Summit
The news over the last week has been dominated by the G20 summit taking place in Australia, as the world’s leaders gather to discuss some of the most pressing global…
Invisible Illness Insights: “A Little Understanding Could Change So Many Lives”
“Imagine if all of your joints dislocated whenever they felt like it. Imagine the pain you would be in. Now imagine that you went to the doctor for help and…
Online Patient Community Building in Hospitals [PODCAST]
In the "olden days" - like 10 years ago - patients had to have their own support community when dealing with illness or injury. Families and friends, if available, were…
Disruptive Health Technology: The Patient
It was a Harvard Business School professor, in 1997, who coined the term “disruptive technology.” Thanks to Clayton M. Christensen. He understood that new things can shake up an industry or…
