Eight Things We Are Looking for From Apple’s Healthbook and iOS 8
With the rise of popular wearables like the Nike Fuel band and Jawbone Up, and health-based applications for smartphones, personal health is shaping up to be the next major area…
There’s a MERS Patient in Your Hospital: Now What?
This week we learned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the first case of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) that appears to have been transmitted from one person to…
Healthcare Companies Are Now Technology Companies?
In order to maintain a competitive advantage in the constantly evolving healthcare market, many organizations are investing in technology platforms that give them scalability to offer better tools, apps, and…
The Ultimate Tech Product Test: “Is It Good Enough for Mom?”
photo credit Jeffrey Makowka via Twitter“If you’re not developing for the 50+ market, you should be,” said Sanjay Khurana, Director of Thought Leadership for AARP. photo credit Jeffrey Makowka via Twitter“If…
Hardball Questions to Ask BEFORE Selecting a Marketing Partner
The confusion is common…and somewhat understandable.Just as patients cannot easily evaluate and compare surgeons, it can be difficult for provider management to understand the differences among marketing companies. The confusion…
Staying Competitive – Financing Medical Equipment and Technology in the Global Healthcare Market
Across the world, the demand for healthcare services and expectations of quality of care and treatments are rising. Increased life expectancy is swelling the proportion of older people who in…
Good, Fast, and Cheap: Demonstrating Value in Health Innovation
The goal of Triple Aim is to say that, despite what any project manager will tell you, you can have all three.Source: http://ollmann.cc/ The goal of Triple Aim is to…
Patients Helping Patients: Improving Health Literacy and Cancer Care
(Originally published on Patient Empowerment Network) (Originally published on Patient Empowerment Network)ASCO recently published their paper on State of Cancer Care in America 2014. In this paper, authors outline concerns and possible…
Variations in Post-Acute Care Spending
A publication called “Becker’s Hospital CFO” recently ran a story based on data from a company called DataGen on “The Truth Behind Variation in Episode Payments.” The article claims it…
SolveBio Scores $2M to Clean Up and Index Genomic Data for Developers
First published on MedCityNews.com. Now that the $1,000 genome has arrived, the healthcare industry has wasted no time putting the mass amount of genomic data being generated to work. First…
