Great News for Consumers from ONC: The Blue Button Continues to Deliver
The HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) made a couple of cool announcements recently and we get to hear about them directly from Lygeia Ricciardi, Director of the Office of Consumer eHealth, Office…
Calorie Intake: The Last Mile for Truly Connected Health
Somewhere around December or January, my weight, seemingly suddenly, jumped a couple of pounds. Somewhere around December or January, my weight, seemingly suddenly, jumped a couple of pounds. This triggered an…
Myth: Frequent ER Users Don’t Use Primary Care
Frequent Emergency Room users (10 or more ER visits per year) averaged 10 physician office visits per year, according to a study published in Health Affairs. It offers insight into frequent Medicaid…
Healthcare Backgrounds of Candidates for Governor of Massachusetts
I’ve learned a lot about the candidates for Governor of Massachusetts by interviewing all nine of them about healthcare policy. Starting today I’ll be summarizing the results from those discussions…
Disrupting and Destructing Healthcare
From childhood most of us remember the sage parental advice on how to deal with bullies: “sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Of…
HiMSS 2014: A Chat with Dr. Devin Jopp, CEO and President of WEDI
As a part of our role as a Social Media Ambassadors at HiMSS14 in Orlando, Florida, Gregg Masters and I had a chance to chat with Dr. Devin Jopp, Ed.D, CEO & President of WEDI.…
Top 10 Healthcare Takeaways from #SXSW2014: Part One
As I did in 2013 for SXSW, here are five of my Top 10 Takeaways from #SXSW2014 that can be applied to healthcare. Stay tuned for the remaining five later…
Choose Carefully: Keyword Match Type Tips for Medical Search Marketing
Choosing keyword match types is almost as important as selecting the keywords themselves. Keywords are the “what” when targeting search engine users, while match types are the “how”. Match types…
ESPN’s Stuart Scott: Kickboxing Cancer
I have always admired ESPN sports anchor Stuart Scott, 48, of West Hartford, Connecticut. Maybe it’s because he’s originally from North Carolina, where I lived for 12 years. Maybe it’s…
Health IT, Necessary But Not Sufficient: A HiMSS14 Interview with Farzad Mostashari
Farzad Mostashari, former National Coordinator of Health IT and current Visiting Fellow, Engelberg Center, Brookings Institute was walking by our Health Innovation Media video setup at HiMSS 2014 in Orlando. We asked him to come over and say…
