Do We Need New Vital Signs for Health?
The standard definition for vital signs is, “measures of various physiological statistics, often taken by health professionals, in order to assess the most basic body functions”. Another definition says vital…
Guidelines for Using Wi-Fi for Medical Devices
On a recent LinkedIn group discussion, the following question was posed by Taimoore (Tim) Rajah of the NIH: On a recent LinkedIn group discussion, the following question was posed by…
How Performance Programs Will Transform Healthcare
The three main catalysts in healthcare transformation are technology, science and reimbursement. A leader in healthcare technology, Dr. The three main catalysts in healthcare transformation are technology, science and reimbursement.…
ACA: The Meaning of Success
How should we define the success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? In recent months, news reports focused on the number of new enrollees as a key test of the…
Syphilis Infections Increased by 11%, Solely Among Men, in 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its annual report, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2012 (the most recent year for which data is av The Centers for Disease Control…
3 Healthcare Users Who Get Pinterest Right – And What They Can Teach You
It has been quite some time since I first wrote about the ways in which healthcare can leverage Pinterest, the content sharing service that allows members to "pin" images and…
Factors Related to Adherence [INFOGRAPHIC]
Just as no two patients are identical, the factors that affect adherence vary dramatically from patient to patient, and also importantly what type of treatment plan they are adhering to.…
Q and A: Addressing an Enormous Public Health Problem with a Simple Technology Solution
Inadequate handwashing is a pervasive public health problem, contributing to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), which cost American society in the tens of billions of dollars and cause at least 100,000 deaths…
Uncertainties Caused by the ACA in Physician Hiring Practices
Those of us who lived in the 80s and 90s when Managed Care was introduced remember all too well how the cost of care escalated, while physician reimbursements went down.…
Unless You Are The Lead Dog on the Sled, The Scenery Never Changes
We Must Think Differently, Unconventionally, or From a New PerspectiveWriting and curating my blog is a hobby of mine. I have an intellectual curiosity that drives me to search for…
