Medicare Cuts: Hospitals Don’t Make It Up on Volume
The Affordable Care Act purports to reduce the deficit, yet critics expect (or at least claim to expect) that it will actually be a budget buster. A Health Affairs article…
Can We Squeeze the Waste Out of the High Cost of Trauma Care?
Treating injuries is a $163 billion problem in the US. Leaving aside the enormous and largely neglected opportunity to reduce costs by avoiding injuries in the first place (e.g., injury…
Connectivity Workflows
One of the biggest challenges for medical device makers developing connectivity solutions is to look beyond the connection itself and design an overall solution that provides good workflow. Medical device…
New Ways to Engage with Patients
Are you committed to improving your hospital’s communication while delivering the best healthcare possible? With consumers taking a more proactive approach to health, you need a more proactive approach to…
Manhattan Research: Ten Patient Groups Most Likely to Be Mobile Health Users
First published on MedCityNews.com. People living with cystic fibrosis, growth hormone deficiencies and acne were among the most likely to report using their smartphones to find health information in a new…
Social Threat Protection Now Critical for the Health Industry
Over the past several years the focus on social media within the health and pharmaceutical industries has largely been on the opportunities and benefits the array of channels provide to…
Telehealth Chair Lets You Take Your Vitals While You Relax
Sharp has developed a Health Support Chair to let the user relax while it takes a number of their vital signs quickly and easily. The chair itself is a redesign…
‘Contact-Free’ Sensors May Hold the Key to Effective Patient Monitoring
Officials at Newton-Wellesley Hospital are turning their general care beds into mobile sensors capable or gathering biometric data and alerting staff to potential falls and other health emergencies. Officials at…
Nanomedicine – A Key Component to the Future of Medicine [infographic]
Nanotechnology is making fast advances in medicine. I have written about it before here and in "The Future of Medicine - Megatrends in Healthcare." A nanometer is one billionth of…
BYOD, Telehealth and a Value Proposition
On August 1st, I was an attendee at a high levelHealth Information Technology (HIT) meeting in Washington DC, as an invited guest of the National eHealth Collaborative. The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC)…
