Doctors 2.0 & You 2014: From Europe to the World
From Europe to the World: Healthcare Social Media and Mobile Health“Illness happens, but dreams still prevail!” – J.T. Utitus (2014) From Europe to the World: Healthcare Social Media and Mobile…
Herceptin, Breast Cancer Drug, May Cause Heart Troubles for Some Older Women Patients
Herceptin (trastuzumab) was originally approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1998 as part of a treatment regimen for women with certain types of breast cancer. Herceptin…
Biometric Tools Edge Into Health Care
(First published on iHealthBeat )The term "biometrics" refers to measuring human characteristics -- a central task of health care since the invention of the science. (First published on iHealthBeat )The term "biometrics" refers to…
Health Reform Beyond the ACA: Are We Inching Towards Consensus?
Most policy people will acknowledge that the Affordable Care Act is only the first step toward reforming our bloated, expensive, inefficient and often unfriendly health care system. Much more will…
EarlySense Makes Touch-less Vital Sign Monitoring a Reality: Interview
This is the transcript of my recent podcast with EarlySense’s president, Tim O’Malley. This is the transcript of my recent podcast with EarlySense’s president, Tim O’Malley.David E. Williams: This is…
MyHealthTeams CEO Eric Peacock Offers New Function for Social Media in Healthcare
Eric Peacock founded the social site MyHealthTeams to help people suffering from chronic diseases and their friends and families find better ways to communicate with each other and sha Eric…
Telemedicine Kiosks in Ohio: The After-Hours Doctor Visit of the Future
First published on MedCityNews.com. Step right up and take a look at a 5-by-8-foot device Ohio healthcare providers are hoping will keep non-urgent patients from clogging up emergency rooms and urgent…
The Unintended Consequences to States, Carriers and Consumers of the “Delay Option”
The chorus of chatter about delaying the ACA Individual Mandate continues to grow louder and now according to an article by CBS Marketwatch, some of this sentiment is coming from…
India’s Secret to Low-Cost Health Care
First published in the Harvard Business Review First published in the Harvard Business ReviewA renowned Indian heart surgeon is currently building a 2,000-bed, internationally accredited “health city” in the Cayman Islands, a…
