Mobile Health Around the Globe: BioBeats Marches to Your HeartBeat
BioBeats sets your heart to music, literally. BioBeats and the app, Pulse, use Adaptive Media and want to help the people that use the app live more engaging, healthier lives.…
Failing Grade for Health IT in Medical School?
When I was in medical school, and even throughout my residency program, medical records were totally on paper. Patient charts lived in three-ring binders that whirled about on large carousels…
Protect Personal Info from Medical Thieves
Private, personal information can be bought and sold on the black market for as little as fifty cents to a dollar, according to a report from Fox Business. Private, personal…
Automated Anesthesia
Sedasys is a new machine developed by Johnson & Johnson, designed to take over anesthesia of patients undergoing colonoscopies. The FDA approved Sedasys last May and it will be available…
Making Health Mobile
First published in the McGill DailyThe mobile phone is closer and closer to becoming a universal device. Banking, media, and communication are now on our mobile devices. One can envision…
Air Pollution Causes Cancer: WHO Says We Must Act “Without Further Delay”
Outside air pollution causes cancer and is a major risk to health in general, the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded today. Outside air pollution causes cancer and is a major…
The High Cost of Low Patient Satisfaction Scores [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know that the number one patient complaint in hospitals is noise level? So what happens when you give hospital staff smartphones? Much less overhead paging resulting in much…
Using Pop Culture to Promote Free, Open Access Medical Education [VIDEO]
When Dr. James McCormack began producing educational videos on the concept of minimally-disruptive medicine by reworking popular Top 40 and rock songs, he had no idea they would draw more…
How to Get Health Care Innovations to Take Off
First published in the Harvard Business ReviewNo matter how many creative solutions we drum up to improve quality of care and service in the U.S. health system, they won’t do…
Mobile Health Holds Promise for Improving Care of Homeless Patients
First published in iHealthBeatPeople who are homeless have poor access to primary care and often experience high levels of unmet health needs. As a result, it's not surprising that the…
