Boomer Voice: Digital Devices Help Reconnect the Hearing Impaired
Do you have loved ones whose hearing is keeping them from talking on the telephone? Do you worry when they don’t answer the phone, only to have them later tell…
What the FDA Is and Isn’t Doing During the Government Shutdown
There’s been lots of speculation as to what the government shutdown means for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — including various reports that our food isn’t getting inspected. There’s…
What’s Really Going on With Yaz
An oral contraceptive known as Yaz has been cropping up in the news lately due to numerous impending lawsuits. If you’ve been curious as to what the hullabaloo is all…
How We Revolutionized Our Emergency Department
First published in the Harvard Business Review First published in the Harvard Business ReviewHow does an emergency department (ED) go from the 6th to the 99th percentile in patient satisfaction, while improving…
Wearable ReWalk Device Finds Partner in Japanese Robotics Firm
A robotic exoskeleton that was demonstrated for President Obama earlier this year as one of Israel’s most cutting-edge inventions is getting a boost from a Japan-based robotics manufacturer. A robotic…
Making Sense of the Technical Difficulties in ObamaCare Implementation
October 1st is now a week in the past, but it was an awfully big day politically and in the lives of millions of Americans. Of course, it was the…
GenePeeks Tests and Screens Virtual Progeny
GenePeeks, a New York Start-Up, has partnered with a sperm bank in Manhattan, the Manhattan Cryobank, and will test the virtual progeny of sperm donors and clients to screen for…
The Irony of a Paper TOC Document in an EHR
Over one year ago my office implemented Allscripts Enterprise EHR (Electronic Health Record). I've not done a note on paper since. Last week, a "Transition of Care" (TOC) document was…
Hospitals May Not Be Ready for ICD-10
The health care industry is preparing to shift coding from ICD-9 to the far more robust and complex ICD-10 in under a year. Providers are ramping up their efforts, yet…
End Water Poverty
Over a million people across the globe call for decision makers to keep their promises on clean water and sanitation. WASH (WAter, Sanitation, Hygiene) is a movement to boost prioritation…
