AskBlue Tries to Explain Health Insurance and Obamacare
Polls show that few people understand health insurance or the Affordable Care Act. That’s especially so for those who have the most to gain from Obamacare: people who are uninsured…
The Obesity-Cancer Connection
Lots of publications have been pointing out that obesity is somehow connected to cancer. Obese women are more prone to breast cancer than their normal-weight counterparts. Obese people have higher…
Health Disparities Still Problematic
A new policy brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation finds that health care inequities are still a serious problem for many Americans, depending upon their race, gender, income, location and other social…
Analysis of Spending in U.S., Canada on Health IT Vendors in 2014
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Compliance with regulations, an uptick in electronic healthcare data and consolidation of back-office systems will drive payers and providers in North America to spend an estimated $35…
HIPAA Challenges
Oh, for the day when medical records were on paper. In the blink of an eye, now millions of electronic medical records can be ‘carried off’ to anywhere. This has…
Healthcare Innovator’s Guide to Tech Terms for Next Decade of Medicine
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Electronic medical records. DNA sequencing. Big data. These technology trends are changing the way medicine is practiced today — but what’s coming next? Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Electronic…
The Symptoms of Texting [INFOGRAPHIC]
The partnership between healthcare and mobile technology has the ability to reshape the health industry, particularly in terms of outpatient care. In fact 40% of doctors believe that mHealth can…
Medtronic Advances Deep Space Exploration – Of the Human Brain
What’s out there, deep in outer space? The mystery is as old as time. And one glance up to the sky rekindles the imagination time after time. Science and technology…
50-Plus and New to the Gym
Some of my friends have asked me if they can really start a fitness program now. They know that I began in my late forties and wonder if it’s too…
Getting the Most Out of Your Golf Game
Ah golf. I love this game. It can be such a frustrating sport, but nothing can beat the feeling of a well struck ball or the sound of the ball…
