Drug Discount Cards: Lifting the Veil of Secrecy
Everywhere I look today, I see ads claiming huge savings from drug discount cards. These cards promise huge savings to consumers, yet they are unable to deliver on these outrageous…
Team-Based Care Delivery: The Worth of Social Capital
Health care enterprise models tend to be born from economics rather than the value of exceptional patient experiences. We see this manifested in the manner hospitals score success. Incremental change…
Will Technology Make Primary Care Doctors “Whole”?
My July column focused on what I see as the adverse effects of academic medical faculty practice fund flows on primary care training and on academic and community primary care practice. My…
Boomer Voice: Why Don’t Boomer Docs Embrace Mobile?
Am I being unreasonable to want my doctors to connect with me through mobile? Am I asking too much for them to experiment with healthcare apps so we can trade…
Patient Engagement: Blockbuster Drug Or Snake Oil?
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading "HealthCare Compass") (Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading "HealthCare Compass")Rarely has a single phrase so captured…
Could a Video Game Help Autistic Children?
Originally published on MedCityNews.com.That gray feline avatar — that’s Shadow Cat. He’s a virtual comic book character that an early-stage Cleveland startup is turning into a tool to improve cognitive…
Elderly Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms and Risk Factors
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for about 8.1 million physician visits each year. A condition commonly associated with women (one in five…
The New Scapegoat: Blame It On ObamaCare
In ancient Israel, on the Day of Atonement, the High Priest took two goats. One of these goats he sacrificed to the Lord, and the other he laid hands upon–symbolizing…
Health Start-Ups! – Beddit Does It Right
If you have trouble sleeping, look into getting a Beddit sleep tracker (as soon as one is available, that is!). Beddit is a Finnish start-up that is developing a consumer…
Startup Founder Reacquires His Patient Portal Business
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. In 2010, entrepreneur Steve Malik achieved the pinnacle of entrepreneurial success when he sold his patient portal company, Medfusion, to Intuit Inc. for $91 million. Originally published…
