Lyme Disease Even Scarier? Maybe
Black-legged (Deer) Tick(Photo: National Pest Management Association) Black-legged (Deer) Tick(Photo: National Pest Management Association)The height of tick season generally brings a spate of scary stories about Lyme disease and other…
People May Adopt the Diet and Exercise Patterns of the Least Fit in their Peer Group
Who you follow makes a difference.The decline in the physical fitness of the U.S. population has been increasingly in the news. Nearly two-thirds of adults are currently overweight, while more…
Person-Centered HealthCare: Choosing the Right Primary Care Doctor
I have moved a number of times in the past few years, and with each new city comes new doctors. Some of these doctors have been wonderful and others have…
How Far Has Health Information Exchange Progressed (Or Has It)?
The Indiana Health Information Exchange has what is most probably the longest track record in H.I.E. If time is of the essence for a product or service to mature, the…
Patient Commando Features Canadian Women Changing Healthcare
Patient Commando launched Canadian Women Changing Healthcare. It's their contribution to XX in Health Week 2013, an initiative meant to focus attention on the lack of female representation at healthcare’s…
Business Intelligence and Health Analytics for the Rest of Us
Business intelligence and clinical analytics (especially pred Business intelligence and clinical analytics (especially predictive analytics) are hot topics in hospital and clinic executive suites these days. And yes, I know…
Americans Living Longer But Are Less Healthy
Wrong, wrong, wrong.So just on the heels of reporting that if you make it to 90 you have a reasonable shot at living with a quality of life to…
Adhesive Tape Replaces Skin Biopsy in New Melanoma Test
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Originally published on MedCityNews.com. If a doctor suspects a mole or skin spot might be cancerous, she would usually give the patient a local anesthetic, cut out…
A Cardiologist in Your Pockets: HF Defender App for Heart Failure Patients
Originally published by MedCityNews.com.Each of the more than 5 million cases of heart failure in the U.S. is unique, and a health IT solution designed by a cardiologist could help…
Could Mobile Health Become Addictive?
The hype over mobile health is deafening on most days and downright annoying on some. So it is with some reluctance that I admit that mobile has the potential to…
