A Virtual Speech Therapist with Endless Patience
Our language and ability to communicate is something most of us take for granted. Communications is the basis for sharing and the patient-doctor relationship – but what do you do…
Americans (Very) Cautiously Optimistic About Medical Innovations: Pew Survey Results
Originally published on MedCityNews.com.We’ve heard what futurists think about the near future of medicine — that robots will replace doctors and we’ll be surrounded by sensors – but an interesting…
Why Should Radiologists Be Mobile-Friendly?
Radiologists should be mobile friendly. Have you heard that? As soon as someone tells you what you should be, you don’t want to be it, even when you already are.…
Onsite Detection of Malaria Could Be Possible with a Battery-Operated Device
First published in MedCityNews. First published in MedCityNews.When Brian Grimberg and a team at Case Western Reserve University began working on their Rapid Assessment of Malaria (RAM) device nearly four…
Where the Medicare Dollars Go
Medicare reform thus far has been focused on $79 office visits, co-payments for home health care, hospital readmissions, Miami infusion clinics, the price paid for scooters, $45 resting EKG’s, the…
Top 5 Reasons Hospitals Are Losing Money
The High Cost of HospitalsIt's no secret that our healthcare system has been fraught with trouble for some time now. The High Cost of HospitalsIt's no secret that our healthcare…
Five Steps to Better Treatment for Cancer
The buzz words “patient empowerment” are everywhere today – health blogs, marketing messages, websites, you name it! And the message is that if you just choose the right hospital, or…
Is the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic Serious When He Says “No More Passive Patients”?
If a recent blog post by the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic is representative of how health care executives (and physicians) really think about patients – aka consumers –aka people like…
Setting Up a Booth at Medical Conferences
What is the rationale for investing in a booth at a medical conference?There are quite a few reasons companies mention for placing booths at conference. What is the rationale for…
Health Policy: Stunning Results from California
I’m going to summarize in a single paragraph a debate that has been raging in health policy for the past two decades.On one side is what I call the health…
