Mobile Health Around the Globe: ICT-Powered HealthCare in Korea
With the diffusion of smartphones and growing demands for faster data services in Korea, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) convergence in various industries is expected to bring new business opportunities…
Provider Case Studies on Incorporating Patient Generated Health Data
(Editor's Note: This exclusive post is from Christina Thielst, one of our distinguished Advisory Board members. Christina is a hospital administrator,consultant, educator and author who has experienced the evolution of healthcare over the…
Big Government Opens Big Database For Cancer Research
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes.com under the heading "Healthcare Compass")For those of us without degrees in molecular biology, the idea of “personalized medicine” – or PM – can often seem…
Power Suit
The other night at dinner my youngest son Isaac said from the depths of his seven year old wisdom, “A human is the only animal that wears clothes.” He then…
Why Healthcare Facilities Belong on Pinterest
Pinterest, the photo-sharing social network, just keeps growing. Currently it has over 70 million users and 2.5 billion monthly page views. Even bigger than those stats is the amount of…
There’s More to HealthCare Than Doctors and Hospitals
When someone says the word “healthcare” what immediately comes to mind? If you are like most people you probably first think of doctors, nurses, clinics and hospitals. But in reality…
Leapfrog Exposes High Cost of Hospital Rework
The Leapfrog Group is riling up hospitals with a hidden surcharge calculator designed to show employers how much of their health care premium is devoted to paying for medical errors…
Don’t Use Social Media to Attack; Use It To Influence!
I wanted to keep quiet on this issue, being the pioneer and former voice of Toronto Public Health’s Twitter for 3 years…but I think in the spirit of reflection –…
Culture of Disrespect in Medicine Affects Patient Safety
Lucian Leape’s words from the 2009 Telluride Patient Safety Educational Roundtable and Student/Resident Summer Camps tend to come back to me at random times. Not only was it amazing to…
Health Inequality and Modern-Day Slavery
“They never took me to the doctor when I was ill.” These are the words spoken by Merieme Mint Hamadi when asked about her life as a slave. Merieme, one…
