Boomer Health: Top 8 Best Health Digital Resources for Boomers
There are literally thousands of health, wellness, medical, fitness and caregiving apps and websites targeted to Baby Boomers. They promise to enhance our lives, help us be thinner, fitter, smarter,…
What Is a “Navigator”?
1581: Francis Drake, having completed the first circumnavigation of the world a few months earlier, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship, the Golden HindDo we need navigators on…
The “Luck of the Jewish” in Cancer
Okay, we all know the phrase “The Luck of the Irish.” That’s why there’s always hope that Notre Dame University will win a football game, even when they are way…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare: Thoughts for Our Upcoming Webinar
The HealthWorks Collective video interview series on High Quality, Low Cost Healthcare currently consists of 30 video interviews with distinguished guests who have an idea of how to obtain or…
Beat the Heat (As Best You Can) with These Simple Tips
If you’re stranded at home without air conditioning, even an hour in the heat can feel like a slow crawl through the Sahara. Many of us have been able to…
Patientnado: The Healthcare Storm Is About to Hit
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the last few days, you’ve probably not escaped all the buzz about a new cult sci-fi thriller, Sharknado. Staring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid,…
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Yup, it’s still Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.In fact, I stand corrected. It is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Yup, it’s still Minority Mental Health Awareness…
Hospital Rankings: Personal Health Management, Patient Satisfaction and Social Media Engagement
US News and World Report has produced a popular annual hospital ranking for 23 years, but it doesn't include patient engagement or satisfaction. A new ranking system addresses this gap and…
Healthbox Heads South for New Digital Health Accelerator Programs
[Originally posted on MedCityNews.com]Digital health accelerator Healthbox‘s newest program won’t be based in the comfy Silicon Valley/Boston healthcare scenes. Instead, it will work with startups in the emerging health IT…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Operation Smile India Launches mHealth Application in Assam
Operation Smile has launched a mobile health nutrition application in Assam, India. Created by Dimagi through a grant from USAID, the mobile health program will track the nutritional status of…
