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…
Are You Tasty to a Mosquito?
Whether you’re one of those people who gets eaten alive by mosquitoes depends on some pretty tangible factors, and Smithsonian Magazine runs down the reasons that make an estimated 20%…
A “Grand Bargain” To Improve Quality and Decrease Medicare Costs
(Editor's Note: Stephen Schimpff has been a member of our Advisory Board since the very beginning. He has given us numerous exclusive posts; here is his latest!)Medicare has become inordinately…
Obesity and Patients
Obesity and Patients This is probably one of the best videos that I have seen recently about the causes of obesity and how we treat our patients. It is something…
A U.S. Marine’s Gift to a Doctor
I saw an elderly patient a few months back for a gastrointestinal issue that fortunately led to a benign outcome. He was a modest man who spoke softly and used…
FDA Approves CardioSleeve–A Digital Wireless Makeover for Stethoscopes
Don’t throw away that stethoscope yet..this is a device that attaches and works with mobile devices to attain a lot more information.From the website: Don’t throw away that stethoscope yet..this…
Further Thoughts on Google Glass
Here are some major advantages: Here are some major advantages:hands free browsing and video/photoslightweight and minimally intrusivecan look at someone while browsing or during a hangout rather than looking down…
