The Cost of Treating Uninsured Care – The Whistleblower Weighs In
Last week, I posted on whether physicians should modify their medical advice in response to patients who cannot afford the recommended care. A hypothetical patient was presented who had…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Using iPad Touch Screens for Speech Rehab
Tactus Therapy Solutions, based in Vancouver, Canada, brings the latest technology to speech rehabilitation. "Tactus" means touch in Latin, and the touch screen is what makes Tactus Therapy Solutions so…
A Vision For Health Care In America
In researching The Future of Health Care Delivery – Why It Must Change and How It Will Affect You, I had in depth interviews with over 150 leaders from across…
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Health Start-Ups! – The Internet of Things Creeps into Healthcare
(Editor's Note: This exclusive post was written for Health Start-Ups! by one of HealthWorks Collective's distinguished Advisory Board members, John Sharp. John is an expert in Health IT and Clinical Research…
Safe Injection Practices: How to Do it Right! [video]
The CDC has a new award winning film that is appropriate for staff education and patient and family empowerment. Evidence-based staff training and other resources are available through the One and Only Campaign. The CDC…
Democrats versus Republicans – Two Very Different Approaches to Medicare
(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!) (Editor's Note: Stephen…
A Personal Moment
Rarely do I take two week vacations, but my adult daughters have begun their own lives, very separate from mine. This was the last chance to take one together so…
Health Start-Ups! – FDA-Cleared iPhone App Measures Balance As a Part of Concussion Screening
(First published in MedCityNews) (First published in MedCityNews)A concussion can manifest itself a variety of ways, from a headache to impaired memory to slurred speech. That’s why athletic trainers, nurses…
Can Digital Health Prevent You from a Premature Death?
“Prevention is better than cure,” said Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch Renaissance humanist and scholar. Now, a modern report on technology highlights just this concept, and in the process emphasizes the…
FDA Shuts Down over 1600 Web Sites Selling Counterfeit and SubStandard Drugs
From reading this article, if the website says they are Canadian, there’s a good chance they may not be located there, but rather in China, India, Turkey or other countries. …
