Mobile Health Around the Globe: Apple Video is a Testament to mHealth’s Global Impact
Apple is showing off its marketing chops, and tugging at our heartstrings, in a new video posted to its YouTube channel.Called “Making a difference. One app at a time,” the…
No More Monkeys Jumping On This Bed: Few Psych Meds Coming Our Way
There’s nothing wrong with the size of the field.The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly one in four adults in America suffers from a diagnosable mental order in…
Why Road Rage Should Make Us Feel Good
My personal paradox is that I have railed against the intrusion and dehumanization of technology, and yet I am tethered to my iPhone. Do I feel differently when it’s my…
Do Readmission Rates Really Indicate Hospital Quality?
Unplanned readmissions to the hospital have been the focus of much attention in recent years for obvious reasons: First, they are relatively easy to measure using administrative claims data. Second,…
Is Public Health Pinnable?
I have a Pinterest board dedicated to public health….I also have pinboards dedicated to tattoos, Halloween ideas and things that make me giggle-out-loud. Guess which ones I pin more to?…
The Impact of Concussions in Sports
With the recent tragedies of retired football players, like Junior Seau, taking their lives after retirement people have become curious on the impact of concussions. In explosive sports such as…
Gun Law Reform Should Not Require Medical Records
The federal government has proposed that state mental health agencies be allowed to transmit certain data about mentally ill patients to the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System. The idea…
The Orphan Drug Renaissance
A period of a renewal of life, vigor, interest is how renaissance is defined by Random House Dictionary. I think we are currently undergoing an orphan drug renaissance. A period…
Making “Best” Even Better
The dictionary defines best as "of the highest quality, excellence, or standing.” From this comes best practices, which Wikipedia defines as "a method or technique that has consistently shown results…
Medical Scribe Vendor Raises $2.5M
“The scribe industry is in a boom time,” Dr. David Strumpf explained in a phone interview. “The scribe industry is in a boom time,” Dr. David Strumpf explained in a…
