The Value of Connectivity in Healthcare
Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, Random House, American Red Cross, Zimmer (a medical app developer), Virgin America, GE, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Chipotle and NBC Universal–it must be difficult to imagine what can…
The Push for Patient Engagement: Who Benefits the Most?
It goes without saying that people – you and I – need to be actively involved (ok…I’ll say it…engaged) in our own health. After all, it is our health we…
Health Start-Ups! – Crowd Funding and Project Testing [VIDEO with Dr Patricia Salber of Health Tech Hatch]
Project testing and funding are necessary steps in the launch of the start-up. Crowd-funding is the new kid on the block and is making a lot of waves in the…
Why Can’t The Market for Medical Care Work Like Cosmetic Surgery?
Americans see their doctors more than 1 billion times a year ― and spend nearly $300 billion on physician services ― but they rarely discuss the price of a given…
Health Start-Ups! – What Makes a Great Startup Incubator?
A successful university business incubator has lots of engaged mentors, is run like a startup and generates buzz and benefits for its local business community.Those are some of the high-level…
Healthcare Social Media: Optimize for Better Results
Noticing that your posts on your Facebook, Twitter, or other social media outlets sometimes don't do as well as they normally do? Then, the next day you post something else…
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 any given…
FCC Names New Director of Healthcare Initiatives
At a time when mobile health initiatives and mobile apps are flooding the market, the Federal Communications Commission has shown enough interest to appointMatthew Quinn as Director of Healthcare Initiatives. …
Nine Out of Ten Hospitals Have No Plan to Achieve Patient Satisfaction
There’s a huge gap “between hospital management and frontline clinicians with respect to improving patient satisfaction,” according to a study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Boston. There’s a…
How to Control Healthcare Costs: Lessons from Singapore
Americans pay more for their health care than residents of other high-income countries, but have greater health disparities and worse health outcomes. Singapore ranks sixth in the world in…
