Type 1 Diabetes Addressed By “Silencing Immune Attacks” (Children’s Hospital, Boston)
Researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston have reported in the online edition of Diabetes that they have identified the specific molecular pathway involved in triggering the autoimmune response at the…
Alternative Quality Contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts: A Model for ACOs?
Managed Care Magazine recently ran a story on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), which serves as a model for the ACO program under the…
Red Meat Consumption May Increase Risk of Diabetes
This one is for all of the carnivores out there: This one is for all of the carnivores out there:Eating even a half-serving more of red meat over time is…
Healthcare’s Most Disruptive: Next-Gen Genomics, Memory Implants
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Originally published on MedCityNews.com.If you’re visiting this site, you’re probably pretty aware of some of the technological advances that healthcare experts think will change the industry…
The Human Side of the Sequestration
The Elderly The ElderlyThe sequestration was enacted to reduce our nation’s spending deficit, which is currently in the trillions. The sequestration was also an answer to our nation reaching the…
Hello from Boomer Voice Suzie Mitchell: Boomers and Digital Devices
Hello from Boomer Voice!This special column at HealthWorks Collective is a place for everyone in the digital healthcare arena to share ideas. You don’t have to be a Baby Boomer…
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…
