Doctors 2.0 – First Blog Post
It's a few days early but why not get a leap on my conference blogging? My daughter and I arrived in Paris in preparation for the Doctors 2.0 conference: It's…
Annual Healthcare Costs For Family of 4 Now At $22,030
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes.com under the heading "HealthCare Compass")It’s that time of year for our annual check-up with the folks at Milliman. We’ll cut to the chase –…
Further Disruptive Changes in Health Care Delivery
Technology to lower costs rather than accelerate them. Smart phones to increase physician and other providers’ productivity. Fewer primary care physicians but more involvement by nurse practioneers and others.…
Creating Your Mission in Health IT Can Lead to Unanticipated Consequences
The title sounds all sunshine and daffodils, doesn’t it? Create your mission in health IT, how cute. But let’s deal with reality: very few people in health IT have the…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: eMocha Helps With HIV Screening in Kabul
(Editor's note: This post was written with collaboration and help from Dr Alexander Vu, Director of the Johns Hopkins University International Emergency and Public Health Fellowship Program. I thank him,…
Social Media and Public Health: Using Facebook to Monitor Obesity Prevalence
In my second year working at Johnson & Johnson as a graduate fellow, I embraced an opportunity to be a member of the company’s newly formed social media team. I…
Can YOU Innovate Healthcare? Critical Info For Startups
If your invention aims to innovate Healthcare never forget to prove the three main points in your marketing message whenever you're talking to investors or potential buyers: If your invention…
Can YOU Innovate Healthcare? Critical Info For Startups
If your invention aims to innovate Healthcare never forget to prove the three main points in your marketing message whenever you're talking to investors or potential buyers: If your invention…
Wellness, Nondiscrimination and Evidence-Based Public Policy
A couple of recent wellness-related headlines caught my eye. A couple of recent wellness-related headlines caught my eye.Exhibit A: The Federales (IRS, DOL & HHS) finalized the regulations governing Incentives for…
Microsoft’s New ‘Xbox One’ Can Measure Heart Rate
(Editor's note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes.com under the heading "HealthCare Compass") (Editor's note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes.com under the heading "HealthCare Compass")To be clear, Microsoft made no official healthcare announcement today.…
