Medical Technology: Opportunities, Drivers and Growth Platforms
The medical technology industry is characterized by its focus on continually finding innovative solutions to meet the demands of clinicians and healthcare systems to more rapidly and effectively solve problems…
Apple Sure Has Changed the Health World
I’m an Apple girl, through and through, dedicated to my trifecta of a Macbook Pro, an iPhone 5, and an iPad. I even–and I hope no one pulls this piece…
How to Find the Right Surgeon: Advice For Boomers
The two most common types of surgery for Boomers are joint replacements for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip, and cosmetic surgery. How do you go about finding the top…
5 Questions With Dave Chase, CEO of Avado
Originally published on HL7Standards. Originally published on HL7Standards.A few weeks before we published Dave Chase’s first article for this blog, 5 Survival Strategies for Small to Medium-Sized EHRs, I reached out…
Plan B’s Balancing Act
The FDA’s recent ruling allowing the Plan B emergency contraceptive to be sold over the counter to anyone over age 15 naturally has both critics www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130430/INFO/304309979?AllowView=VW8xUmo5Q21TcWJOb1gzb0tNN3RLZ0h0MWg5SVgra3NZRzROR3l0WWRMWGJVUDRCRWxIeU96eTMyWmV2NUh3WUpidW8=&utm_source=link-20130430-INFO-304309979&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=am" target="_blank">recent ruling allowing the Plan B…
Predictors of Hospitalization in Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Did you know heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in seniors over age 65? Did you know heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in seniors over…
Stroke Before 50 Not Good for Long Term Health
Adults 50 years of age and younger who experienced a stroke had a significantly higher risk of death in the following 20 years compared with the general population, according to…
Hospitals Push Hard for Medicaid Expansion
The hospital lobbyists in the “no way” states are trying to get the Governors to reverse course. The hospital lobbyists in the “no way” states are trying to get the…
Advocacy Group Helped Fund New FDA-Approved Orphan Drug
I like to say rare diseases are different. One key way is that, for orphan conditions, it’s often the patients who are driving and funding the research. I like to…
Hospice Cards: Greeting Card Universe Steps Up
I wanted to post an update in the continuing saga of my request for Hallmark to create hospice cards. I wanted to post an update in the continuing saga of…
