8 Ways to Avoid Ethical Pitfalls in Social Media – Part One
Do the ethical rules of law apply to medicine? Do the ethical rules of law apply to medicine? Ethical issues in social media are a concern for attorneys, and health care…
What Are the Current Trends in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)?
Summary: What can we expect in 2013 in terms of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)? Where are we headed? What considerations need to be taken into account? Summary: What can we…
What To Do About Heroin and Oxycontin
USA Today has a full page article on the rise of heroin addiction in the suburbs, but adds absolutely nothing to what’s already widely known. USA Today has a full page…
2013 AAOS Hot Topic Review
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently held its annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois from March 19 to 23, 2013. There were lectures on advances and changes in medical and…
Latest Technology in Dental Practices
With changing times we are witnessing some great technological advancement in every sector. Advanced technology has forayed into dentistry through new machines. For example, the use of DVD glasses and…
An Innovative Way to Cure “Lazy Eye”
Amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye, is an eye disorder that affects between 1 and 5 percent of the population. Lazy eye occurs when the vision in one eye does…
$400B in Pharmacy Waste? Maybe It’s Higher
Pharmaceutical Benefits Manager (PBM) Express Scripts released a report claiming that more than $400B in annual pharmacy expenditures are wasted and that the greatest waste occurs in the poorest states,…
Have Physicians Lost Their MoJo?
Medical decision-making is a complex process, poorly understood by non-physicians, and often judged inaccurately by non peers. In today’s world changes are gradually occuring which erode physician confidence, and in some…
Orphan Lit: Patient Perspective on the Risk Benefit Trade-Off
Continuing extrovertic’s interest in Orphan Drug Literature, I read an inspiring book, “Reaching Beyond the Clouds,” by Cindy L. Abbott. The book takes readers from Cindy’s diagnosis with the rare disease…
Serendipity and Personalization and Connected Health
In a world where most folks change jobs every couple of years, people are often amazed to hear that I started work in connected health 19 years ago. Implicit in…
