Mobile Health Around the Globe: mHealth Helps in Louisiana Oil Spill
Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, and Physicians Interactive , provides…
Applying to Medical School – Do You Know What Your Digital Footprint Looks Like?
This week Dr. Rajiv Singal, Head of Urology at Toronto East General Hospital, takes the #hcsmca moderator’s seat. Enter your name into an online search engine – do you know…
Health Startups that Interest @HealthCursor @medmocha
Zipdial | India ZipDial is a unique company from Bangalore, India, that monetizes from missed calls. Its business model has caught the attention of Singapore-based Jungle Ventures who invested in…
Boston Marathon vs Terror: Boston Wins
Ohio Stands With BostonI called my son, a Tufts sophomore, hours after the Boston bombs exploded. I already knew that he was ok, but a horror in your own…
The Future of Health Insurance
Perhaps the term “Health Insurance” has become an oxymoron. Health Insurance now has become a waste-basket term that encompasses many different categories for medical bill reimbursement.Bruce Broussard, CEO of Humana…
A Perfect Fit: Uniting Medical Imaging & Patient Engagement
Instead of seeing health reform as a challenge, our own Cristine Kao, global market director for HCIS at Carestream, believes it is an opportunity to improve what we are doing…
Surge Exercises: Bombings and Blast Injuries
I’ve been watching some of the news coverage of the bombing incident in Boston, but have been focused on those aspects related to emergency response. This event is a reality…
Aspirin for Prevention: The Story
First question: prevention of what? The evidence for daily 81 mg of aspirin (baby aspirin) for prevention of cardiovascular disease is pretty solid. Furthermore, we know that increasing the dose…
New OIG Self-Disclosure Protocol
The OIG released an updated self-disclosure protocol this week, about ten months after putting out a call for comments on the old protocol. The new protocol imposes some new burdens…
