Mobile Health Around the Globe: Medic Mobile Uses Mobile Technology to Improve Global Health
Medic Mobile is an organization based in San Francisco that uses mobile technology to help their partners with global health projects. After a successful project in Malawi, Medic Mobile has…
BioAid App Turns the iPhone into a Hearing Aid
Originally posted on Gizmag on March 28, 2013 Originally posted on Gizmag on March 28, 2013It’s so obvious when you think about it. The iPhone has a microphone, a computer…
Emperor Cholesterol Has No Clothes!
Here is a story of public policy gone awry when it strays from strict science-based evidence. Here is a story of public policy gone awry when it strays from strict…
Cost & Caregiving Impact from Alzheimer’s Disease
According to the recently published, Alzheimer’s Association, 2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Volume 9, Issue 2 According to the recently published, Alzheimer’s Association, 2013 Alzheimer’s Disease…
Medical Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment – Do Physicians Want Cost Control?
Truth is more absurd than fiction. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s wacky ban on certain sizes of sugary beverages, a scheme which was riddled with inconsistencies and exceptions, was properly squashed…
8 Reasons To Get a Massage Today
Ask anyone who’s had a massage, and you’ll get an earful about how relaxing the experience is. While that’s certainly enough incentive to book yourself the next available appointment, few…
Will the Federal Government Bankrupt the States?
State budgets are still under stress because revenues are not growing fast enough to replace the funding from the federal stimulus program. And now states are being pressured to expand…
Designing Healthcare Innovation
By now you know that I have a distinct interest in healthcare innovation, so it should come as no surprise that an article about the recent Healthcare Experience Design Conference…
4 Biggest Reasons to Rethink Everything About Healthcare Marketing
Where were you and what were you doing five years ago? Four years ago? Where were you and what were you doing five years ago? Four years ago?As recently as…
An Update on the ICD-10 Implementation Timeline
October 1, 2014 may seem like a long time for finishing preparations, but the timeline for ICD-10 implementation has already reached the point where many practices should be moving on…
