Mummies and Ancient Aleut People with Heart Disease? It Isn’t Modern Diets That are the Problem?
The recent study that came out showing that ancient people had heart disease, including a group of Alaska Natives whose mummified remains revealed that the perfect paleolithic diet did not…
Discovering the Value of Twitter at HIMSS 2013
The HIMSS conference last week was an exciting glimpse into the future of healthcare and healthcare technology. Fortunately, I was able to attend and witness the passion behind patient engagement…
Using Kinect and a Tablet to See Inside Your Skull
This is wild and was done in the Microsoft UK research office. They are using actual MRI scans and putting them in the proto-type head. This way they can see…
$6,500 for Narcotics
The following essay is by Lisa Jacobs, MBA, a third-year medical student at Brown University and a contestant in the 2012 Costs of Care Essay Contest. The following essay is…
Paying for Care
If you were eating in a Chinese restaurant, would you have the temerity to tell the manager how to repackage and re-price the items on the menu? If you were…
TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication-Part 2
Part two of a three part series on Healthin30TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical CommunicationWhat are your ideas to improve medical communication in health care? Part two of a three part…
Changes to HIPAA Impacting Healthcare Covered Entities & Business Associates
The 600ish pages of theHIPAA Final Omnibus Rule (published in January) affects nearly every aspect of patient privacy and data security and encompases the: The 600ish pages of theHIPAA Final Omnibus…
Traumatic Brain Injury and Violent Behavior
According to the Centers for Disease Control, “Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year, traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial…
The Mid-Life Crisis Strikes Apes, Too
From Nature: A study of 508 great apes in captivity shows that the animals’ sense of well-being bottoms out in their late 20s to mid-30s, the ape equivalent of middle age,…
HIMSS 2013: Healthcare Trends from This Year’s Conference
Last week, several members of the TripleTree team attended HIMSS 2013 in New Orleans. Annually, this conference offers us the opportunity to view innovation and consolidation trends happening in healthcare…
