Mobile Health Around the Globe: Robot Power Suit From Japan Helps Patients Walk
Hybrid Assistive Limb or HAL Hybrid Assistive Limb or HAL “A robot suit that can help the elderly or disabled get around was given its global safety certificate in Japan on…
Teaching Medical Students About Costs
After graduating from college I had the opportunity to spend two years working at the Institute of Medicine on a variety of health care improvement topics. When it came time…
Neil Versel & Jonathan Bush – Much Fun Talk in NOLA HIMSS’13
So our new collaboration with HIBC.tv has yielded one of the most fun interviews of the HIMSS’13 Conference so far. Neil Versel, healthcare journalist extraordinare, and Jonathan Bush, CEO of…
The Health IT Scandal the NY Times Didn’t Cover
As health information technology honchos gather for the annual HIMSS trade show and schmoozefest, it’s a safe bet the industry “scandal” the New York Times placed on page one recently will breed more bored yawns…
Are Doctors the Ultimate Engaged Patients?
My nose and sinuses feel like they are about to explode. I am moving into the third week of this and it's getting old. At first I thought that my…
Strengthening Medicare to Improve Outcomes
This week, I was invited to testify on Capitol Hill in front of the Senate Special Committee on Aging in a hearing to discuss “Strengthening Medicare for Today and the…
Patient Safety – Medication Safety, Fall Prevention & Self-Care Tips for Caregivers
Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual education and awareness campaign for health care safety led by National Patient Safety Foundation. (NPSF.) The theme for Patient Safety Awareness Week 2013…
Jack Dorsey on Innovation and Life
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square, spoke at Cleveland Clinic last night. Certainly a humble guy but also highly focused on using technology to solve problems. Here is the…
Study Finds Nursing Homes Have Inadequate Care and Discharge Planning
As part of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General's current focus on nursing facilities, As part of the US Department of Health and Human…
Gerson Nutritional Therapy, Scams and Pseudoscience
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” — attributed to Hippocrates – around 400 BC“The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his…
