Big Data in Healthcare – Hype or Reality?
Many readers write to me regularly to ask what I think about “Big Data” in healthcare. I tell them that Big Data in our field is generally more hype…
Suffering in Silence: When Doctors Fail to Ask The Right Questions
Let me start by saying that I am by no means an expert in Medical Oncology and I have great respect for what my colleagues in this field are able…
Improving Healthcare Costs Through Smarter Utilization of Hospice Care
The number of hospice programs and individuals using hospice care in the United States has grown steadily over the past several years. According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care…
Rare Disease Day 2013: Help Spread Awareness
Each year Rare Disease Day is celebrated worldwide on the last day of February. Each year Rare Disease Day is celebrated worldwide on the last day of February. This year…
Telehealth Tipping Points
Every year, it seems there is increasing excitement about how much progress telehealth is poised to make. “This will be the year when telehealth will explode,” people think.…
Do Probiotics Work? Marketing Mania Tramples Science
My kids know that I enjoy a spirited argument. During the days when the dinner table was our public forum, I tried hard to offer a responsible voice of…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Arogya World’s mDiabetes Project
Arogya in Sanskrit means good health or living a disease-free life. Arogya World is a US based non-profit organization dedicated to changing the course of chronic disease. Arogya World is…
How to Test Health IT Interoperability: Advice From an Expert
One of the key tenets of both the HITECH and Affordable Care Acts has been to drive improved patient care and reduction in cost by applying technology across all…
Primary Care to Specialist Referral Communication – 12 Reasons to go Electronic.
Primary Care Physicians use referrals to supply additional opinions, order laboratory tests, or imaging studies. The variation in referral use and management is varied and is dependent upon several…
HealthCare Social Media: What Makes Sense?
There are a myriad of articles, posts and entire books written on this subject. However, since the internet, social networking and social media are evolving daily, there seems to be…
