Time’s Brill Persuasive but “Bitter Pill” Misdiagnoses Health Care Ills
The Feb. 20 Time magazine article by Steve Brill highlights the very real challenges people have navigating our health system. Specifically, it highlights individuals who have no health insurance or…
Healthcare Industry Enters the Mobile World
While mobility may have started out as a consumer-driven trend, it is now a movement being driven and shaped by a global business community looking to capitalize on the benefits…
HuffPo: Caregiving Resources to the Rescue!
Caring for a loved one isn’t easy. Caring for a loved one isn’t easy.Caregivers often find themselves tasked with multiple responsibilities from hiring in-home help, to managing finances, and providing daily personal…
Advanced Wound Closure’s New Players
The global market for products in “wound securement,” or the aggregate of products that are related to the closure and healing of wounds, is dominated by traditional products — sutures…
Urinalysis Via Mobile App
When you go for a physical, there’s a good chance your doctor will ask for a urine sample. Testing urine can reveal many things, such as diseases, pregnancy, drug usage,…
IBM’s Super Computer, Watson , Goes to Medical School: Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Decision Support
IBM's super computer, Watson, is going to medical school at Cleveland Clinic. What Watson has to bring to medicine is the potential for advanced clinical decision support, specifically algorithm-based, Bayesian…
Efforts to Remove Legal Barriers to Telemedicine
The only thing slower than widespread adoption of telemedicine has been the statutory changes necessary to make the ground more fertile for it. But in just the past six or…
Restricting Diet of People 75+ May Not Make Them Healthier
We recently blogged about overweight seniors who might live longer than their skinnier counterparts. Now according to a recent study, restricting the diet of people 75 and older may not…
Health Insurance Exchanges: Will State IT Departments be Able to Meet the Deadlines?
I don’t care where you look in Healthcare IT today, everyone has a lot on their plates. The Exchanges for each state are supposed to be online and available for…
5 Laws of Innovation and Adoption for Telehealth / mHealth
Every week, I hear about more telehealth, telemedicine, and mHealth solutions in the marketplace – many with their own innovative approach to solving healthcare issues. Yet many of these innovations…
