Personal Data Security –Beyond Health Care
The legislature in Utah is considering a bill to notify Medicaid beneficiaries that their personal information will be stored by the state. That’s not an unreasonable move, but I expect the practical…
mHealth: Battling Autism with an iPad
According to the advocacy organization, Autism Speaks and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Autism, affects one in 88 children and has become the fastest-growing serious developmental and communicative disability…
mHealth: Prevention is Better Than Cure
Prevention is better than cure, Desiderius Erasmus once said. While we continue to see the exciting development of more efficacious and tolerable treatments coming to market, a new form of…
Getting Beyond the EHR for Shared Decision Making
Introducing incentives for EHR adoption as part of the stimulus law was definitely the right thing to do. There was a momentary opportunity to advance health IT with significant funding…
Person-Centered HealthCare: Envisage Visual Rehab Project Promotes Independence
Envisage ProjectThe Envisage Research Project is a collaborative endeavor in Scotland that uses visualization to help the elderly with their rehabilitation efforts. The University of Strathclyde’s Bioengineering Unit, The Glasgow School…
HealthCare Social Media Legal Issues: Recent NLRB Cases
In the latest chapter of some inside-the-Beltway wrangling over the validity of recess appointments by President Obama of National Labor Relations Board members, the In the latest chapter of some…
Self-Monitoring: Track Your Metabolism on Your Smartphone
If you’ve ever dieted, you know how frustrating it can be to discover you haven’t lost any weight after a week of counting calories. Sure, you can always blame a…
Genomics at Your Fingertips: DNA Sequencing in the Primary Care Office
Personalized medicine is on the horizon. Social media, wireless devices, mobile smartphones and emerging medical technologies have allowed us to track our own health indicators and monitor our bodies like…
Doctor/Patient Relationship: 7 Ways to Maintain Patient Interaction in the Age of the EHR
A common criticism of EMR (electronic medical records) use in medical practices is that it causes doctors to become less engaged and impersonal. This causes frustration for all parties -…
The Changing Landscape of Healthcare Data Analytics
Legislation such as the HITECH Act, as well as the shift toward fee-for-value reimbursement models, is driving the need to extract meaning from data and accelerating the market adoption of…
