A Heart to Heart about the Effects of Exercise on Cardiovascular Health
The old Elton John song, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” is about romance. However, the title could just as easily be a reminder of how important it is to keep…
AthenaHealth Makes a Move, Buys Epocrates
In a move to expand its platform and marketplace relevance, athenahealth announced a definitive agreement last week to acquire Epocrates for $293M, a 22% premium to the stock price. Epocrates…
Patient Privacy vs. Public Health Interest
Should you be fired for refusing a flu shot? Should you be fired for refusing a flu shot?That’s apparently the fate of some health care workers, according to recent news…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dr. Akash Rajpal and Ekohealth
Last week we spoke with Dan Munro about value in healthcare. Today brings us to Mumbai, India, to speak with Dr Akash Rajpal of Ekohealth. I have been concentrating on…
What’s a Guy Like Me Doing at the Consumer Electronics Show, Anyway?
I spent the bulk of the last week in Las Vegas attending the Consumer Electronics Show. If there were other academically-oriented physicians attending, I didn’t find them. Of course in…
Dangers of Pneumonia for the Elderly
Pneumonia is a serious inflammation and infection of the lungs that is responsible for over 50,000 deaths annually, making it one of the leading causes of mortality in the…
Lesser Known Legal Hurdles for Telemedicine
To say that medical practice law is fractured is an understatement. So, it’s important for physicians to be familiar with their states’ Medical Practice Acts. To say that medical practice law…
Free Market Prescription Drugs
An apparent feud between two black market pharmacies has shed light on a shady global industry. “Rx-Promotion and SpamIt probably are responsible for upward of 50 or 60 percent of…
Pharma and Pinterest – The Good, The Bad, And The Bland.
GE Healthcare recently commissioned an online survey to gain more insight on how social media can affect health behaviors. Here are some key findings from the report - a motivator for…
The Nursing Shortage Myth
For years we’ve read that the US faces a looming shortage of nurses. Shortfalls in the hundreds of thousands of nurses are routinely predicted. These predictions have been good for…
