The Ultimate Battle for Supremacy: Doctor versus Machine
For many years, authors and movie studios have imagined a world where humans are replaced by mechanized overlords–think Terminator and Matrix. In medicine, as technology continues to evolve, computers and other…
The Verizon Foundation Gives a Gift of Technology, Tech Support, and Money to Non-Profit Health Care Organizations
The Verizon Foundation is more than 20 years old, but is relatively new to large scale health care philanthropy. Today, December 4, 2012, the Foundation is announcing a new program…
Are EHRs Falling Short in Mad-Dash Toward Health IT?
Having a reliable EHR solution in place is already important, and in the coming years it will become critical for every organization involved in the healthcare business. But what constitutes…
Coordinating Care Using Telemedicine Solutions
Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs, are a hot topic among healthcare professionals, but I venture to say that not many people understand what is happening and why. Accountable Care Organizations,…
Raising Medicare Age to 67: Not a Great Idea
House Republicans are suggesting raising the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67 as part of a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. It’s not a particularly good idea because it…
What Are Your Personal Health Goals?
Face it. We all have personal health goals. We may not share our personal health goals with family of friends like we do our financial or professional goals, but we…
Above All, Do No Harm: The Sad State of Health Care Quality in Rural Madhya Pradesh
Today in Health Affairs, Jishnu Das, Alaka Holla, Veena Das, Manoj Mohanan, Diana Tabak, and Brian Chan publish a unique and important study on the messy realities of health care…
mHealthSummit 2012, #MHS12: Ready, Set, Go!
I am here at the mHealth Summit conference in Washington DC and ready for action! And this is an action-packed conference. Sunday night I went to a VIP networking…
Penalizing Hospitals for Readmissions: Will It Work?
With notably few exceptions, the American health care system has been financed on the basis of volume rather than value. That means that we’ve been paying providers for everything that…
Reducing Surgical Complications: How to Make it Happen Faster
Hospitals don’t try as hard as they should to reduce surgical complications because it tends to hurt them financially. In general, hospitals end up getting paid to treat complications –including…
