Tobacco Settlement as Addictive as Tobacco Itself?
Remember when the states settled liability claims with the tobacco industry for the staggering sum of $200 billion over 20 years? That was 1998 and there were high hopes to…
Planeloads of Doctors Determined to Cure Blood-Related Cancers
I had a weird experience yesterday. I flew from my home in Barcelona, Spain, changed to a bigger plane in Paris, and flew to Atlanta where the American Society of…
3rd Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Healthcare Data Security
The Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Securityby Ponemon Institute and ID Experts, has been released and reports that healthcare organizations face a huge challenge in stopping data…
Celebrate National Handwashing Awareness Week December 2-8
In the United States, hospital patients get nearly 2 million infections each year. That’s about 1 infection for every 20 patients. Infections that patients contract in the hospital can be…
How To Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
People who are watching their weight know that the holiday season can be a caloric minefield. Many diets have been laid to waste by the holidays. But with a little…
Health Care + IT: A Brave New World
Over the past couple of years, a lot of attention has been placed on our health care system. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that, by 2020, national…
Following the Money
On The Health Care Blog, veteran analyst Vince Kuraitis reviews a report from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman (OW), arguing that the trend toward reconfiguring health systems to deliver more accountable care…
Person-Centered HealthCare; FDA Approves EarlySense Bedside System
A new monitoring system can dramatically improve hospital patient care and even save lives, according to its manufacturer. A new monitoring system can dramatically improve hospital patient care and even…
2012 State of Mobile Health IT
The 2nd Annual HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey, sponsored by Qualcomm Life, found that over 90 percent of respondents reported physicians using mobile technology in their everyday operations. Eighty percent of…
Is mHealth Ready for Prime Time?
Like everyone else, I believe that we will eventually see smartphones playing significant roles in healthcare, but there are some hurdles that we need to clear. Like everyone else, I…
